Handicapping Harness

Call to Post

Clocker: do u know the words to the post parade?
Estimator: du du du du dutaduda
Clocker: no way

The NHHC Wrap...

     What a weekend!...When I got up early Friday morning I was in an excellent mood for me (even despite the early part)...how little did I know what was coming at me...I arrived at the terminal 2 hours early...plenty of time...until I went to check in...and was informed that my flight was CANCELLED...wtf....but they said the good news was that Delta in the Other terminal was picking up the slack and I would be booked on the 2pm flight out to Newark...(original time was 11am.)...(please go to the continue reading section below)

Happy Father's Day $$2DaD2$$

   Happy Father's Day Pa...and the same to all the other Daddy's out there in Harness Land....Have a Great Day Handicapping Harness...Good Luck!

Now Shipping

I've always been a big fan of betting shippers coming up from down under. Over the years I've made decent coin just blind betting them no matter what they look like (provided I get even halfway decent odds). Today I've seen three nice looking horses from Australia making their North American debuts. Trainer and Owner Mark Ford has two of them: the #8 horse in the 6th race at Pocono and the #6 horse in the 9th race at Saratoga. Both won qualifiers in impressive fashion and have top drivers aboard today. The other horse is a Darran Cassar trained horse in the 2nd race at Yonkers leaving from the 8 hole. His qualifier wasn't as impressive as either of the Mark Ford horses but I'm of the belief that you don't buy and ship these horses all the way from the other side of the world to lose. Hope we can get a good price. Good luck Handicapping Harness!  

The Future of Horse Racing?

Over at The Atlantic, Andrew Cohen gives us his take on the future of horse racing......And it looks like this:

Behold: Kegasus!

Time Flys When U R Having Fun!

     Hi guys...just a quick note to let you know that I am still giving the ADW RaceUwin the trial run...it's been 3 weeks through tonight and unless things change drastically I may not even bother trialing the other 3 I had in mind...I am very satisfied so far...one of the highlights that I have noticed is that the bet is always accepted...unless it is past post of course...with TwinPitchforks (Spires) just about every day you would get a notice that the bet may not have been accepted and please check it in your wagering log...if you were close to the start..you usually could not get another bet in...and either the $50 Horse got away from you...or it lost and you just shrug it off...if you complain there would be the usual hee and haw over there..One more week to go on RaceUwin..hope it keeps going good..I have a feeling it will...Have a Gread Day Handicapping Harness...Good Luck!

Oh My....

     The nightmare continued...1 pitiful winner out of 24 selections over the past 2 days...wtf....any of my 4 dumb sisters could of written the posts and ....well you know what I mean...I have to go with $2 Dad this afternoon so I will give it a break...maybe a few days...weeks...or months....Have a great day HandicappingHarness...Good Luck!

Taken aback (a little)

I was a little taken aback by the payoff for a trifecta I hit tonight at Yonkers Raceway. Race 10 came in 5 (39.5-1), 3 (17.4-1), 7 (13.6-1) for a payoff of $1,180 (I had it for $1 so I got 1/2 that). I thought for sure it was going to pay bigger as the previous race (race 9) had come in 6 (5.1-1), 4 (19.3-1), 2 (9.0-1) for a payoff of $1,007! What do you think? Should of been more? Or just about right? Have a great Friday Handicapping Harness!

Survival Challenge Update

January is almost over and here is an update on our performance in the Survival Challenge. I'm (Estimator) sitting at 1701 with $115.20, The Clocker (TheClocker) clocks in at 185th with $184.00 and $2 Dad (Hammer) is sitting on the front page leader board in 9th place at the moment! Way to go Dad. Hopefully I can improve my own perfomance a little in the next month. The key for now is to just stay in the race! Everyone have a great day Handicapping Harness!

Oops

I was pre-betting some trifectas on Bodog before work yesterday and thought I had bet a 1357 $1 trifecta box at The Meadows (1st race). I hit the bet button and realized that instead of The Meadows 1st race it was Monticello 13th race. I had been betting Monticello and had forgot to click over to The Meadows for the bet. Instead of calling in and begging to cancel the bet, I just decided it to let it ride (time was short, I actually make most of my money at my day job :) Anyway the tri hit at The Meadows (371) and paid off $21.80 for a buck (I lost $2.20). I completely forgot about the other bet until I came home from work and logged in and saw that my account had been credited $974. Turns out the tri at Monticello came in 157. A good (and very lucky) day Handicapping Harness!