Best racing tip or contact you ever had?

[Storm Cadet]

Best tip was from my high school baseball coach about a FIXED race at Atlantic City...he even wrote me a pass to miss school to place his bets there. Made $$$

Worst tip was 2 years later while I was in college. Same coach calls me about a fixed race at Yonkers. 5 horse field. 3 crooked drivers (Herve Fillion & Carmine Abbatello aboard HY Bernadette) try to wire the field on long shots and block the 2 remaining guys from winning. Good guys smelled the fix and they wired the field. They were whipping each others horses the whole race and the Yonkers stewards knew something was up...no replay ever showed to crowd...no finish photo. Thats the race the fans lit garbage cans on fire and tossed them on the track. Lost THOUSANDS and stayed away from horse racing for over 30 years.

In hindsight, maybe that worst tip was a good tip,because I didn't rejoin racing until I became an owner, never gambled for over 25-30 years on racing.

[TheSpyder]

1970, I was a 15 year old and use to hitch to Thistledown more often than I'll admit. I always worked but always threw my money away at the ponies.

I was down to my last two dollors and liked the seven horse. Since I had plenty of time between races I wondered down to the paddock to look at my last chance.

As the seven came out towards the track I looked at him and the jockey. The jockey was staring at the guy next to me as he passed and his hands moved to the side of the saddle and stuck out his fingers as he looked at the guy signifying..."five" and he smiled. I looked at the guy next to me who also smiled and was obviously his twin brother.

I figured if my jockey liked the five I ought to as well.

The five won by open lengths at a really good price, like 5-6/1.

NICE!

[Thunder Gulch]

I got so drunk at the 1993 Derby that I talked to God and he told me to bet it all on the Sea Hero/ Prarie Bayou exacta straight...I was going to key SH over 6 horses.

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch

I got so drunk at the 1993 Derby that I talked to God and he told me to bet it all on the Sea Hero/ Prarie Bayou exacta straight...I was going to key SH over 6 horses.

Oh you're killin me. LOL

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by TheSpyder

1970, I was a 15 year old and use to hitch to Thistledown more often than I'll admit. I always worked but always threw my money away at the ponies.

I was down to my last two dollors and liked the seven horse. Since I had plenty of time between races I wondered down to the paddock to look at my last chance.

As the seven came out towards the track I looked at him and the jockey. The jockey was staring at the guy next to me as he passed and his hands moved to the side of the saddle and stuck out his fingers as he looked at the guy signifying..."five" and he smiled. I looked at the guy next to me who also smiled and was obviously his twin brother.

I figured if my jockey liked the five I ought to as well.

The five won by open lengths at a really good price, like 5-6/1.

NICE!

Good thing they didn't like the #12 horse!