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Upside down pool on a 1 to 9 shot, #9, sure didn't look like a DQ in the running:

4th race - Mountaineer Race Track And Gaming Resort - August 21, 2006

Off at: 8:18 Race Type: Allowance
Age Restriction: Three Year Old and Upward
Sex Restriction: Fillies and Mares
Value of Race: $46,200
Distance: Five Furlongs
Surface Type: Turf Track Condition: Firm
Winning Time: 55.57
Pgm Horse Jockey Win Place Show
1 Bluegrass Breeze Scott Spieth 71.20 23.20 109.20
3 Electrical Carlita Rex A. Stokes, III 5.00 25.00
4 Energy Counts Andrew R. Ramgeet 43.60
Also ran: 9 - Nicole's Dream , 2 - All Platinum , 5 - Shiny Dancer
Scratched horses: Slew's Sparkle , Ready and Tough , Daisy for Rubiano

Wager Type Winning Numbers Payoff

$2 Perfecta 1-3 304.00
$2 Trifecta 1-3-4 1,595.40

Gotta be one of the biggest show payoffs of the year, nearly matching the big one opening day at Arlington last summer.

T., I posted about that last night. I saw the race, and clearly Nicoles Dream was tons the best, but she did cut off the 3 and 4 causing then to pull up and check hard. I don't think it would have made a difference in the outcome of the race....maybe the 3 or 4 would have got up for the place instead of the 1, but who knows. Nicoles Dream won by open lengths. Im sure there were some pissed off people last night that had her singled...but...what can you do?

Show pool
1: $600
2: $900
3: $3000
4: $1700
5: $1000

9: $132,000