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Horseplayer and co-author of Betting With An Edge

Lexington, KY
Joined January 2014
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Mike Maloney retweeted
Keeneland fails to put in any new guardrails for CAWs and sees handle plummet. A coincidence? Hopefully, other tracks are paying attention.
About $16.65-million more was bet on @thenyra races this year @BelmontPark1905 this year than (B)Aqueduct last year, but total handle still slipped $9.9-million. There is just no new money coming in to the pools.
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Mike Maloney retweeted
T O Elvis was dazzling, and anyone who watched his last race can’t be surprised he just did that. But hopefully this race serves as a needed inflection point around the lack of regulation of CAW wagering, because that was as egregious as you’ll see.
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Strongly recommend this new book. Solid ideas throughout but think the money management and horseplayer psychology chapters will really help many players.
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Mike Maloney retweeted
But we have all been told the tote security is great and past posting is impossible even though the actual tote shutoff is a manual process :-)
I believe wagering was unable to be properly shut off prior to Race 9 so that ended up being a refund. Race 10 was paid it looks like. Everything was going so smooth until it wasn’t.
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The head of the TRPB who wouldn’t answer simple questions about the tote system has been in his position for twenty years. In 2007 he was unaware of a major past posting incident NINE DAYS after it occurred. Little changes yet we’re told tote is secure. Players finally waking up?
“Not Answering IS the Problem”: Pat Cummings Blasts Tote Oversight After CAW Questions Get Dodged cawtracker.com/2025/12/09/no… @PatCummingsNTA
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Last night the University of Kentucky football team invited some of our residents to watch practice and tour the facility. We are appreciative to the coaches for their hospitality and giving us a behind the scenes look!
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Mike Maloney retweeted
If I see the same odds drops at Churchill, I will end producing products and betting that meet quickly. I refuse to tell people to bet on horses where I cannot properly assess a horses price and then watch the odds go down as the race is being run. It's suspected thievery.
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Mike Maloney retweeted
I think it would be beneficial to all for @KeenelandJim to explain how Keeneland has "addressed that (CAW) issue in other ways." Because I don't think it's working.
Replying to @racetrackandy
"Keeneland is aware of the issue." There, don't you feel better now?
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Three tracks can handle working a new plan with CAWs - they have government revenue and sales revenue. Keeneland, KD and CD. The problem with that is KEE and CD were 16%|19% juice and they raised it. KD raised takeout. They increased margins for, and *helped* the CAWs win more
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You won’t find a much more convincing argument for a CAW cut-off than this. Of course, this is the result of one group getting the opportunity to bet last. And it will keep getting worse if tracks don’t come up some reasonable and comprehensive guardrails for CAWs.
FEW PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR PARIMUTUEL POOLS NO LONGER REFLECT "CROWD WISDOM." The Exacta Payouts for Keeneland R2 on 10-16 were totally manipulated to achieve HEDGING PARITY by CAWS, who made roughly $130,000 on this HEIST. They had nothing to do with Inside Info or Hackers.
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44-1 over 53-1 exacta pays ...? in a 11-horse field...LOL @keenelandracing #shutupandbet
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My phone blowing up at these EX and Tri payouts w the two longest shots on the board . This obviously got past posted no chance that EX could pay that its missing a zero @keenelandracing
Replying to @derby1592
@derby1592 @barshoelife @Silk1900 The vertical payouts are borderline criminal
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the worst exacta in horse racing history now belongs to keeneland… grisales over doyle!!
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Mike Maloney retweeted
44-1 over 53-1 pays $286 for a buck. This is the type of hit that should keep you afloat for several weeks, months, whatever. But instead, this might not get you out for the day, depending on how aggressive you are. What is going on?
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Keeneland race 2 I’ve been watching Keeneland racing for over 50 years and exacta and trifecta prices in race 2 are the most questionable I’ve ever seen. Both seem impossibly low by my math and experience. @keenelandracing @KeenelandJim @Shanbisharv
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