13 Jun
I used to know a guy who would come up to me before a race, run his finger down his program and say, “You know who’s gonna win this race? I’ll tell you who’s gonna win this race.” Then he’d pause and look serious and say, “The 3 is gonna win. He’s a standout. A [...]
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10 Jun
My friend, Willie and I were talking the other day about how often we’ve bet on a dog and had it get bumped by another dog, which is pretty discouraging. I said maybe it’d be a good idea if they disqualified dogs and changed the results of the race like they do for horse races. [...]
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03 Jun
Not that I think that dog tracks should have dress codes, but I can tell you that fashion can have a big effect on handicapping the greyhounds. What you wear and your accessories can mean the difference between winning at the dog track and losing your (alligator festooned) shirt.
Now, no one could accuse me of [...]
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02 Jun
A lot of greyhound fans love to watch the cream of the crop race in stakes races. Track attendance usually goes up during the qualifying races that lead up to the stakes race and there may even be articles in the paper or on the radio about the event.
But not everyone is happy when a [...]
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25 May
No, not those kind of connections; there’s no godfather of greyhound racing, no matter what anyone tells you. I’m talking about the kind of connections that give you a lot more information than the track program. Access to information that 99% of the other people you’re betting against don’t know about and won’t look [...]
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