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12-20-2006, 03:43 PM
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Year isn't over yet.
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12-20-2006, 03:54 PM
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I blew about 20 bucks this year up from the 12 I fed the mutuals last year .I dont pay to get in or pay for parking or programs or forms, live 5 mins from the track and I bring my own "liquid" beverage so my coke expendature is about another 30 bucks.
The bonus is I always have a good time... 
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Horses are like strawberries....they can go bad overnight. Charlie Whittingham
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12-20-2006, 04:00 PM
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Please sit down before you read this. I haven't met a "fiscally restrained" woman like you. Actually, I never dreamed I'd ever come across one. And being as you love horses, work hard, and don't part with the hard earned bucks.... (DTers ...cover your ears cause it's between her and me)... Will you marry me? ps...I'll cover your expendatures.
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12-20-2006, 04:02 PM
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. Abraham Lincoln
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12-20-2006, 04:06 PM
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Thats just about the funniest thing Ive read in a long time and Im highly flattered by your offer .
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Horses are like strawberries....they can go bad overnight. Charlie Whittingham
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12-20-2006, 04:13 PM
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I'm not trying to be funny. Seriously, if you decide to take your tack out of Cali and come to NY, I'd love to meet up with you at Toga. I really haven't come across a lady like you. (though I've been through a few). Let's just start out as "friends" and go from there.
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12-20-2006, 04:03 PM
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No wonder a certain jockey has a problem... kidding...
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12-20-2006, 03:45 PM
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tony and i only managed one day of live racing. we live redneck deep in the bible belt, so no internet wagering allowed.
thusly, i am up on the year.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. Abraham Lincoln
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12-20-2006, 09:26 PM
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L-O-S-E-R........thanks to
 my "Polytrack friend"!!!!
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12-20-2006, 10:40 PM
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I never bet more than I can afford to lose so I limit myself to $20. Fun if I win. Can still pay the bills if I lose. I lost my $20 on the Derby. I came home with $52 from Saratoga on Travers Day and I won $76 on the B.C.. Minus racing forms, snacks, gas, etc., I probably broke even but more importantly I had fun! Deb
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12-20-2006, 10:50 PM
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This thread made me do a little research which was actually very helpful for me... I used Pinnacle for most of the year and closed out that account by taking out about a $75 profit (without the rebates probably would have been down a couple hundred for the year). I opened a Bris account in October and LOVE the account history feature. I started digging through it and came up with the following stats/results:
In almost 2 months I have wagered a little over $1,700 and have a profit/loss of +$32 - that's pretty darn close to breaking even... not bad. I bet primarily on Bay Meadows and Mountaineer but had a few bets on almost every other track. The stats I thought were interesting were the following: At Bay Meadows, I had a win % of 29.95% with a $1 R.O.I. of $1.17 - obviously my best track (the thing that really jacked up my % was when Baze was going for the record - for the week before, his horses were going off at insanely low odds so the winning horses were having great payoffs). My best stats overall are a win % of 33% for W/P bets and a $1 R.O.I. of $1.06 for Pick 3 bets... I was really weak with pick 4's and trifectas and I know that's because I just don't go deep enough... also, I really sucked at Aquaduct this year - I won ONE bet out of 50, but that cause I did too many p3/p4 without going deep enough. The great thing about this is it's made me realize what my betting strengths and weaknesses are - I do pretty good picking a winner, and do ok picking three in a row, but other exotics are not good for me - I'm just too cheap to go deep enough to make it worth while.
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You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. - Friedrich Nietzsche on Handicapping
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12-21-2006, 05:17 AM
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I dropped about $1,500 on the year.. My last chance to bail out was BC Day, and you know how that went.
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12-21-2006, 06:18 AM
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Having worked for an OTB company for a number of years, I can tell you that I have met countless people that claim to win, and only a handful that actually do.
The saying we use to have is "they all lose eventually," is not that far from accurate. There are a few smart players out there that win, but over 95% of the players I have seen do not.
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12-21-2006, 08:21 AM
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Most of my profit came from the parimutuals, which surprises me, because the vig on the matchups is as low as 3%. Quote:
Since you opened your BRIS account, you've done about $350 better than a dart thrower. That's something to celebrate, but at the same time, it's worth noting that a single payoff may have made the difference between looking like a dart-thrower and looking like a good capper. I'm happy about my +7% on the year, but it's sobering to realize that my entire profit can be attributed to Thor's Echo in the BC Sprint. That keeps me from getting overly excited about my skills. --Dunbar
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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