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Old 03-25-2009, 06:47 AM
robfla robfla is offline
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So it's one $300 wager? In other words, it has to be booked all the same time? I ask because people who really wager that kind of money might tend to split it up into let's say 6 $50 wagers, all on the same horse, over like a 10 minute period so that the odds don't drop like a rock on their selection.

With the Florida Derby handle you might not notice a huge difference, but I also would calculate using the pools what the "pari-mutuel" effect of the bet will be, and make my decision based on the anticipated odds after the wager relative to your estimate of the horse's actual chance of winning.

Best of luck and let us know how you do!

$300 will make ZERO difference in the pools. You could bet it 5 hours prior to post and it would not change the odds. This is GULFSTREAM on Fla Derby day, not Penn Nat'l or Mountainqueer.
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Old 03-25-2009, 10:53 AM
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$300 will make ZERO difference in the pools. You could bet it 5 hours prior to post and it would not change the odds. This is GULFSTREAM on Fla Derby day, not Penn Nat'l or Mountainqueer.
OK, you don't have to blast off here. I think I said that you might not notice a difference given the size of the pool. In any case you could do a quick calculation and make sure that it won't matter.
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