Bridgejumpers get burned at Emerald

[Dunbar]

Originally Posted by philcski

6TH RACE

Diane Kem S.

Next Post 5:03 Off: 4:26 | 6 1/2 Furlongs | 2 Year Olds | Stakes | Purse: $50,000

# Horse Jockey Weight Win Place Show
3 Have'n a Wild Time Gutierrez A L 121 56.40 21.40 187.00
9 Private Fortune Stillwell T 120 23.40 108.60
1 Pistolpackin'gal Matias J 119 156.40
Times in 5ths: :213 :441 1:094 1:163

Times in 100ths: :21.60 :44.20 1:09.80 1:16.60

Also ran: Knight Raider, Super Starlett, Zenovit, Niftys Crystal, Miss Cygogne, Rasin a Delight, Eyes On My Heart and Eloika Lake

Winning Trainer: Wenzel Tom - Owner: Ron Crockett, Inc.

$1 Exacta (3-9) Paid $413.60

$1 Trifecta (3-9-1) Paid $6,867.10

$1 Superfecta (3-9-1-11) Paid $13,467.50

$1 Pick 3 (6-1-3) 3 Correct Paid $297.10 Pick 3 Pool $6,045


I think those are the highest show prices I've ever seen.

Steve Crist wrote an interesting article on it as well...
http://www.drf.com/drfNewsArticle.do...5&subs=0&arc=0

Crist writes:
"The $2.10 minimum ultimately is a loser for all players, though, because it keeps in place a justification for the system of breakage that exists throughout parimutuel racing - the rounding down of payoffs to the nearest 10- or 20-cent increment. "

I usually agree with Crist, but I don't get his main argument here. It seems to me that whether or not to have a minimum payout is almost totally independent of whether or not to have breakage.

--Dunbar