lol @ zenyatta being 4-5

seriously?

Give her credit she did not run as bad as I thought she would.

just tough to LOL @ a horse going off even that loses by a nose

Congrats to Blame,and all who backed him in the horse racing thread. I will have more to say maybe in a couple of days.

Great race. Two very good rides on both Blame and Zenyatta. Home track advantage gets the photo.

she did run a 94 on dirt in the spring and has never faced off against colts this fast, there was no reason to believe she would run as well as she did. but she proved herself to be a fantastic horse.

Thought I was going to need a police escort out of Mohegan. I was going crazy over Blame. Feel awful about the win though. Hard to see Mike Smith like that.

Broke even over two days at the BC, biggest mistake? I had handicapped the 13 horse in race 5 as the 2nd best horse in the race, and then forwhatever reason did not put it in my pick 4 where i had 3 other horses from that race.... hit all of the other 3 races.


two 50c pick 3's saved my day hit the 1-1-7 and then a 1-7-10

Hi all,

I'm not a big horse racing guy but I pooled with a friend to buy a bunch of pick 3s ($129 total, lol).

Just thought I would brag about the results. We won the pick 3 sequence starting with Big Drama for $557.20, and then went 2/3 on the next 2 sequences, including losing that photo finish in race 9.

I'm no horse racing buff so don't laugh at me if I'm coming off petty/silly/dumb/******ed here.

I'm wondering how much would the last pick 3 have paid if the 10 won instead of the 1. No idea how to calculate that, if even possible.

Also, props to my friend for singling Blame in the last race.

LOL @ THAT DUMB GUY WITH THE NUTTY UNDERTITLE .... LET'S BEAT HIM UP!

The 1 was 38 to 1 and the 10 was 6 to 1 and the pick 3 paid 171. Since 38 is about 6times greater than 6 divide the 171 by 6 and your pick 3 with the 10 winning would have been around 30 bucks.

Err, the pick 3 for the sequence I'm referring to paid 2850 or so. Thanks though, I get it.

jesus what a race! Big Z showed an incredible amount of heart in that race, she truely is a champion. Ididnt cash one ticket on either day Goldikova impressed me the most, the jock tapped the horse once and hand rode em home...

Well 1st lets get to the numbers,our thread is in the sports betting,and not sports fan section. With the changes i posted for the scratch in the 10th of the #6 i had it 1-8-2. I didnt not play any PK4's or 3's,i went away from the norm for me because i didnt think i could string together 2 races in a row let alone 3 or 4,it was just a tough tough card with so many right answers,but obviously i capped pretty damn good yesterday. I played as i mentioned yesterday all $60 exactas from the 4th thru the 11th,i will give my break down with won/loss then total profit second column.

4th-+$720/ + $660
5th-$-60 / + 600
6th-$-60/ + $540
7th-+$178/ + $658
8th-+$182/ +$780
9th- -$60/ +$720
10th-+$1726/ $2386
11th- -$2000/ + $286
Misc -$40 on silks,-$50 Name play for friend, - $20 trifecta on Friday
Total + $276 for the weekend. I placed $2090 on plays just out of respect to a friend,and a horse,and silks that didnt work out,but would never change how i do a damn thing.

As for the race, i really dont have much to say that i didnt say earlier in the week. Big Z is the greatest horse my eyes have ever seen. And as i wrote she gave her all like a true professional does everytime,and if you cant respect that about an athlete or a human being for that matter,thats on you.

I live by certain virtues myself,i call it the mirror way of life. I will never shy away from a mirror ever,because i know i can look myself in the eyes on a daily basis and know i gave my best,and so does God,and those are the 2 people i have to answer to. Big Z as i said could always look herself in the eyes forever. I am sad today not for the loss,but because i know i will never feel that way about a horse again the rest of my life. She made me feel so alive,and proud to call myself a fan of her. She got home safe,all i wanted from her.

I got back home last evening and checked my mail,and in it was an issue i get a couple times a year from the University of Michigan called Thrive,which is a cancer survivors magazine. It just puts things in perspective for me,from how far i have came from,to where i am now,and 2 horses got me here. It has been a journey like no other for myself to say the least.

Mike Smith said he is to blame (no pun intended) for the loss,and he would know best,and i wont argue with him,but i also wont kick a man when he is down. He said he knew he had the best horse in the race also,i also believe that.

I am not sure to be honest where i go from here,it was never about the money for me,but the journey. I know i have proved myself over and over in this forum as a capable capper,and made some great friends,but i need to take a break for awhile.

Honcho

I may be a little older than you, but Ghostzapper is imo the greatest North American horse in the last 20 years.

Tell me about it.. that's 20k worth of mistakes in one weekend.

I want a do-over!

It's been a year to forget wager-wise.

Time to get back to basics... two months left in the calendar year.

Hollywood and Aqueduct are where my focus will be, stay tuned.

My ytd totals on site are about 1/3 of my irl losses for the year. That makes this weekend's mistakes sting all the more. But, I'm still playing within my means and it's all good. This is an example of what I said a few days ago in this thread, that you've gotta love this game to keep at it because it can be brutal.

Even if you aren't actively 'capping or wagering, I hope you pop in to the thread once in awhile. I suppose I'll see ya around Eclipse time!

Cheers Honch! (sorry about the tilt wager on saturday.. but, you gotta admit that **** was funny.. instead of pushing the ALL button like a true tilter would've, I left one out and it cost me 3.8k. I can't even tilt correctly!! FML)

royal charm 2.50 at exeter.....opened 20mins ago at 5/4 now 4/5 and shortening

Its amazing to me how all these sportwriters are saying Zenyatta missed her chance at history, about how it is all over now.... What Zenyatta did in that race was more impressive to me then if she would of sat a perfect trip and won the race

She gave the best horses in the country a huge head start and still she was rite there on the wire, I thought she had no chance even at the top of the stretch, as Honcho said she had nothing left to prove and I was just happy that she came out of the race safely--

I just saw the race, it really was amazing. I already knew the results and I still thought that she could win.

No love for Point Given?

Goldikova going for 4!!!!! wooot!


Awesome Feather sold for 2.3 million yowza.

Zenyatta trails the field into the turn



Zenyatta ranges up alongside Blame



Mikey gives Lady Z a smooch



John Sheriffs and Lady Z later that night

easy money 3 outta 3 in sports bet on this forum now

An article that I enjoyed...

http://www.brooklynbackstretch.com/2...nyatta-effect/