[rontheman1964]

Originally Posted by pgardn

This is basically a risk v. reward discussion.

Since people seem to assess risk in very different ways
as already demonstrated in this thread, we are at a dead end.

For me personally the risk far outweighs the reward in
the example given to an extent it makes no sense at all.
I doubt this thread would have gone more than 3 posts
had the horse lost its rider, etc...

For others who need a quick grand...I hope you dont need
a quick grand too many times.

BINGO!!!! Bridgejumping (in my point of view) defeats the whole idea of pari-mutual wagering. Instead of laying out a large sum of money and praying for the jockey to ride (your less than even money favorite) hard to the wire in order to save the show pool. You could easily spread less money to win on the 4 or 5 horses in the pool who are 4-1 to 10-1 and probably have a shot at making a decent profit without having to lay out so much cash to start with. That is how I like to play races with short fields (5 to 8 horses). Let the odds work for you instead of lowering your own payoff with an overly large bet. Again, risk vs reward.