Inside The Pylons
@InsideThePylons
I love horse racing but must admit the vast majority of the people entrusted to operate it, promote it, grow it & protect it are incompetent and/or don’t care.
I don’t post tickets but I’ll post some wisdom from DMs a few days ago.
25% hold. That’s insane
Just over five out of every eight dollars of operator revenue in June came from parlays. Overall, house winnings totaled $57.7 million thanks to an eye-popping hold of 24.8% — the highest since reaching 29.2% in July 2023.
Prediction Markets & Horse Racing - From Dustin Gouker’s closing line. After pretty much completely missing out on any benefit from vast expansion of sports wagering in US, appears racing will again stick its head in sand for evolving predictive market boom.
Great news from agent Paula Bacon, who just texted that she spoke with @tyler_conner519, and "he was in really good spirits, and all the feeling is coming back." Current diagnosis is broken C1 and nose.
"“Picking a winning horse can be tricky! You might want to look at the horse's past performance, the jockey's experience, and even the horse's appearance."😂 I tried using Gemini Live to help bet on horse races and it went about as well as you’d expect techradar.com/ai-platforms-a…
Rennie Rant- Vegas & Horse Racing.. sorry it’s long 😂 could have went for a hour 💨💨
Seriously though…. Let’s say you were alive for $50K in P-X. Your horse is leading & jock has used the 6 whip strikes. A horse is coming up on outside & jock breaks rule, hits him 15 times to get up to win by an inch. Jock is fined $500 or 20% of riding %. How would you feel?
Should have been DQ’ed for cheating. Maybe Gosger wins if he gets whipped more or Journalism gets 2 less strikes.
Corruption Hawks
The Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association board would better serve its membership if they put their differences aside and began to focus on reversing the downward spiral at Parx Racing: tinyurl.com/bdhwwcre
Field Sizes 9.41 - Dmr 7.26 - Sar 8.52 - Cnl 8.17 - LS 8.09 - EvD 7.97 - ElP 7.61 - CT 7.48 - Indy 7.38 - EmD 7.37 - GP 7.37 - WO 7.28 - Prx 7.13 - Cby 7.08 - Mth 7.05 - Mnr 6.70 - Haw 6.61 - Del 6.42 - Tdn 6.35 - LaD 6.26 - Pen
Jump in the bike with WALLY HENNESSEY as he notches his 12,000TH WIN MILESTONE with Jk Party in the opener at Saratoga today.
This video was so in depth that I do not know how they will not get 5000 likes
Did you know The Spirit of Massachusetts is the Spirit of America? 🇺🇸 Sunday’s Clara Barton was one for the history books — Sylvia Hanover shattered the world record for pacing mares on a 5/8 track, crossing the wire in a blazing 1:47.2 with Tim Tetrick in the bike. 🏆💨
Should have been DQ’ed for cheating. Maybe Gosger wins if he gets whipped more or Journalism gets 2 less strikes.
"Rispoli penalized for whip violation aboard Journalism in Haskell" @DRFHersh has the news. drf.com/news/rispoli-p…
Not in any way it will ever be offered.
fixed odds are meant for racing. in every way imaginable.
You want horse racing suits to invest in Keith Bush types to code to REMOVE money from pools?
TVG viewers and FBG clients coming in strong at post with their tickets. 8 goes 21-1 to 10-1 also.
Incredible caw action at @parxcasino today. The handle on the mandatory pick 5 increased by 154%. $496,000k to $1,260,000 🤤🤦♂️ Most other bets increased over 50%.
Looks like I won’t be forced to work 60+ hours a week for much longer.
The biggest most recognizable name in the Vegas limo business let go of half their drivers. Interpret how you’d like.
Someone just reminded me of this. You should have let this age a little longer Simon. Before they won the 5th at DMR, they were losing over 50 cents per dollar wagered in 2024 and 2025.
THIS AGED WELL 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I have no idea how anybody who isn’t going to assuredly win bets NYRA.
So back to back races we bet bad takedown followed by awful post time favorite scratch rule. Making it hard to play.
I just bet $2310 to win $33 on Scottie to close this out.
This is the type of content racing needs to do more of to show people the challenge and excitement of wagering on horse racing. Engaging, educational, enigmatic.
Planning to join us at Fairmount Park this weekend? Check out the official race picks and get a head start on your Saturday strategy: Race 1: 3-5-9-6 Race 2: 6-1-5-7 Race 3: 6-1-2-5 Race 4: 3-5-2-6 Race 5: 3-7-2-6 Race 6: 9-1-5-7 Race 7: 9-3-5-6 Race 8: 4-5-10-1