CHRB/Santa Anita Stupidity at it's finest
 

R3 1/9/10 (SA) (3 horse race)
$1.00 Exacta 4-1 $1.50
$1.00 Trifecta 4-1-2 $1.50

Did you hit it?

I didn't bet it.

Feels like an overlay.

I'm curious what the CHRB has to do with a short field in a graded stake?

They are the ones that make the rules.

Uh huh. And? Try to flesh out a point...

The point is there should be no tri wagering on a 3 horse field.

Let HANA know. I'm sure they'll put it on their priority list.

I had it boxed up 3 times.

Respectfully, the way it works with HANA is Alan would need to email the track and call them and then they would follow up for him. Hana does not iniatiate confrontation they simple request follow ups on behalf of players? lol

Wait a minute, a 1-20 shot combined with the clear 2nd choice returned 1-2 in the exacta and people are b.itching?

Really, who cares?

Rule #5 at work, or to paraphrase Obi Wan Kenobi, "Who is the bigger fool, the fool or the guy who bets on the three horse race he runs?"

Big win bet on the #4 in the 6th cancelled before race goes off.

CHRB is to balme? Its the suckers that bet it that get the idiot prize.

Did anyone notice that the race 1-2 $2 daily double paid the exact same price as a $2 win bet on the 2nd race winner?:zz:

2 Kilograeme G. Gomez $7.40 $3.40 $2.40
1 Spectacular Sky R. Bejarano $2.40 $2.10
4 Beautiful Sunday V. Espinoza $3.40

Times in 5ths: :223 :454 1:092 1:213

Times in 100ths: :22.76 :45.80 1:09.52 1:21.75

Winning Trainer: Mitchell Mike | Owner: Little Red Feather Racing, McCrocklin, Tom and Ye, Weila
Unplaced horses listed in order of finish.
Also ran: Hard to Resist and Lunar Lovegal
$1 Exacta (2-1) Paid: $6.40, $1 Trifecta (2-1-4) Paid: $25.20
(Off: 1:02 Next Post: 1:32) Surface: Turf GET PPS: This Racecard | Next Card: 01/13
1 Mile | Open | 4 Year Olds And Up

# HORSE JOCKEY WIN PLACE SHOW
5 Megaspiel (GB) G. Gomez $46.20 $17.00 $6.80
3 Charlie's Princess B. Blanc $6.40 $5.00
4 Party With Brando R. Bejarano $4.20

Times in 5ths: :243 :49 1:134 1:252 1:371

Times in 100ths: :24.77 :49.03 1:13.92 1:25.59 1:37.34

Winning Trainer: Gallagher Patrick | Owner: Reid Gerald
Unplaced horses listed in order of finish.
Also ran: Rainbow Luck, Siberian Heart, Bellini Bliss (IRE) and Holy Flapper
$1 Exacta (5-3) Paid: $133.90, $1 Trifecta (5-3-4) Paid: $1,074.00, $1 Superfecta (5-3-4-1) Paid: $4,081.10, $2 Daily Double (2-5) Paid: $46.20 Daily Double Pool $48,379.00

I watched a horse at Philly go from 4/5 to 5/2 in 10 secs and the 5/2 horse went to 8/5 in the same time.

I just looked up the chart for race 3 at SA yesterday, and as strange as it is that the trifecta was not cancelled on a three horse field, to me it's stranger still that a $1 tri paid $1.50 when the race finished in odds order.

A 50% yield on the most popular combination, and with no extra runners in the race?

What am I missing? Did many people make the point to put the longshot first in their combo due to the short field?

The payoff was identical also to the exacta.

Think about that one a minute.