you're in the wrong place if you want to talk sense. see mavericks bs for the kind of posts we are looking for here.
U Can Trade / Scalp .. the ponys .. like anything else out there on betfair or betdaq... etc... check.. for more details... even some guys on here could learn from that . site http://betdaqscalper.blogspot.com
They are the SAME because you think you have some edge, which you don't. They created charting programs to get in more suckers. colors and nice neat little gadgets to get even more suckers.... they gave horses names that more suckers will gravitate towards, or away from (good for the horse owner).... to think you have an edge because you sign up for IB or Tradestation is retarded... to think you have an edge because horse #8 has a lucky number or name is retarded... in the markets, you think you say "smart" things.....neat terminology like "off-the-run bonds" or "ADX divergence". this is for suckers. wake up.....realize you are a pawn and these things were designed to take your money.
If you make enough money trading the markets then you can buy a good horse and make more money having people bet on it.
like anything else, 1 out of 1000 have a real edge, the others , fantasy land. i was beating the horses when many of you were still swimming in your fathers testes.
sure it is, you gamble there's not a fraud in your company, and if you own an index you gamble a nuke doesnt go off.
you know more about it than me, but according to this kid (who wasn't even a jockey) jockies are not as competitive as they pretend to be. There is a fair amount of socialism that goes on any race day.
lets put it this way, your jockey not trying is way down on the list of things you need to be worried about when betting. would be like worrying if jack hershey liked your trade.