Professional horseplayers have been the backbone of horse racing’s pari-mutuel handles forever. $2 bettors are important as well, but it’s the pros that churn the big bucks. TROT recently spoke to one of these people, who made his living playing Standardbreds for decades. More recently however, this individual has turned more to Thoroughbreds and Sports Betting… we asked him to explain why, because as an industry we truly need to know. By John Rallis