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Originally Posted by thaskalos
Hindsight is always 20/20. If you were handicapping this race ahead of time...what would your guess be on the odds that the  would go off at? |
interested in Poindexter's answers here, and he's become a poster who I read on PA.
gm Thask, Pondexter, all (hope I didn't miss you guys) (one man's morning is another's insomnia)
Personally would have completely missed the revelation while handicapping, but noticed it during will-pays and in-race betting (assuming that I played the race, and that will-pays showed significant monies and/or the in-race market tipped off early enough.
The projected slow pace, the scratch of the
, and the chilly
are enough to get my interest.
hindsight is 20/20,
but the
is seductive to me. Unfortunately, wasn't much price.
I'm likely then deciding whether to skip the race, or more likely I start along the lines of something like
Daily Double
over up to five contenders for min, exacta
over 278 , ex bx
double key 23/23/group not including the
I'm a sucker for extremely live horses that I
can't make such a case for. - has to pass a few liquid 'rules' to be a bet, but I
will play those, while I see the wisdom in anyone who wants to call those an automatic 'PASS'.
If someone wants to claim to me that the horse is neither a bet nor a pass, but an 'underlay' to bet against decisively - I'll almost certainly disagree (it better be the Kentucky Derby madness and some gimmicky 'steam' designation like a
i've yet to watch the race or chart, so i don't know whether any, all or none of that hit but hindsight still makes it a red board's cousin.
something like that to start, or pass
