Horse Racing

There is no such thing as a sure thing in horse racing.

 

An exacta is where you pick the first and second place finishers in a race. People tend to 'box' three horses in an exacta. Assume you box horses 1, 2 and 3. If the race finishes:

1, 2
1, 3
2, 1
2, 3
3, 1
3, 2

you will win the exacta. The odds depend on the horses odds to win. So if 1 and 3 were both longshots and they finish 1,3 or 3,1 you will win a lot of money. If they were listed as 3:2 and 2:1 odds, you will win, but not much

Since you are betting 6 possible combinations, a $2.00 bet will cost you $12.00.

 

i'm sure that didn't take much

 

I would've quinella'd your horse and #6. That way, you'd win as long as both horses come in first and second, in either order.

 

You sure have been craping out a lot of threads since your wife outed you.

 

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Morning lines had Hoppsey at 6/1 and Unbridled Heat (#6) at 7/2. The exacta probably won't pay too great...and the quinella will probably pay way worse. With only a seven horse field, most bets probably won't pay large.

Good luck!

 

Just please beware of kites flying over the track.

 

A picture of the horse

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This guy told you he had a sure thing in a horserace and you're giving him your money?

The only sure thing I see is that you're the sucker.

 

If it's a sure thing I say bet the farm, or spaceship in this case, on it. What's the worse that could happen?

 

I suspect you can do a $2 exacta bet but you only have one combination - e.g. Horse 1 to win and Horse 2 to place. If they don't come in that order, you lose.

If your friend has advised you on a sure thing, then either that horse has low odds (e.g. 3:2) or he knows something is amiss. If you lay down a $2 bet on a heavy favorite to win, you won't net much money.

My strategy which has always left me leaving the track with more money than I started (granted, this has only been about 5 times in my life and I know nothing about horses, so this is more luck than skill), was to do a lot of boxing with a horse with low odds, a horse with medium odds and a horse with medium to high odds. If you win one or two of those, then you are set for the night.

 

Don't end up like those guys did in:

 

Have you ever seen such cruelty?

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Only once before.....

 

Doesn't look like you won the "sure thing" if you used #6 as part of the exacta, he finished 3rd.

Hoppsey finished last.....hahahahaha

http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqb....cfm?TRK=BEL&CY=USA&DATE=06/02/2011&STYLE=BEL


6th race - Belmont Park - June 02, 2011

Off at: 3:40 Race Type: Starter Handicap Video Race Replay
Age Restriction: Three Year Old and Upward
Purse: $40,000
Distance: One And One Sixteenth Miles On The Inner turf
Track Condition: Firm
Winning Time: 1:43.55
Pgm Horse Jockey Win Place Show
2 Unaccountable Javier Castellano 6.50 3.70 2.60
1 Tangled Tango Ramon A. Dominguez 5.50 3.20
6 Unbridled Heat Jose Lezcano 2.80
Also ran: 4 - Good Prospect , 5 - Codeword (IRE) , 3 - Seniors Pride , 8 - Hoppsey
Scratched horses: Frazil (Main-Track-Only) , Typhoon Tycoon (Trainer) , Budge Man (Main-Track-Only) , Almighty Silver (Main-Track-Only) , I Ain't No Saint (Trainer) , Harlequin Sky (Trainer) , Nathan Ridge (Main-Track-Only)

Wager Type Winning Numbers Payoff
$2 Pick 3 7-1-2 (3 correct) 70.50
$2 Daily Double 1-2 14.80
$2 Exacta 2-1 29.60
$2 Superfecta 2-1-6-4 389.40
$2 Trifecta 2-1-6 89.00
Winning Breeder: Forging Oaks Farm
Winning Owner: Dubb, Michael and High Grade Racing Stable
Winning Trainer: Chad C. Brown

 

Maybe I'm not reading the box correctly, but does that mean that Hoppsey came in dead last?