Your most successful Breeders' Cup

[JohnGalt1]

Best-2000. Hit $1 tri for $800 and $1 super for $6000 in Tiznow's first Classic win.

Most frustrating was the year Unbridled Elaine won. My win bets won 5 races with horses paying double digits. But I could not connect them with other horses in vertical or horizontal exotic bets. So my $1100 in betting returned $1000. If I could've just got one.......................

[RockHardTen1985]

Last year was for me by far. Furthest Land was an A for me, Zenyatta was one of only 2 I used with QR, so I got conso on the pick 3's. Midnight Lute was a loan A. It was pretty good.

[dylbert]

2008 was outstanding for me -- mostly through first day score with Maram. Whereas, last year was total debacle. Hope Churchill Downs proves profitable on November 5 & 6...

[tanner12oz]

st liam and ouija board were my biggest wins

worst was last year playing against zenyatta

[Thunder Gulch]

Last year made up for being shut out in 2008...Vale of York and Dancing in Silks blew up the dime supers where I was going deep, and then spreading really deep I caught prices behind a key on Goldlikova....my entire strategy changed last year after reading an article by James Quinn who encouraged playing the verticals with logical horses at huge prices. Before that, I was stuck on trying to catch Pick 3's and Pick 4's. Go back and look at how the payoffs blew up when a 30-1 shot sneaks in the money as compared to what a 30-1 shot would do with two favorites in a Pick 3.
Without the dime minimums allowing me to spread it around, I would have missed on some for sure.

Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch

Last year made up for being shut out in 2008...Vale of York and Dancing in Silks blew up the dime supers where I was going deep, and then spreading really deep I caught prices behind a key on Goldlikova....my entire strategy changed last year after reading an article by James Quinn who encouraged playing the verticals with logical horses at huge prices. Before that, I was stuck on trying to catch Pick 3's and Pick 4's. Go back and look at how the payoffs blew up when a 30-1 shot sneaks in the money as compared to what a 30-1 shot would do with two favorites in a Pick 3.
Without the dime minimums allowing me to spread it around, I would have missed on some for sure.

Being at Churchill in 88 to see Personal Ensign run down Winning Colors...magical to say the least...then to watch the classic under darkness with only the twin spires lit was incredible.

[DaTruth]

1998, 2000, 2003 and 2008 were good Breeders Cups for me. 2001, 2002, and 2004 were probably the worst. I'm still mad about Albarado's ride aboard Ashado in the 2004 Distaff.

Do any of you remember the Breeders Cup contest from 1988? I believe it was run by the Breeders Cup, and entry forms appeared in major daily newspapers. You were allowed one selection in each race, and if your selection was part of an entry, you did not benefit if the another part of the entry won; this made the contest more challenging since at the time DWL was running a five horse entry in the Juvenile Filly race and a three-horse entry in the Juvenile. Your entry had to be postmarked 1-2 days before the race, so you did not have the advantage of raceday scratches or track condition. I submitted a somewhat chalky entry using Gulch-Open Mind-Personal Ensign-Miesque-Easy Goer-Sunshine Forever-Alysheba. I thought I was in pretty good shape after the Mile. If I'm recalling correctly, nobody hit all 7 races, but there were more than few people who had 6 winners.

[alysheba4]

Originally Posted by DaTruth

1998, 2000, 2003 and 2008 were good Breeders Cups for me. 2001, 2002, and 2004 were probably the worst. I'm still mad about Albarado's ride aboard Ashado in the 2004 Distaff.

Do any of you remember the Breeders Cup contest from 1988? I believe it was run by the Breeders Cup, and entry forms appeared in major daily newspapers. You were allowed one selection in each race, and if your selection was part of an entry, you did not benefit if the another part of the entry won; this made the contest more challenging since at the time DWL was running a five horse entry in the Juvenile Filly race and a three-horse entry in the Juvenile. Your entry had to be postmarked 1-2 days before the race, so you did not have the advantage of raceday scratches or track condition. I submitted a somewhat chalky entry using Gulch-Open Mind-Personal Ensign-Miesque-Easy Goer-Sunshine Forever-Alysheba. I thought I was in pretty good shape after the Mile. If I'm recalling correctly, nobody hit all 7 races, but there were more than few people who had 6 winners.

....thats some list of monsters there.

[robfla]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

With the Cup around the corner, and with some mentions of some people's success in 2007 in another thread, what were your most successful Breeders' Cups from a wagering standpoint?

My biggest score ever was 2004...

Bet a Pick 4 Ouija Board / all / all / Ghostzapper - paid $23,395.
I have the IRS receipt framed

[philcski]

Originally Posted by robfla

My biggest score ever was 2004...

Bet a Pick 4 Ouija Board / all / all / Ghostzapper - paid $23,395.
I have the IRS receipt framed

Since this has turned into the redboard room, I played the EXACT same ticket (for a $1). Great (or clueless? ) minds think alike?

[Clip-Clop]

2007 missing only Lahudood. Other than that it was a hell of a day. Much smaller bank roll back then but was living in NJ and got to go. My father came up from Florida and realized after the first three races (where I had hit the exactas cold) that I was on to something and proceeded to use his larger roll to hit pk-3s and 4's off my handicapping. He did very well that day. As did I for the time. If I can get another day like that this year I will go home with a lot more $ than I did back then.
Still can't figure out how it was that PK-6 went for $321K.

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

With the Cup around the corner, and with some mentions of some people's success in 2007 in another thread, what were your most successful Breeders' Cups from a wagering standpoint?

I wagered that General Admission tickets might be a good angle to just get in the door of the 2008 Breeders' Cup.


It turned out I was way correct.

Full access to the paddock and birds eye views up close from anywhere I wanted to be inside the racing surface all day long. Or the apron. Or standing in The Grandstand.

The bad was I had my worst day of wagering in maybe the last decade.

I NEVER bet every race when I go to a track. On that day though, I did.

The only ticket I collected was on a hunch bet my wife had... that I thought had a chance. By that race I was already playing on my heels and fortunately just bet "Square Eddie" nicely to place. Which he did.

I left a loser at the windows for the day, but I was happy I was at The Breeders' Cup for less than $20 a seat, and parking had been a breeze. I usually budget to play with about $300 a day, but on that particular occasion I think I lost about $500 at the windows.

I chalked my wagering losses up to $$ sort of well spent.

The weather was hot, but beautiful...and the cerveza was muy frio..

[miraja2]

I think 2005 was my best year ever capped off by hitting the trifecta in the Classic.

A few lean years in there followed that from '06 - '08.

Last year was also a good year for me, with one BIG exception.
I had a good day wagering on Saturday (Friday not so much) made some cash and then logged on to DT to discover that my capping had been good enough to win the DT contest! That was kind of cool, and people were congratulating me on a great day and everything....I was feeling good.

And then....

Somebody realized that a mathematical error had been made and I had actually placed second in the contest....not first. That would have been okay....until I discovered who the real winner was.....http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/sho...t=32594&page=5