$75.60 to Show at Suffolk

[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

[unassailable08]

so pretty much in stock broking terms he would be the guy who thinks he was taking somethin low risk then when he loses his pants and shirt he jumps off wall street.

[robfla]

Originally Posted by unassailable08

so pretty much in stock broking terms he would be the guy who thinks he was taking somethin low risk then when he loses his pants and shirt he jumps off wall street.

i would assume bridgejumping involve at least 10k at a smaller track and 50k at a major track....


more like the guy that gets a tip on a penny stock that is 31 cents, invests 50k, then the company goes bankrupt.


I don't see anything low risk in betting a horse to show for a lot of money to make 5%

[unassailable08]

is it possible to be a "bridge" jumper for less money

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by unassailable08

is it possible to be a "bridge" jumper for less money

Not really, because without the bridge jumper betting 10K or 50K depending on the track, the pools aren't so skewed that the horse will only pay $2.10.

If nobody pounds a horse with all that show money, your $100 won't do enough damage to the pool to make it a bridge jumping situation to begin with.

[unassailable08]

touche

[philcski]

Originally Posted by robfla

i would assume bridgejumping involve at least 10k at a smaller track and 50k at a major track....


more like the guy that gets a tip on a penny stock that is 31 cents, invests 50k, then the company goes bankrupt.

I don't see anything low risk in betting a horse to show for a lot of money to make 5%

No really, because the penny stock investment would be speculative in nature, with a much higher upside for being "correct".

It's more like buying $50k worth of Treasuries at 5% and having the American government default 5 minutes later.

[robfla]

Originally Posted by unassailable08

never answered my question is it possible to be a "bridge" jumper for less money

Originally Posted by robfla

i would assume bridgejumping involves at least 10k at a smaller track and 50k at a major track....

so, no, because why would you "jump" if you only lost 1k