Beyer: The worst bad-beat story of all time

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by Cardus

I'd like to believe what I highlighted above is true, but then there is this paragraph from the column:

"Kennedy phoned Louisiana Downs and was told that another ticket had been sold on the combination at Arlington Park, but he couldn’t get a clear explanation. "Everybody was blowing me off and telling me to grin and bear it," he said."

A quote like this -- I have no idea if it is accurate or not -- certainly adds to that perception.

He called my office before I even made it downstairs after the last race. I was on the phone with him within an hour, and at least three or four times after that. Same with our Dir. of Operations. I then followed-up the next day.

I do think he was sort of stuck in "switchboard" land at one point... sometimes they have a hard time figuring out where to send racing guests. But everyone here knows... I like to play the races too and so I totally understood what he was going through and promised him I would find the answer.