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Originally Posted by golfer
Speaking of multi-race wager rules, got hammered by something I had never seen before yesterday at Arlington Park.
Was singled to the favorite in the last race, final leg of pick 5. Will pay was $440.
They get to the gate, and the jock loses control of the 9 horse, who runs off and is a late scratch. Now I understand the rules, and I know the $ switches from the 9 to the favorite, my horse. He wins and the pick 5 comes back $300 
Again, I get why it happened and how, but this seems terribly unfair to me and anyone who had the favorite on the ticket, while of course it's quite fortuitous for anyone who used the 9 horse.
Gate scratches in the final leg of a pick 4 or 5 sequence can be very costly. |
Not sure how it is costly, or how the final leg affects the sequence any more than any other leg. You are making the mistake known as the fallacy of the predetermined outcome. The event in which your horse won was not one in which the 9 horse ran. How can you say you lost out with any certainty? You have no idea what would have happened if the 9 ran. You could have lost completely and got nothing. It actually could have been beneficial to you that he was scratched. You do once again prove my supposition that people feel rules are unfair only when they are adversely effected. I'm sure everyone who had the 9 thought it was quite fair as well.