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You MUST be slipping Ruff. There were 13 Ox's running and I think I bet them all.

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Originally Posted by JolyB

Once again I managed to successfully hit an exotic bet and still come up with a losing total. This time it was a $15 trifecta on the Personal Ensign. The winning tri had the top three horses in pari-mutuel order and only paid $5.90 per $1. I also played a "hedge" trifecta in a smaller amount out of a desire to make sure I had the winning combination on way or the other, and in the process structured my way into a losing exercise. That can happen when the combination with the smallest possible payout comes in.

In fairness, I think that the Stewards were incorrect in their decision. It seemed to me that Abel Tasman clearly fouled Elate in deep stretch and probably prevented Elate from getting past. Mike Smith has been down this road before and may well have done a better job of pleading his case than Jose was able to. His post race comments almost suggested that Abel was more adversely affected by the contact than Elate was, even though it was pretty clear that Smith, who was whipping left handed, initiated the contact. I'm pretty sure that if the top two had been reversed, the tri would have paid enough more to have pushed me into positive territory. If I sound bitter, it's because I played that combination with real $$ as well (although obviously not as much) and was hoping for a positive ROI on a successful analysis.

Well at least you hit your tri. Wish I could say the same. My ability to hit a tri seems to have gone far far away. Not sure where. Maybe Antarctica. I might as well be picking penguins.