Bridge Jumpers get nailed at Aqueduct
 

Race 1 Payoffs

1st 3-Fancy Runner $16.40 $9.90 $20.40
2nd 5-Fit Faze - $17.40 $45.20
3rd 2-High Stakes Holdem - - $32.80

The entry was 2/5 and took a boatload in the place and show pools. The place pool was $43,034 and $28,263 was wagered on the 1. The show pool was $78,338 and $70,244 was wagered on the 1.

It never gets old -- I love it every time.

You are so right....it never gets old. It is like that one joke that always make you laugh no matter how many times you have heard it and no matter how old it is.

Wow...That's awesome! The Bridge Jumpers are flying!!!
And you are right..it never gets old.

Good catch. This is always a mind bender, lol.

Not often you see "jumpers" in a "cheaper" race like that...kudos to the winning trainer/jockey combo...which was the same!

How about that Grand Slam payout too!

you guys love it when someone loses multiple tens of thousands of dollars?

y'all would probably make good prison guards.

On a sucker bet? You better believe it.

I'd laugh just as hard if someone took 10000-1 odds for $100,000 that a nuclear holocaust would terminate the world by Friday.

I have no shame in enjoying watching a cop-out sucker bet make someone lose money.

Does that make me mean?

that would be like laughing at someone who lost 100k in the stock market.
pathetic? yes it is
sad? yep
playing the stock market a suckers game? gosh darned it, yes! (can i use the word hell here?)

a source of amusement? i dont know about that one.

did you hear the one about the lil ol granny who got run over by an earth mover while crossing the street?

now that was funny!

Do you have any photos?

I guess I just don't see the comparison between losing 50K on a sucker show bet and an old woman dying.

They aren't really in the same universe as far as bad analogies go.

Thankfully it happened in New York. At least the poor schnook gets to choose from a lot of bridges. Anyone who chases $2.10 deserves whatever they get.

We had the same thread on here a month ago and i got bashed for calling it a chickenshit bet. Glad to know someone is laughing with me.

i would think if someone dropped 50k on a bet, they could afford to lose it. hell, maybe one day they'll look back and laugh too.

or maybe not

just maybe... probably the donald using his phone a bet account.

while it's human nature to laugh at the misfortune of others, i think it's useful to draw a line somewhere.

the reason, spenser, that the analogy isnt a bad one was that it was meant to show how ridiculous you are, laughing at a rather severe misfortune somebody just went through.

maybe losing 50k isnt a big deal to people on this board, but i wouldnt assume that for the person who did lose it.

oh, maybe this is an analogy you'll understand better. do you laugh at people, who out of some messed up desperation in their life, spend $100's a week on the lottery that they really cannot afford? No? Why not? It's the ultimate sucker bet and is really much worse than any bet you can make in horse racing.


why even the need to laugh at someone that loses, period? you are probably one of those people that when their horse is obviously going to lose, will route against his friends horse from winning.

misery loves company is alive and well.

as to the person who wanted me to complete the old lady joke...

this lady was crossing the street from her old age home. she got all dolled up in her best moth ball smelling dress from the 40's. she had her requisite 2 gallons of old lady perfume on, and she even had her dentures polished for this rare outing.

anyways, she got to the point where she was about halfway across the road, but because her walker wasnt motorized, it took her several hours to cross the street. finally, some half drunk NASCAR fan who was driving the earth mover vehicle had had enough.

so, he put out his marlboro, put some garth brooks (I hope i've not offended anyone by invoking garth's name) tune on, put a piece of straw in his mouth, and decided to punch the gas with a loud yee haw yell!!

the punchline? she was crossing the street to pick up her social security check!!!! talk about a sucker!!!