How has everyone done in past BCs?
 

I stink at the Derby. That race has cost me more money than any other. You would think that anyone who spends months handicapping it could pick a winner more often.

Anyway the BC has been good to me overall. As a guy that doesn't look to hit home runs and wagers $300 or so a BC day, I have a marginally positive roi over the last 22 years. The 2001 at Belmont was my worst. Lost 200 and a $100 voucher, and had to buy a very thin $50 sweatshirt it was so freakin' cold. The coldest places on earth...1) Storrs CT, 2)Brooklyn, 3) Belmont Park


Don't ask me what happens the rest of the year.

I stink at both (the BC and the Derby)-

My only highlights (in about the 5 or so years I've wagered on it):

A WP win on Singletary in the Mile

A place payoff on Better Talk Now lol. I was so convinced Kitten's Joy was gonna win, I thought I Better Talk Now could be the next best lol.

Don't feel bad. I am a firm believer in exacta boxing and that was one I didn't box

Had Pleasant Home (30-1) tied up in 2 pick 3's last year based on Mr. Byk's advice. Huge day last year and also the year Johannesburg won the Juvenile, other than that up and down.

I have had a few good ones, but not reversing Slew O' Gold with Wild Again in 1984 still stings. These were my best: !992 big win bet on A.P. Indy in the Classic and win bet in the Sprint on longshot Thirty Slews; a reversed exact of Spain over Surfside in the Distaff:D ; Vindication for a lot in the Juvenile in 2002; Stevie last year in the Juvy and Silver Train in the Sprint. My husband hit both times with his favorite...TIZNOW!:D

i had a rough run of luck last year, though gorella in the mile showing got me a bunch of the money i lost back as i went after her in the show pool pretty hard.

the year in texas was the best for me -- hit lots of win tickets, had a ouija board/film maker/all trifecta -- and the saddest part of the day was having win bets on the last four winners of the day -- which i believe were ouija board, wilko, better talk now, and ghostzapper. and did not play the pick-4 which returned somewhere around $25,000 i think for $1.

wanted to die :)

EDIT: there was totally just a post here saying that the p4 returned far less than i had said....and now it's gone. cute.


according to equibase, when i just looked it up now the $1 pick-4 returned $23,395.60, which sounds closer to what i remember it being.

It was me. I was mistaken. Do you remember what else I wrote? I promoted this guy http://www.tripanalysis.com/?selectedPageId=1 who won the bet

you explained his bet, touted that dude, and said it paid around $12,000

neither here nor there, i just got confused and replied to it then didn't want to look like an idiot.

I didn't have my facts right...

My best straight BC pick....Anees across

hit the pik 6 a couple times... other than that not too good.











ha ha just kiddin' . i did hit a pik 3 last year for $350 single stevie boywonder. that was fun.

last year was a pretty good one for me......had the stevie/henny exacta.....intercontinental (smile from ear to ear on her) and then a put most of my winnings from the previous races on liam.

Stink. Until I hit Cajun Beat. That made up for all the bad ones. I had usually only bet the Classic.

I cant wait for the Sprint at Churchill. The Sprint is the money maker. And we got Henny Hughes gonna draw big $$$. We will see if some of these others start coming on. Short distance into a good turn with a long stretch. Very unlike Santa Anita, so it is definitely going to make this race be a great chance for a burnout upfront.

Wish I was better versed in Turf. US pride getting in the way is a good thing. But alas, Turf is not a surface I am suited for. Hate that Euro timeform crapola. Really got to be able to watch all the Euro replays to feel comfy.

I couldnt have hit secretariat in the belmont the way BC day went for me last year. Wasn't even close, i think i even bet two horses that broke down!! Only time i've made money was BC 04 and i put Ghostzapper on top and hit the superfecta in the classic for like 634 bucks. other than that its been ugly, really ugly. Probably just gonna be a fan this year

I only hit one race last year and it didn't pay. That was my worst. The two previous days at Churchill were pretty good ones for me, particularly the 2000 event.

I had Pleasant Home $20WP last year.....also hit Xtra Heat/Squirtle Squirt exacta...Other then that I usually get smoked on huge days because their isn't enough races. I need to be betting 5 tracks at the same time to get into my groove

I made a boat load of money on Lite De Justice the year he beat Capote Belle. I would've had the late pick 3 the year Swain got beat by Frankie D whipping his arse into sudmission down the lane. My wifey had Cat Thief $50 to win she also had Spain $20 or so to win so I should listen to her I guess.

Scavs: that's not a groove....it's an abyss!..I been there,lol

ive done aight on bc days. one race that cost me a huge score was several years back when solis came bout 15 wide on the beloved ILL bred filly two item limit. had 50 across on her she got up to run 3rd@big odds but obviously if hed have won........ anyways this year my usual 50 and 50 on PD in the classic will bring me good fortune:)