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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
So, you didn't think he was worth 1-5, but you still singled him despite feeling the need to use eight horses in the finale. Really? Sounds like instead of blaming Albertrani you should be blaming yourself as you made one HORRENDOUS bet.
And don't come back with " but I was trying to beat Biancone's horse " or any such hogwash, as the simple fact is you anchored your ticket with a horse you knew was going to be 1-5 and are now agreeing you knew he wasn't that good. There seems to be a substantial difference between the truth and the facts.
Once again....he did not run any worse than either of his two previous races.
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Hogwash? Well lets see, he was 8-5 despite showing only 3 published workouts and was overbet I thought(although he may have been best to be totally honest) off his expensive purchase price. Hushion's horse in the next leg always spots the field a football field in lengths and with that outside post was definitely beatable. The last race was simply inscrutable to me, moreso because not only were they evenly matched, but i felt that there was an outside bias that work agaisnt the prime contenders who all had speed. I think it was quite logical to think that a price could come in any of those three races and in two of those races very likely.
Actually had I gone one more deep in the race I would have taken Noonmark who was absolutely dreadful. No way I was ever going to play the winner, none. So its not like it cost me the 190 grand that the winning ticket paid to the winners.
As far as his price goes, I don't know a horse alive that anyone with a brain would ever bet at 1-5. Its simply silly. But trying to construct a pik-4 where you see possible value in three legs and use a very likely winner as an anchor is not at all foolish provided your opinion on the other races is good.