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![]() {JOLY: “Betting to place? (As in "Place it all on...” }
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE REASON I DO “WIN ONLY” IS ~ ~ ~ USUALLY PLACE $$ IS TOO LOW TO MATTER IN ROI ![]() I PREFER DIVIDING THE BANKROLL INTO 4 RACES ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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![]() Although second place money is better than NUTTIN!!! And there's always W/P. But then again when you hit one of your fanciful feline or wild & wacky wagers, you need a Cyber Mac Truck to carry home!!!
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“... But then again when you hit one of your fanciful feline or wild & wacky wagers, you need a Cyber Mac Truck to carry home!!!“ ITS ALL ABOUT FELINES....GRAYS...SIRES ![]() Have never bothered with past performance, trainer, or jockey ![]() WIN SOME ~ LOSE SOME Of course I lose a lot more than I win But at least it’s not REAL money Now and then when I have Wagered for real... IT PAID OFF BODACIOUSLY SARAVA 70/1 GIACOMO 50/1 ONE DREAMER 47-1 THUNDER GULCH 26-1 I used to Go to a Private Turf Club every Saturday Members were mostly big-time businessman making huge bets Every time A GRAY horse or LONGSHOT Won a race I could hear the men sitting behind me murmuring “... oh Cat probably has that one” ![]() So of course how could I resist that temptation Of holding the winning ticket up in the air With a grandiose grin on my feline face! ![]() |
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![]() I still wince when I hear the name of Sarava and Thundergulch. I have done some pretty dumb things at the racetrack before, but probably none as dumb as with these 2 horses. I remember Sarava's race all too well. That was the year that it looked like Baffert might have the triple crown winner.
I considered Sarava and thought well, it might be a good idea to throw a place ticket on him and that wasn't the worst of it because he paid $50 bucks to place, but I also put a straight up exacta on him under Medaglia D'Oro and I imagine you know how they finished. On Thundergulch, I remember that one all too well too. Was sharing a table with a lady at Oaklawn and she asked me who I liked. I said, "I like Thundergulch, but nobody else does, so I guess I'll pass." But I guess, I've had a few winners too like Charasmatic and I was all over Pleasantly Perfect when he won the BC Classic and Drosselmeyer when he won the Belmont and some others I can't remember. Can't think of the maiden winner that Lukas won the Belmont with, but I had him too. |
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![]() (CAL) “...few winners too like Charasmatic
I HAD CHARISMATIC = BUT HE WAS ONLY 17/1 ![]() What I find amazing is my “SELECTIVE MEMORY” ![]() I can’t remember the name of somebody I met last week {Probably Because They Don’t Have 4 Legs + Tails!} ![]() Yet...I can remember horses that I bet on in the 1990s ![]() |
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in the Derby and still fairly long odds in the Preakness like 10-1 maybe, but maybe you are talking about another race. |
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Other than that, I've drawn a blank. |
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![]() I can't remember to get a loaf of bread in the morning but you guys remember horses that ran 18 years ago. No wonder I'm at a disadvantage
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