ralphmcpherson
Senior Master
thats the difference. Id sit down and enjoy a game of footy without money on one of the teams but despite what some may say there would be very few watching horse racing just for the spectacle. You only have to go to the pub and go to where they are showing the horse racing and you will see all the people betting on the races with all the used tickets littering the floor. You wont see anyone sitting back with a beer and just cheering on their favourite horse, unless they have a few dollars on it.I actually watch a horse racing event once. It was when I was young and I had this video game that was a horse racing game. But that was about it. The game was more fun as you controlled the whipping of the horse. To soon and he tired and got passed by. To late and you could not catch the front runners soon enough. So you had to know things like how many furlong in the race and if the horse ran better in mud, dirt, or grass. The game was pretty fun. The real event was not. I think the people that bring you horse racing made the game and put it out to attempt to stir up interest in the sport. I guess it worked because it made me watch an event. But the event itself just could not hold me.
Now if I had some money on a horse then I guess I would watch.
The game even had the betting aspect to it. You could bet on your horse but your horse only (guess it would be pretty easy to cheat and bet against yourself and then lose on purpose). There were 3 bets you could make. A win bet, a place bet, and a trifecta bet where you would bet on three horses and you had to pick the order of the horses. So 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
As I said the game was fun. Me and my friends use to play all the time. And this was 30 years ago. But the real thing I guess, is for the Aristocratic.