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Old 07-06-2008, 01:50 PM
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What logic?
you know. all winning bets are smart after that fact. that logic.
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Old 07-06-2008, 01:51 PM
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you know. all winning bets are smart after that fact. that logic.

Therein lies the key to this whole thread.
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Old 07-06-2008, 01:54 PM
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I've seen several VERY controversial DQ's involving bridgejumped horses over the last two years.

Someone bet over 150K to show Nicole's Dream in a small stake at Mountaineer. She won in hand by 8 or 9 in course record time but was DQ'd for a phantom call.

Proud Spell was DQ'd just last week. She needed only to beat two mediocre allowance horses.

Outcashem - who had won something like 12 races in a row - was DQ'd in a hapless starter allowance race at Timonium that led to blockbuster show payoffs.
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Old 07-06-2008, 01:59 PM
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I've seen several VERY controversial DQ's involving bridgejumped horses over the last two years.

Someone bet over 150K to show Nicole's Dream in a small stake at Mountaineer. She won in hand by 8 or 9 in course record time but was DQ'd for a phantom call.

Proud Spell was DQ'd just last week. She needed only to beat two mediocre allowance horses.

Outcashem - who had won something like 12 races in a row - was DQ'd in a hapless starter allowance race at Timonium that led to blockbuster show payoffs.
No show betting in the Proud Spell race.

Outcashem...again, the race was in a bull ring at a fair that runs for about a week. Who in their right mind would bridge jump in such a situation?

I didnt see the Nicole's dream race, but I believe what you say. Its mountaineer. I live near charlestown and stuff like that happens all the time at smaller tracks (although they tend to swallow the whistle a little more at charlestown).

Again, im not saying one should make a living bridge jumping. Im just saying, they can be pretty darn good bets if you pick your spots.
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Old 07-06-2008, 02:03 PM
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No show betting in the Proud Spell race.
Place pool:

1 - $5,931
2 - $149,445 - Proud Spell
3 - $7,169
4 - $13,217
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Old 07-06-2008, 02:06 PM
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Place pool:

1 - $5,931
2 - $149,445 - Proud Spell
3 - $7,169
4 - $13,217
Ummmm....i said SHOW betting and you have a place pool here.
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Old 07-06-2008, 02:10 PM
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Ummmm....i said SHOW betting and you have a place pool here.
Wow.
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Old 07-06-2008, 02:10 PM
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Wow.
I am glad you are amazed.
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Old 07-06-2008, 02:10 PM
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Ummmm....i said SHOW betting and you have a place pool here.
I know what you said and I know what I posted.
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Old 07-06-2008, 02:17 PM
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All this logic aside, I'm guessing this guy could afford to lose the 200k. That's more than I can say about half the folks that dropped $100 at my OTB yesterday.

But let's say you're stupid rich and love horseracing, how would you bet the races that it would mean something to you? Big P6 tickets? Or would you become an owner and drop half a million on a well bred yearling?
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