16 Sep
I’ve gotten more questions about making a living at the dog track from my readers than on any other subject. I can’t figure out why this is, but it raises some interesting points.
I’m not the only one who knows that there are people who make a living at the dog track
A lot of people are [...]
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11 Aug
Up until the last few years, the shortest race at most greyhound tracks was the 5/16ths of a mile sprint. With finish times around the 30 second mark, you’d think these races would go by in the blink of an eye, but when you have money on them, it’s surprising how long they seem to [...]
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30 Jun
I usually sit in the same place when I go to my local dog track. Very often there’s a guy who sits near me and we shoot the breeze from time to time. After I’d talked to him a couple of times, it dawned on me that he hardly ever watches a race, even though [...]
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28 Jun
A lot of people can only get to the track on weekends, because they work during the week. Maybe they don’t want to go on weeknights, because they have to get up early the next morning. So they go on Friday night, Saturday afternoon or Saturday night. Maybe, Sunday.
Then there are people who go to [...]
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25 Jun
It took me about three years of handicapping to discover something that everyone should know about playing the dogs: almost everything works for awhile. I had been going over programs from Lincoln, now called Twin Rivers, a track with decent dogs where speed mattered. Still does there, as far as I know, because the dogs [...]
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