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Originally Posted by ShadowRoll
I was at an OTB in AC yesterday. I liked four horses in the 6th at Saratoga and bet a series if trifectas using these horses. I included the #2 horse, Clever Martini, in every play. Clever Martini acts up in the gate (I think he reared and threw off his jock) so they back him out and he's scratched.
I see all of this happening, and rush to the (single) window, but the race goes off before I can lay down a bet. The three remaining horses I liked came in 1, 2, 3. With only three horses among my picks, I would have used them all and would have had the tri at least three or four times (it only paid $80, but still...). Instead, I had to settle for just getting my money back.
I understand that they didn't want to delay the race with the rest of the field at the gate, but this just pissed me off. It was the last race I handicapped, too, so it was a sour way to end the day.
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Boxing can be expensive in the long run but you can hit the undereath horses in a nice payoff. Do I box? Only in 3 horse exactas. I always play a saver with a exacta box of underneath horses to save the bet if key-horse is run off ticket, in this case he scratched. If you pick-up a handful of tickets at the track and see what people play most o them are keyed bets and the underneath horses hit the ticket. I know how this feels.