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Originally Posted by Seattleallstar
I just ****ed myself today in Belmont's pick 6. I singled the Lemon Drop kid million dollar horse, and got another nightmare trip/ride. Then in the Met I leave off divine park instead going with Commentator and First Defence. Im just sick, i havent been able to shake this feeling yet. Had I just spent a few more dollars, id have $45k before taxes right now
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Sorry for your pain, but sounds like you did a nice job of handicapping as little consolation as THAT certainly is.
I've never had similar pain for 45K, but I have had similar pain for bets not made, or bets that could have seemingly been better made with a little tweak or hindsight.
I thought it was cold advice at the time, but my horse playing mother used to tout me after a horse I thought about betting....but didn't..... would win....
"Money not bet, usually wins," she said.
I had another friend who was a bowling team member who used to go to the track and say after a close loss, "well you've got to bet it to win it."
Of course in in bowling, he also had the saying, "you've got to hit it to get it."
Neither sentiment was heartwarming at the time.
But in years since, more than once the varied "advice" of years past helped me trivialize an "almost win," and move on to happy wagers on later days.