Big Derby Ticket at Churchill

[trigger]

"The winning exacta combination of Mine That Bird and Pioneerof the Nile paid $2.074/80 for a $2 ticket. For the $1,000 wager, the bettor, who asked that Churchill not release his or her identity, collected $1,037,400."

http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/big-derby-ticket-at-churchill/

[Shelby]

:( Why couldn't it be me????


:D

[JustRalph]

he only got it 499.5 times more than me..................

[Oaklawn]

Can you imagine the discretionary income a person would have by making a bet like that? I wonder how much they actually paid into the pot with all bets.

[dutchboy]

Can you imagine the discretionary income a person would have by making a bet like that? I wonder how much they actually paid into the pot with all bets.

Gene Simmons of KISS had a reality show on cable a couple of years ago. One of the episodes was filmed at the Ky Derby and his wife bet 100,000 on a horse. They showed Gene in the clubhouse trying to cancel the ticket and Churchill Downs refused his request.

[MzDucat]

Hope he comes to Saratoga. Love the guys who rock the tote! :)

[Bettowin]

Could have been part of the suspected Cal Ripken group or even his wife. They have the money to spend and the bet makes sense from that standpoint.

[46zilzal]

Can you imagine the discretionary income a person would have by making a bet like that? I wonder how much they actually paid into the pot with all bets.
Had a fellow in Vancouver who hit the super from that race on a ticket just under $600.00. He is a millionaire owner wouldn't you know.