OIR - Only in Racing
Pull the Pocket’s been ranting, and he makes a lot of sense. His latest post Only in Racing explores the strange predicaments that arise in the racing industry. A couple of good ones:
We think rebated players stick their rebates in a sock.
We call our customers “disgruntled gamblers”.
We charge people for racing data and past performances. Like McDonald’s charging $2 to look at their menu.
A few other OIHR’s and OIR’s stolen from the internet are below. Please note these were simply selected because they contained the terms OIHR and OIR, but they do give some insight into the industry:
Only in harness racing would we let a ridiculous situation like this occur. I recently paid a gentleman to write a program for my company with my company’s data. If he comes back and asks me to give him $50 a month for it, I will tell him to go jump in the lake.
Only in harness racing do we put our top performers in detention because their numbers are too high. Take peoples’ livelihood away and tarnish/ruin their reputations forever before they are charged with anything! The ORC or any racing Commission has no right!! This is Canada and the last time I looked in our system you are innocent… until… proven guilty.
Only in racing do guys become superstars at the snap of a finger. It’s chemicals and painkillers. Cheating works, and honesty is finishing a distant second
Horse racing is the only sport that seems like it TRIES not to reach it’s audience. Could you imagine if the only NBA basketball that came on TV was at 11am? Could you imagine trying to sign up for an online casino and being told “we can do blackjack, but if you like poker you are SOL”. Only in horse racing do we trip over our own feet.
Only in horse racing would it be a novel concept that the price of the product has something to do with a business’s success or failure. For decades, leaders of the industry thought that whenever they needed revenue, they could raise takeout with impunity. Track owners would say: Nobody is going to notice if an exacta pays $78.60 instead of $83.20. So over the years, takeout crept up, up, up.
Only in horse racing can this beauty be tarnished by a brutal reality in the blink of an eye.
On Saturday we turned a blind eye to tragedy. This is the only sport where the winners weep with joy, while a competitor’s horse lie dying on the track. The viewing audience got very little coverage on Eight Belles’ tragic death. Instead we saw the victors celebrating, in a moment that was more fit for mourning.
Only in horse racing can an average Joe race against the Queen, Sheiks and racing’s elite and beat them, because nobody knows where the next John Henry, Seattle Slew or Real Quiet is going to come from
Do you have any of your own “OIR” thoughts? Let us know below in the comments.
