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Old 06-27-2007, 06:29 PM
robfla robfla is offline
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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
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