Why do people make Horse Racing such a Big Deal?

Question

its soo boring and its only 1 lap? With all the hyped going into the race and everything...Espn is all over this..Big Brown this Big Brown that..lol

Can you really make a lot of money by gambling on horse racing?

Answer 1

yes they over hype it to get people to place more bets on a horse that was the odds on favorite. in the past 30 years, there has been a lot of epic fail for horses trying to win the triple crown. I'm not a fan of horse racing, but after watching today's race to see if history would be made. i realized that the only way an horse will win the triple crown is by having the 3 events move from in between may-June to an one race per month thing where the Kentucky Derby will be held in may as always, the Preakness in June and Belmont in July. or add more races as in have more places in the list for an Triple crown win. like have it in Texas at Lone Star Park or in California or anywhere else.

Answer 2

yeah its way overhyped. they talk about it for 4 hours and the race is 2minutes, no one knows whos going to win its just best guess. there trying to make it like it was 100 years ago, but its simply not that popular

Answer 3

It's all about the betting.  The people who bet on the winner of this Belmont won a bundle.

Answer 4

I'd rather have it be one lap than more...it's exciting.  Nascar is sooo boring, I don't know how anyone could possibly sit down and watch 400 laps of an oval shaped track...Horse racing is extremely exciting on the other hand, kind of like a 100 yard dash.  Except, horses are more fun to watch because they're so fast and graceful.

Answer 5

you really need to get out more ......

You can win about a 1000 bucks with just one dollar  on horse racing

Answer 6

BEcause they like it?

Answer 7

Dawgma, if we followed your suggestions so that there would be more Triple Crown winners, it wouldn't be such a big deal and it wouldn't take an amazing athlete to win.

Answer 8

It's especially big when it's Triple Crown time. It's even bigger if theres a horse that could possibly win the Triple Crown.

If you hit it right you could made lots of money. But, honestly, in the long run you lose wayyy more than you win. For example, if you bet 2 dollars on the winner of the race today you could have won 79 dollars. Not bad for a 2 dollar ticket