$75.60 to Show at Suffolk

[Kasept]

Anybody see that?

The 7, Tugluq (?) just paid $75.60 to show at E. Boston...

[disappearingdan_akaplaya]

well i know no one here follows the track probaly other than me LOL but helen vanek recently brought in a horse@tulsa(FMT) that paid 100 bucks to place

[philcski]

Looks like there was a big bridgejumper in there, as it was only a 6 horse field and the win horse paid $4.60 to place and $13 to show, and the place horse $3.40 to place and $10.40 to show.

[Dunbar]

Originally Posted by philcski

Looks like there was a big bridgejumper in there, as it was only a 6 horse field and the win horse paid $4.60 to place and $13 to show, and the place horse $3.40 to place and $10.40 to show.

Well, the bridgejumper had a big effect, but I wouldn't call it a "big bridgejumper". The total WPS pool was just $24K. The next race had a WPS pool of $32K. Based on the 1st race WPS from the previous day ($16K), I'd guess the bridgejumper(s) piled something like an extra $10K on the fav. That's pretty small in bridgejumping terms. It's not rare for bridgejumper(s) to put an extra $500K on a "can't miss" fav.

The normal show pool at Suffolk must be tiny for a $10K bet to produce such a big payoff.

--Dunbar

[unassailable08]

is a bridge jumper

[robfla]

Originally Posted by unassailable08

is a bridge jumper

someone who bets an exhorborant amount of money to show on a horse to TRY make the 5% profit when the horse pays 2.10 to show ( the minimum )

usually a bridgejumper will bet 10K to 100K to show. a lot of times it is on an odds on favorite in a short field.

a money market is 5% per year nowadays

they call it a bridgejumper because when the horse finishes 4th the guy jumps off the nearest bridge