Chace City

Originally Posted by zippyneedsawin

So that's why the his odds went down so much!! lol. I had much less to win on him, but was happy with the results too. I was disappointed with his place payout. Somebody must have crushed that at the last minute, I thought it would pay at least $4(based on the pools with about 3 mins to post), instead it paid $3.20, with the show bet paying $3.10!!

You know, this was one of the factors that played into me playing a win bet. I figured that there would be large sums of money bet on him to place and show. I thought the win bet, in this case, was the way to go. But heck, the show bet was more logical than the place bet in this case.

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

You know, this was one of the factors that played into me playing a win bet. I figured that there would be large sums of money bet on him to place and show. I thought the win bet, in this case, was the way to go. But heck, the show bet was more logical than the place bet in this case.

Yeah, I should have had more $$ on him to win, but squandered some singling CC in the P-4 and Grand Slam(which I didn't hit or I wouldn't call it 'squandering!!). Sigh.. I know better, but still couldn't help myself. In general, I play mainly WIN bets these days with occasional P-3's & 4's and grand slams. By the way, that grand slam payout was pretty nice: $121.50 for $2!! Pretty good for a horse that paid $6.30 at the end.

[Gander]

Not sure why you would expect this horse to pay more than he did to place. It was a tiny field and there were 5 betting interests and 4 of them were at 5/2 or 2/1. The lone horse nobody was betting didnt rrun 1st or 2nd, so why would you expect $4 to place?

Great race to load up on the win if you had a strong opinion, but terrible race to bet to place.

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Originally Posted by Gander

Not sure why you would expect this horse to pay more than he did to place. It was a tiny field and there were 5 betting interests and 4 of them were at 5/2 or 2/1. The lone horse nobody was betting didnt rrun 1st or 2nd, so why would you expect $4 to place?

Great race to load up on the win if you had a strong opinion, but terrible race to bet to place.

Because with 3 minutes to post the #1(entry), #2, #5 & #6 ALL had about 10K to place on them out of a pool of 48K.. generally that translates into a place payout of $4 or so. CC must have taken A LOT of money in the place pool late for his payout to be much lower.. Look at King of the Roxy, he paid $4.30 to place!! and he was 5/2 at posttime. CC was a tepid 2-1 favorite, yet he was pounded in the place pool at the end for a $3.20 payout. Either way, the place bet turned out to be the poorest value wager on CC .

A very unimpressive renewal of the Saratoga Special.

Let's hope there are better 2YO colts out there than these kids ... a LOT better.

Originally Posted by Bold Brooklynite

A very unimpressive renewal of the Saratoga Special.

Let's hope there are better 2YO colts out there than these kids ... a LOT better.

I thought it was a good performance by Chace City. The time was ok and there is room for improvement. At least the $120k will be enough to get him into the Derby.

Originally Posted by eurobounce

I thought it was a good performance by Chace City. The time was ok and there is room for improvement. At least the $120k will be enough to get him into the Derby.

Which Derby is that?

Surely not the one in Kentucky next May.

Originally Posted by Bold Brooklynite

Which Derby is that?

Surely not the one in Kentucky next May.

I just said he has earned enough money to get into the race. Not saying he will make it to that race.