Geez, I remember that Derby. I had a $20 exacta with Invisible Ink over Congaree. When the objection sign lit up my heart almost stopped. If the exacta would pay 10K or more I would have gotten back 100K.
My newlywed wife sitting next to me I didn't want to tell her what the dollar amounts were. So I just told her I had an exacta ticket and needed the winner to come down to third (with 2nd and 3rd places a nose apart there was no way they could split them so I think Monarchos would have to be placed 3rd). When it went official I cursed a little and told her we were close to winning big. I think she was thinking 5K, I couldn't tell her it was almost 100K.
Anyway, I will always remember Invisible Ink as the horse that almost won me 100K......RIP Inky
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