Wins A Million Dollars By A Buck

[Sea Biscuit]

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LAS VEGAS – What's the difference between $150,000 and $1 million?

One dollar.

That was the margin of victory as Michael Beychok became horse racing's latest millionaire by winning the 13th annual Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship in the final race Saturday to claim the $1 million first-place prize and an Eclipse Award as Handicapper of the Year.

http://www.drf.com/news/national-handicapping-championship-decided-single-dollar

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[JBmadera]

unreal!

Sure hope they change the prize structure next year.

[precocity]

3- 1 3-1 cheering haha 1million baby great read good or him.. :cool:

[Tom]

5th place by a dime!

[Grits]

“I had three ways to win it – if my horse won, if it finished second or if he didn't pick the winner,” Flanzbaum said. “I liked the horse at the beginning of the day, so I stuck with her but she didn't get there.

$11. ahead before the last race goes off, and he loses the $1,000,000. with his horse running 3rd by 3/4s of a length to the second place finisher.

Poor guy.

[therussmeister]

Interesting to note that in this day and age where everybody is complaining about odds dropping during the running of the race, he won because the odds on his selection increased during the race.

[Mr_Ed]

Though he still had 1 horse left, the eventual 2nd place winner should have called someone to throw 5 or 10 grand on that 3-1 to knock it down to even odds.

No?

[judd]

i cant hit a $1 tri or super box bet let alone a million :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :mad:

[GARY Z]

:eek: A: as an fyi the contest consisted of $2.00 bets, and as I understand
the rules there wasn't a one bet "special" where the wager could exceed
the standard bet.

B: still an incredible stretch run for the winner, heart breaker for the others,
just like the tri's/supers I should woulda had ..

C that said, is this why the DRF have raised their prices :eek: :eek:

[maddog42]

I have noticed in the past that some (not all) think these handicapping contests
are just like the lottery. Pure luck? I don't think so at all. The number of people
that have qualified for 10 tournaments in a row, or qualified many times is substantial.
Yeah. Yeah. I know about the gal who won a big tourney by betting Jockey silks and last names.
Assuming you needed to win 50% (minimum I imagine) of your 30 win and place wagers, you would need to average $16 per race for those fifteen wagers. This seems like a timely combination of skill and luck. Your average odds per winner need to be some thing like $11.00 or $12.00. I concede you are likely to need
one or 2 longshots to get your mutuel that high, or at least a $20 place horse.
This fellows big win was a $37 horse.
Congrats to this guy and any who placed in the top 30.