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Are superstitions based on facts and cold hard science or are they merely old wives tales? Do you have any superstitions about horse racing or betting on the horses? Do you think it is possible to jinx yourself? Here are a few observations.
I used to go to Hinsdale, a little dog track in New Hampshire where I would watch the simulcasts and bet on the ponies. Hinsdale was trying hard to attract customers and therefore started offering a free lunch on certain days. The food was pretty good, and who can argue with a fee meal at the track? But I noticed that every time I went and had the free meal, I would lose money so I quit getting the free grub and started winning again.
I have had other problems with freebies, too. I went to Tampa Bay Downs on Festival Day when they gave away free chairs. The racing was very good and I really like Tampa Bay Downs, but I lost my shirt that day and when I got home and sat in my chair the danged thing broke (hmmm, maybe too many of the free meals at Hinsdale put me over the weight limit for that chair). I had a good time, though and would highly recommend a trip to Tampa Bay Downs.
Another problem I have is finding money. Now you may think that finding money is a good thing, but every time it has happened to me, I’ve wound up losing money on the races. If there is one thing I hate it is seeing money lying on the ground as I am walking into the track. I am faced with the quandary of whether to pick it up and go home or ignore it and walk into the track.
Believe it or not, I’ve done both and the times I ignored it I still lost so there is only one alternative, pick it up and go home. If it is just a few bucks and I have worked hard at handicapping the races, I am getting precious little profit for my efforts. I’ve also tried being a good citizen and turning the money in at customer service. That’s risky though, because the last time I did it, the clerk almost fainted. I guess that doesn’t happen a lot. I’ve only done it twice but miraculously both times, someone claimed the money.
Therefore, when I walk into the track, I try not to look down at the ground and once inside the grandstand, I don’t look at the floor. I’ve taken a few tumbles over the years, but at least it keeps me from finding money. Hey, I go to the races to make money, but I don’t want it to be too easy.
I also hate it when I have bet on a horse and some big mouth in the crowd mouths it when it is winning. I wish I had a dollar for every time some idiot shouts, “He can’t lose now!” or, “They’ll never catch him!” Once those words are out there you just know what will happen. Well I do anyway. My horse suddenly develops house maids knee in the stretch, as P.G. Wodehouse once said, and I wind up being escorted out of the track by security after trying to strangle the self proclaimed prophet who jinxed my horse. When I am in a particularly mouthy crowd I sometimes put my hands over my ears so I don’t hear any predictions.
No, I’m not superstitious, I just don’t take any chances.
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Bill Peterson is a former horse race owner and professional handicapper. He comes from a horse race handicapping family and as he puts it, “Horse Racing is in my blood.” To see all Bill’s horse racing material go to http://williewins.homestead.com/handicappingstore.html, Bill’s handicapping store.
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