TulsaNow gathering at the horse races Thursday June 16th

[RecycleMichael]

At lunch someone brought up the idea of meeting for an evening so we could have a few drinks together.

Let's meet up at the fairgrounds and watch the horses run in a circle.

The first post is 6pm and the races last till around 10pm. Admission is free.

I will get us a table in the sports bar next to Big Splash. Go in the main doors and look to your left. Beers are pretty cheap and they have a full bar. They also serve food.

Races go off about every 25 minutes. There are many ways to bet, if you feel obliged. On each race, you can bet to win, to show or to place. You can also bet a quinella, an exacta, a trifecta, and a superfecta. Each oif these are separate games where about 80% of the money bet goes back to the gamblers who guessed correctly. The remainder goes back to the horse owners, the track overhead, etc. That is different than when the money goes to the casino...at the track losers pay winners, not the house. Most bets start at $2 but they do have 10 cent superfectas.

I can teach everybody how to read the racing form or program and will share how I am betting. You can tell me if you want a fairly safe play to try to win 10 or 20 percent on your bet or if you want to try and win 1000 times your money. We will go outside to watch the post parade and the races and I will try to give everybody some tips on what to look for in a winning horse.

Children are not allowed in the sports bar, but they are allowed to be outside in Fair Meadows.

This will be fun. Horse races are so much more fun than going to the casino, especially when you have some knowledge and use it to win money.

Who thinks they will be able to attend next Thursday night?

[Conan71]

The chance to party with and learn from a degenerate gambler?  Sounds like a blast.  I will try to be there.

[Townsend]

I've got a thing.  Sorry, have to pass.

[RecycleMichael]

The marketing guy for the track read this post and told me that kids are allowed into the sports bar, just not near the actual bar or the betting windows.

One of my favorite ways to bet is to get two others and bet a three horse quinella. We each put in two dollars and pick a horse. When we win, we split the money. If we lose, the guy whose horse comes in last of the three has to pay the whole six dollars for the next race.

I also like betting two dollars to win on the favorite and buying a $3 import beer. If the horse wins (and the favorite wins about 40% of the time) you can win enough to make the beer free. If your horse loses, you just paid $5 for an import beer.

[AquaMan]

I would like to visit the track. Never have and don't know why, but this is a good opportunity. They serve Juleps?

[GG]

Ponies running?  Beer?  Betting?   

I'm there!!

[heironymouspasparagus]

Never on Friday or Saturday??

[RecycleMichael]

We can do something on a Friday or a Saturday soon.

This is going to happen tomorrow night. The marketing guy at the track said he will give us a couple of programs and a tip sheet.

There is no cover charge and the beers are affordable. You don't have to bet.

I plan on winning a tremendous amount of money and then donating some of the winnings to TulsaNow. That way, our monthly lunches can be free to all who attend.

[RecycleMichael]

I am going to bet on number seven in the first race. The horse is named TEMPT ME and is a Kentucky bred with five starts, all in the money. It is a $4,000 claiming race (which means that every horse can be purchased for 4K and the owner might lose their horse). The purse is 6K spread among the first five horses with 55% going to the first place horse. That means these horses are not the best, but the motivation to win is high.

In the second race I plan to bet the number eight horse, HORSE WOMAN. This is a filed of lightly raced horses and many first-time starters and this horse has a second and a third in two career starts. I like horses who run well as the favorite but don't win the next time they run.

Race three is also a maiden race (which means none of the horses have won before). I like a couple of horses here. The four horse RUNNIN AZOOM is a rare Utah bred horse who came in second after being bumped. This is a 250 yard race  that will last about 14 seconds. I also like the outside horse KKS GOLD FORTUNE who should be at long odds.

[Townsend]

It turns out the wife and I may be able to make it.  Been a long time. 

Do they still have the giant table beers with the taps there?

Nothing says "I'm having more fun than you" like an atrociously large novelty beer.

[dbacks fan]

Courtesy of Jay Cronley, one of my favorite movies "Let It Ride"

Hope someone has Trotter's luck!

[Townsend]

Courtesy of Jay Cronley, one of my favorite movies "Let It Ride"

Hope someone has Trotter's luck!

Great flick.  "You could be walking around lucky and not even know it"

[RecycleMichael]

The best part is how he picks the last horse. He asks all the losers at the track who they pick to win and the horse left was the one he bet.

[stageidea]

Courtesy of Jay Cronley, one of my favorite movies "Let It Ride"

Hope someone has Trotter's luck!

Certainly, one of my favorite movies!  Good luck at the track tonight!  Would love to go but I am heading to the Drillers game tonight. Thirsty Thursday is always hard for me to pass up..

[nathanm]

I'd come, but I doubt any of you want whatever the hell tropical disease I managed to catch.