Thread: Interesting Note Under My Hotel Resort Door

Originally Posted by 32t

I will never win big in gambling but then again I don't bet............

The only person I trully belived won at the horse track was my grandmother.

She went to the track with a senior group and when I asked if she won she said yes. 50 cents.

It's an exciting sport if you go to the track, but it's not easy to win. Horses are flesh and blood and bone and nerves and hormones. They have good days and bad days. When you spend time handicapping a race, you are mostly looking at PPs (Past Performances) of the horses racing. That tells a good part of the story of how they MIGHT perform this day, but without asking them how they feel, you really don't know the whole story. And I don't speak Horse, so I'm out of luck.

I do go to the paddock to see the horses up close for signs of how they are feeling during the post parade. Excess kidney sweat - a horse is very nervous. Excess sweating in general, the horse may be stressed out or overheated. Ears down head down, not a good sign. I want a horse that is on his game, walking around like he's about to dispatch another horse, his ears perky, muscles rippling.

I always tell first time bettors to stick with a SHOW bet. This way you have three times the chance to win SOMETHING. Not as much as a WIN bet, but at least you get to the cashier's window more often with a SHOW bet. And you can still bet as little as $2.00 on a horse. That's really nothing, especially in today's economy.

I put the DND sign on the door all the time. I feel like I don’t need my room made up or fresh towels every day, and am content to do my own thing, I pick up my coffee at the front desk. I’ve gotten similar notes from quite a few hotels over the recent years. I think they are trying to limit their liability is some way. If you were I peril in your room and no one checked on you, I’m sure someone would have something to say. Personally I could care less if they check in every now and then. I’m never there when they do and my room is mostly clean. The first time it happened it did cause me to raise a brow.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I put the DND sign on the door all the time. I feel like I don’t need my room made up or fresh towels every day, and am content to do my own thing, I pick up my coffee at the front desk. I’ve gotten similar notes from quite a few hotels over the recent years. I think they are trying to limit their liability is some way. If you were I peril in your room and no one checked on you, I’m sure someone would have something to say. Personally I could care less if they check in every now and then. I’m never there when they do and my room is mostly clean. The first time it happened it did cause me to raise a brow.

So true on the towels and room cleaning. Years past, maids were delighted to see my DND sign on the door so they could skip my room. The most I'd ask of them is perhaps for a spare towel or coffee for the room coffee maker. Now that's changing. I wish I could be like you and care less, but I don't like this policy change, so I, unfortunately, do care that they are now doing this.

Originally Posted by ZipZop

It's an exciting sport if you go to the track, but it's not easy to win. Horses are flesh and blood and bone and nerves and hormones. They have good days and bad days. When you spend time handicapping a race, you are mostly looking at PPs (Past Performances) of the horses racing. That tells a good part of the story of how they MIGHT perform this day, but without asking them how they feel, you really don't know the whole story. And I don't speak Horse, so I'm out of luck.

I do go to the paddock to see the horses up close for signs of how they are feeling during the post parade. Excess kidney sweat - a horse is very nervous. Excess sweating in general, the horse may be stressed out or overheated. Ears down head down, not a good sign. I want a horse that is on his game, walking around like he's about to dispatch another horse, his ears perky, muscles rippling.

I always tell first time bettors to stick with a SHOW bet. This way you have three times the chance to win SOMETHING. Not as much as a WIN bet, but at least you get to the cashier's window more often with a SHOW bet. And you can still bet as little as $2.00 on a horse. That's really nothing, especially in today's economy.

If you can you want to interact with the horse. A tricky mischievous horse is what you want. A horse that seems friendly and gains your confidence and then tries to take a piece out of you is a winner.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

If you can you want to interact with the horse. A tricky mischievous horse is what you want. A horse that seems friendly and gains your confidence and then tries to take a piece out of you is a winner.

Very true, sir. If you look at the post race temperatment of Rich Strike (The Longshot Derby winner), he was jacked up, biting the escort horse and the escort rider on the leg. He wanted that race and then wanted to cement his dominance after the race. I saw footage of Secretariat just before the Belmont where he destroyed the field by 31 lengths. He truly looked like an executioner on his way to dispatch other horses.