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Old 07-12-2009, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike
Does anyone have stats to back this up? I have often thought the same thing as herkhorse, just didn't know if the horsey's name was influencing my sub-conscious
Don't have stats, but I mentioned it to a friend at OTB yesterday and he told me a funny story. He was at Saratoga with hid dad a few years ago. The track was off and there was a Thunder Puddles horse going off at huge odds. On the way to the window, his dad asked him who he liked, he said the 3, play him with whoever you like. The horse won by open lengths, paid 75.00 and came in with the 3 horses his dad liked. He left him off the ticket and was pissed off all day. He kept saying "you told me to play him!" all day long. Still fuming when they left the track, his dad ran a stop sign and got a 125.00 ticket. I guess dinner was pretty quiet.
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