Funny Story
 

OK, I hate racetrack stories, but this is sort of funny.....

I was betting the 8th at Gulfstream over the phone. I bet $100 to win on the 3, Mr. Whimsey ( no jokes about me being a pathetic chalk eating weasel please ). Then I started betting some doubles, at which point the operator said " There's no 11 in the next race. " Sure there is I said. Then she realized her error and was taking my bets at Turfway.....and they were in the gate at Turfway. Luckily we cancelled the Turfway bet and moved to Gulfstream. No big deal.

So now I'm half-assed watching the 8th at Turfway while I wait for Gulfstream and as they go over the wire I notice the 3 wins. That's funny, I think, as I guess I wish I hadn't bet doubles and realized my mistake. Then I see the odds.....he's 29-1!

He got DQ'd.

you're a pathetic chalk eating weasel.






i felt that was required.


carry on kind sir.

that worked out.. new big stable rolbea t bred llc j negerte trainer.

If anybody has their copy of the " Hooves Decoder Guide " I could use it for a minute.

I sold mine on E-Bay.

that worked out .. you got the win..

new big stable .. the trainer of the last that won at 60-1

as in the big stable at gs that beyer exposed.......

decoded ..:D

Wow! You can post coherently!

Who knew?

chalk eating weasle......

Javier Negrete is very sneaky

weasel.

So is Hooves.

Evens out
 

For every story like that there seems to be 1 or 2 that don't work out. Glad this one did and the 3 won at Gulfstream for fun...

PSH

Would have been a better story if you'd let the Turfway bet ride (not that many would). The thrill and then the agony.

I almost had to let the bet ride as the horses were literally in the gate when she realized her mistake.

I cancel mispunches....and have no idea why anyone wouldn't.

The racing gods apparently plan on being good to you this year - go for it!

Out of curiosity, how would've you handled the situation if she hadn't got the bet changed?

we would be calling him a redboarding weasel instead....

As George said to Kramer "You're Batman"

In this case it was an operator that has been there for a long time, is very good, and I like a lot personally. So, I would have just let it slide because it comes out of her pocket. However, it also wasn't a lot of money so it's easy for me to feel magnanimous. If it was thousands it would have been a problem I guess. I'm extremely careful, and the operators are good, I have had one problem in about 14 years.....and I make a lot of bets.

If it was an operator that I am not comfortable with, though usually I hang up on these, I would have made them make good on the bet.

Do you say anything when you hang up on them or just hang up? Like "You suck, GOOD BYE??"

Mistakes are the undoing of many tellers. I worked at Lone Star for two years as a teller and made only one mistake that I couldn't cancel during that time. I worked in the Simulcast Pavilion so it was basically only simulcast races. One night a guy wanted a trifecta at Hoosier that was supposed to be 2,4/2,4/1,3,5,7 for $8. I instead punched 2,4/1,2,3,4,5,7/1,2,3,4,5,7 for a total of $30. When I punched it he said, "Oh I can't afford that, cancel it." As I put the ticket back in the machine the race went off. He felt bad but I told him, no worries, my mistake, I'll just put it in the drawer. Then as he walked away from the window I stole a peek at the race. It looked like the 4 was well clear and the 3 and 1 were fighting it out for second and third. It ended up coming in 4-3-1 and paid $165 for $1. I gladly put the $135 in my pocket.

Sometimes mistakes work out...most of the time they don't.

NT

Speaking of funny stories...

has anyone else ever gone to pay for something and mistaken their NYRA Rewards card or other betting card for their credit card and handed it to the cashier?

That's a real knee slapper.

:p Guess you had to be there.

is this the same stable where the trainer is usually iadesernia?

I do it all the time with my Subway card.

When I tried to get a NYRA card - I was originally rejected.

However, I had a friend who knows a few people at NYRA and he made a few calls and told me the situation was taken care of - and as long as I went to see so and so I was gold.

As it turned out - I ended up in some office hidden away in the back of the Saratoga grandstand - with a detective examining my social security card with a magnifying glass.

Turns out - someone with a crazy mexican name already had a NYRA card using my social security number - and since I put down the wrong phone number (I don't want those jackasses calling me) they assumed I was trying to steal the identity of some beaner.

Is this true?

Who is that in your avatar? ;)

I'm thinking both a hot chick with a douchebag and Eli Manning would be correct answers to that question.

Opps, I thought it was DrugS with a hot chick.

For a second, I thought you were inferring that DrugS was a douchebag. LOL

Wow, that was funny. I think you should send this story to some of the late night talk shows.

Just proves if you have money you have hotties. Eli is one ugly dude

that's her myspace photo. she's actually shaped like a pyramid and he's inside her.

hope that makes you feel better.

Better looking than his bro, though.

Who isnt?? lol

I could name a few.

Nick Zito?

If you really confused me with a druken Eli Manning....

It's war!

The black Randy Moss will hop on Discreet Cat - ride him over to your house - and do things to you that will no doubt cause you mental and physical anguish.

Looks like Randy's going to be busy tonight.

Same goes for you.

Lucky enough for me Discreet Cat would spit the bit before he even reached the outer limits of Saratoga Springs.