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Remember horse racing??
My understanding is that most lines have stopped it because so many
passengers figured out that it was rigged, and didn't want to be associated with it. And yes, as a former Cruise Director, I can tell you for certain that it was a fixed race in most cases, and yes, it brought in lots of $$$, specifically for the CD (though I got into the CD gig after most of it was stopped... damn! It's all timing!) BTW and fyi, the race featuring the horses the passengers bought and decorated wasn't fixed... no advantage, since everyone knew what the pot totaled, and the company couldn't get any of it. Do they still do that on some cruises? I haven't seen it !!! |
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Remember horse racing??
Hi All,
We were part of a group of Canadians who bought a horse on the Stella Solaris Trans Atlantic cruise (Spring '99). Our horse was named "Viagra Falls", and we won the final race. I think each couple got about $50.00 back from our $20.00 investment. The funniest horse racing "event" we saw in all our cruising was on the RotterdamV. One horse was named "Hoof Hearted", and, according to their introductory speel, was fed exclusively on beans in preparation for his race. You can imagine the laughs that came from the crowd when the CD did the play-by-play announcement of the race. He pretended he didn't even know what he was saying. It was a real "stinker". Tobieon an Island in the Pacific "mrtractor" wrote in message et... We just returned from the Radiance and we put together an "ownership group" to purchase a horse. We bid and won. On the advice of one of our group, a real gambler, we took # 4, apparently her lucky number. We trained it all week, carried it around with us everywhere, got her picture taken with the captain and fed it a steady diet of pizza and Budweiser. Our jockey, Kimmie, showed up in a bikini with a coconut shell top and a feathered Mardi Gras mask. Very distracting for the other jockeys! (All part of our strategy). We even foiled a horsenapping plot! Anyway, our horse won! It was a double overtime, come from behind, down to the wire, PHOTO FINISH! I'm not making any of this up. We won a bundle and had a ball doing it. There is a picture of our "Winners Circle" on www.webshots.com search for user mrtractor1. This was our first experience getting involved in this since our first cruise in 1990. I've seen it on most of the ships but haven't bothered doing it. Besides being an old cruising tradition, it can be great fun! I am writing a story about this and will try to get it in one of the paper mags this coming year. Stay tuned. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! MrTractor "Gregory C. Read" wrote in message ... They had it on the Grand Princess in October. -- Greg lid (Remove the '.invalid' twice to send Email) "Ebbtide" wrote in message ... Do they still do that on some cruises? I haven't seen it !!! |
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Remember horse racing??
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 05:13:26 GMT, "CupCaked"
wrote: I always betted on the idiot on #1. It's not as far to the finish line. My, my, what have we here but an imposter. And a ****ty one at that. |
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Remember horse racing??
There was horse racing on the Paradise last week.
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Remember horse racing??
We had horse racing aboard the NCL Sun in May 03 on the Alaska cruise.
Jill - Seattle |
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