$75.60 to Show at Suffolk

[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.