A good old fashioned betting coup
 

I've started to research some of these ... and God can it be anymore obvious how much better off it would be to have been around 120 years ago.

There was one at Latonia (I believe Turfway Park today) where even three of the local poolrooms got cleaned out for like a combined total of 15K between them.

They ran a steeplechase race at Tampa at just 9 furlongs about 100 years ago - only one horse in the field had ever been schooled for it - and he won by a gigantic margin. His odds started at 8/1 and got pounded. Every other horse in the race fell down. They described it as a giant farcical.

Here's a pretty cool one that happened in 1897.... keep in mind - $30,000 in 1897 is worth like $800,000 today.





Here is a chart of the race ... note the purse was only $300 .. and note the brilliant chart comments...

I actually built a time machine in my back yard and went back to that day and cleaned up.

But, of course, you already knew that since I told you not to post that information.

What did you think of Wilhite's ride on Jane? Was he in on it? I think Gerald Bennett might have trained that one.

See any fat chicks?

No, the jockey was not in on it. He was just your typical bad jock.

Just your grandmother.

She was hot!

I've never had such an experienced woman before.

So these time machines are common?

Well there goes my theory of less fat chicks in the 1800's.

No, I have the only one in existence. Remember, I built it.

As to your theory, I did say that your grandmother was the only one that I saw.

Yeah, I think horse racing was huge in Nashville in the 1800's.
Now, I don't think you could find 5 people in the whole city that could tell you who won the derby last year.

Redboarder

Yes my grandmother is 150 years old. Did you happen to see my great-great grandmother Alexandria?

I saw her portrait. She was huge too.