[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

About a year and a half ago, I put a horse in stablemail right after he debuted, when I was doing my trip notes for Calder...I saw that he was a Christope Clement debuter, and showed real uncommon raw speed for one of his debuters.

I looked up his pedigree---and almost fell over. It was as sensational as turf pedigree get--and it was all VERY hidden! The Tomlinson number wasn't much, the sire was underrated turf sire Holy Bull, and the dam was winless, and had only produced unraced foals.

But she was kin to English Derby winner Benny The Dip, the outstanding Turf horse Cryptic Rascal, as well as Wakia---who is the dam of LEGENDARY Japanese turf horse Silence Suzuka...arguably the most raw talented turf horse of all-time...and almost certainly the most underrated turf horse of my lifetime.

Anyway, I get a stablemail that he's running on the turf at KEE. His 2nd turf start--in his only other turf start he exited a 5.5 furlong dirt race, off about a six month layoff, and was beaten less than 5 lengths at 20/1, when having every reason in the world to be a short horse.

But naturally, I didn't even bother to download the form for KEE yesterday...I had other plans and was just sick of their meet. The horse won easily at 36/1 odds....I'll be on him next time out, when he's probably facing a much tougher field, and will likely be no greater than 9/1.

I had the opposite, the Saratoga meet was kicking by butt last year so I decided I was just going to take the day off from betting and sit out in the picnic area and enjoy the beautiful day and relax. I then noticed that one of the horses in my Virtual Stable was running and going off at huge odds, a miserable failure Jump Start 2yo I added named Kon Krete Kid. So for the hell of it I throw $2 w/p/s on him. I then watch Giant Chieftain freak over a shadow in the stretch and take a detour to the grandstand to open things up for Kon Krete Kid to hit at the longest price of the meet. Needless to say that drew me back in to betting the rest of the card and I gave back most of the money I won on him. Sometimes I feel like this game knows when you are feeling most downtrodden and gives you just enough to get back up before it walks all over you again.