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06-26-2015, 10:23 AM
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Orb Future Bet 80-1
Bluegrass/Kentucky Derby Double Dominican-Street Sense
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06-26-2015, 12:00 PM
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The first thing that came to mind for me was a horse called Chico Bambino in the 8th race, a $6,250 claimer, at now-defunct Playfair Race Course in Spokane, WA on October 12, 1986. I was 14 years old and my dad took me to the track every Sunday. He is just a casual fan and strictly a $2 bettor, but we always had a good time. We would read the form and I would make my pick, and he would bet it (with my money) and then he would bet whichever horse he chose.
So we were there and we were handicapping this race, and this horse had just won 10 days ago as the favorite by 5 lengths, and now he was on the board at 20-1! So I gave him my $2 and he bet his, and he came back to the rail with a $4 win ticket on this horse, who was usually a speed horse, but on this day he broke slow, but somehow managed to storm down the stretch to get up by a length, and paid $47 for a $2 win ticket. It was a great thrill to go back and have him collect $94.00 and then split it up between us. Even though it was the last race "Chico" ever won (he lost his last 28 starts) it still gave us a great memory. Itsallgreektome was memorable for me too as I bet on him when he won his debut at Del Mar in 1989 at 27-1. There was about a 15-minute inquiry as he and another horse squeezed the favorite in tight quarters in the stretch, but after watching the board blink for what seemed like forever, Trevor came on and announced "No Change!" I quickly cashed my ticket before they changed their mind. 
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06-26-2015, 12:16 PM
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I've posted this before but love repeating!
Feb 14, 2004. (Valentines Day at the track with the boys is always a smooth move!) I'm in the Clubhouse at Woodbine in a huge snow storm! Us three and 7 other strangers are the only ones there. Heathrow wins the Aqueduct 5th at 32-1 on top of an 8-1 and 11-1 third. I think it pays 5k in the States but this is before the common pools. We catch a flasher! (The only ticket in Canada) and grab a 26k tri for $1 with a 4 horse box. Nuts! Still brings back the goosebumps. Last edited by odbaxter : 06-26-2015 at 12:38 PM.
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06-26-2015, 03:44 PM
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Intercontinental in the BC.
That is the day my family & friends took notice that I might know a thing or two about this game.  Made my dad look like an expert at the party he went to that day. I'll never forget that day, for multiple reasons.
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06-27-2015, 11:07 PM
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07-06-2015, 06:48 AM
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07-06-2015, 08:13 AM
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Sun Apr 1, 2012
I spent the rent money on my twin daughters 16th birthday party - but "In God I Trust" so I had about $80 to turn into a 1k by Monday morning. I dropped the kids off at the mall and I went to work at a local OTB nearby. It was Louisiana Derby day and there were some horses I liked that day. I started cashing on Nates Mineshaft, then I hit on Casino Day in the next. I still hadn't paid the rent but I was drinking lots of beer and starting to warm up! In the LA derby I was looking for an upset and someone who would go wire to wire. I was liking Comisky's Humor, but I had also bet another Sharp Humor horse two weeks earlier on the grass... Hero of Order. So I plunked down my win/place money and exactor with Mark Valeski and started cheering. If they ever have a contest where someone yells at his horse to win, I'll be 1/9 to win and they lived happily ever after
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