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Racing => Racing => Topic started by: stark on October 16, 2016, 08:46:37 AM

Title: 20cents
Post by: stark on October 16, 2016, 08:46:37 AM
Brad Free ‏@BradFree1  23m23 minutes ago
Sunday wagering best-kept secret: Mandatory closing-day payout Fresno Super High Five Jackpot $188,873 carryover, 20-cent wager, race 10.

Question......is the announcer allowed to play?
Title: Re: 20cents
Post by: curtis on October 16, 2016, 10:47:28 AM
Quote from: stark on October 16, 2016, 08:46:37 AM
Brad Free ‏@BradFree1  23m23 minutes ago
Sunday wagering best-kept secret: Mandatory closing-day payout Fresno Super High Five Jackpot $188,873 carryover, 20-cent wager, race 10.

Question......is the announcer allowed to play?
I don't know about now, but back in the day, when he was at Santa Anita, you could always tell who Dave Johnson was alive to in the Daily Double by how he called the second race. If his horses were going backward at the 3/16th pole you heard a very anti-climactic "And Down the Stretch They Come."  If you hear an emphatic "Yeeeessssss!!!" after the finale at the Big Fair today, you'll have your answer.😉
Title: Re: 20cents
Post by: stark on October 16, 2016, 01:54:49 PM
He's a seriously good contest player/handicapper.
Title: Re: 20cents
Post by: curtis on October 17, 2016, 10:03:41 AM
Quote from: stark on October 16, 2016, 01:54:49 PM
He's a seriously good contest player/handicapper.
I know he is, I think he was a pretty good agent too, there were sure some that wanted him out of that, though. I'm glad he's back, I think he's good for the sport.