mohawk new post time

[Brown jug]

the  brain trust at woodbine mohawk have decided on an earlier post time of 6.30
i am sure there were numerous meetings and extensive studies done by these morons
so lets see how much earlier the races end or just more time to drag out races
here is a thought
you could have left the post time as is or just move to 7 pm and shorten the time between races and win/win

[harlowmaxx]

Their reasoning for doing it is so their races and Meadowlands races don't overlap. Their goal is to run their races 12 minutes after Meadowlands runs theirs on Friday and Saturday.

[JT]

I don't not mind an earlier post time but I bet they'll drag even more now and the races will end at the same time. 6:30 really means 6:45 as we all know

[Brown jug]

dont give them too much credit gh
these people are morons
nepotism at is highest form for years and years

[harlowmaxx]

I'm not giving them any credit, that's just what their BS reasoning was. Last Friday & Saturday Meadowlands 1st race went off at 6:33, which is 13 minutes after their scheduled post time of 6:20, which means Mohawk's 1st race won't go off until 6:45 if they actually plan to start their races 12 minutes after Meadowlands.

[darnoldrocks]

God forbid grooms and trainers get home before 1am on a race night, only to be up again at dawn to start a new day.
Those poor gamblers having to arrange to be in their chair, at their screens an hour earlier.
Shut up.

[Parked]

I’m sure they have had conversations with  Meadowlands.  I think we will see Mlands post much closer to the advertised time. 
As I remember , they tried going on post time before. Said handle dropped and quickly dropped that idea.  I don’t think they wanted it to work and didnt give starting on time a chance.  One does not get shut out very often before adapting.  Some tracks show post time as time race is to start, others it is when horses come to track.

[harlowmaxx]

I’m sure they have had conversations with  Meadowlands.  I think we will see Mlands post much closer to the advertised time. 
As I remember , they tried going on post time before. Said handle dropped and quickly dropped that idea.  I don’t think they wanted it to work and didnt give starting on time a chance.  One does not get shut out very often before adapting.  Some tracks show post time as time race is to start, others it is when horses come to track.

If tracks like Meadowlands actually started going off at post time instead of 7 minutes late, the bettors would adjust and wager earlier. In their heyday, the races went off at post time and the handle, which was mainly on track was even higher than it is now. Jason Lapdog Settlemoir claimed they experimented with starting at post time, actually it was still 2 or 3 minutes late instead of 7, and handle was much lower which was an exaggeration. They never gave it enough time. He thinks starting 7 minutes late increases the handle, but he's wrong, people are still going to wager the same amount, only later.

[MOHAWK FREAK]

    I wish they would have a clock that counted down that ended wagering instead of the traditional way. It looks so suspicious when a 4-1, while the gate is rolling,  to end up 3/5 at the quarter and win.  THAT WILL EVENTUALLY ruin racing new comers.  Then you have to fight off conspiracy theories of open windows , ETC. they should try that BUT from what I understand the signal at an OTB could be off by many seconds so until that is fixed it will never happen.

[pocketrocketwinner]

God forbid grooms and trainers get home before 1am on a race night, only to be up again at dawn to start a new day.
Those poor gamblers having to arrange to be in their chair, at their screens an hour earlier.
Shut up.

Perfect snapshot here as to how gamblers are viewed by the entire industry

[whiptherabbit]

Gamblers don’t give two fucks what time the groom gets home at night , they also don’t give two fucks if the equipment manager for a hockey team is there until 4am.

The majority wouldn’t know most of the intricacies of a barn schedule honestly.

Moving the post time up will probably have little to no effect on the overall wager. They’ll get more action in later races, I see it potentially hurting the pick 5.

[mwins]

First race wont even be on the track at 630.

There is an infield clock with the ACTUAL minutes to post. It is ALWAYS at least 7 minutes later than the tote board clock.

[pocketrocketwinner]

Gamblers don’t give two fucks what time the groom gets home at night , they also don’t give two fucks if the equipment manager for a hockey team is there until 4am.

The majority wouldn’t know most of the intricacies of a barn schedule honestly.

Moving the post time up will probably have little to no effect on the overall wager. They’ll get more action in later races, I see it potentially hurting the pick 5.

In my experience, the entire industry completely resents gamblers, aka customers. And they are very open about it. From horsepeople to track employees and managent. Serious hate for the customer

[JENNY FROM THE BLOCK]

this was tom aldrich's( nfld GM) famous move,  he invented it i think. he had a radio and he would tell the starter when to go. as he sat in the office watching the money roll in. thats a long time ago.

[pylon]

Gamblers don’t give two fucks what time the groom gets home at night , they also don’t give two fucks if the equipment manager for a hockey team is there until 4am.

The majority wouldn’t know most of the intricacies of a barn schedule honestly.

Moving the post time up will probably have little to no effect on the overall wager. They’ll get more action in later races, I see it potentially hurting the pick 5.

Rabbit...here,s hoping you become less cynical about us gamblers in the New Year
Cheers