Charles Town Spill -- 7 of 8 horses DNF.

[Calzone Lord]

I was at my girlfriends last night for dinner and I bet a stupid basketball game because she doesn't get any horse racing on her cable.

LSU is up 11 points at halftime at home and I think the game is in hand. We go to the casino at halftime for drinks and LSU starts to have a meltdown. They have a chance to win the game and cover with a layup at the buzzer and blow it. They lost in OT.

Anyway, I had already bet a Scooter Davis horse in the 8th race at Charles Town on the computer before I left. Scooter the Shooter claimed him from a low percentage trainer and he popped a 79 Beyer 1st off the claim two starts back. Last out, the jock blew the irons on him coming out of the gate. Winning Beyer par for the class level was only a 68 and Scooter's horse was 4-to-1 on the ML.

I'm seriously having the most miserable time ever watching LSU fucl< up in the 2nd half. People who bet basketball and have to put up with that torture to try and win a bet that pays less than even money... I feel for them.

I get so annoyed that I press up and go to the window and bet Scooter's horse...as you can see thanks to my cell phone camera.



To make a long story short... the leader breaks down going into the turn and Scooter's horse is the only one in the race who actually finishes.

The inquiry sign was up for atleast 30 minutes...but they paid the win, place, and show on the winner. The horse paid $5.60 to win, $7.60 to place, and $7.40 to show. Instead of refunding all exotics -- they also paid the exacta and trifecta as a 3-all or 3-all-all.

I wasn't sure of the rules...but I was expecting the race to be declared a 'no contest' and all bets refunded. Every horse but the leader who broke down was ok. Not sure about the jockeys...a couple of them bit the dust on the turn of a 4.5 furlong sprint and are probably not OK.

Here is the result chart: http://www1.drf.com/drfPDFChartRaces...=20120229&RN=8

One of the craziest races I've ever watched in my entire life.