Grits
05-09-2012, 12:19 PM
http://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/may/07/kentucky-derby-winner-ill-have-another-las-vegas/
The majority of Lucky’s exposure on I’ll Have Another came in a span of minutes earlier this year. On one day in early February, Lucky’s printed a flood of tickets on the horse at Buffalo Bill’s in Primm.
Shapiro said the book lowered the odds from 200-to-1 four times during the onslaught, but the money kept coming. He could only think of one conceivable explanation to explain the phenomenon: Everyone who worked in I’ll Have Another’s barn wagered on the horse that day.
“It’s not uncommon for them to bet on their horses,” Shapiro said. “Everyone seems to like their horse when they are training. They want to get down on their horse.”
Less than a week after all the bets came in, I’ll Have Another won a stakes race at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. The track is only 200 miles from the Nevada border where Buffalo Bill’s rests.
The majority of Lucky’s exposure on I’ll Have Another came in a span of minutes earlier this year. On one day in early February, Lucky’s printed a flood of tickets on the horse at Buffalo Bill’s in Primm.
Shapiro said the book lowered the odds from 200-to-1 four times during the onslaught, but the money kept coming. He could only think of one conceivable explanation to explain the phenomenon: Everyone who worked in I’ll Have Another’s barn wagered on the horse that day.
“It’s not uncommon for them to bet on their horses,” Shapiro said. “Everyone seems to like their horse when they are training. They want to get down on their horse.”
Less than a week after all the bets came in, I’ll Have Another won a stakes race at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. The track is only 200 miles from the Nevada border where Buffalo Bill’s rests.