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Was betting a Pick-3 at Belmont in 1999 during the Spring Meet. I was studying the form really hard. The horse with the #1 post position was at the top of the form but his number was #2. The number #1 was an entry trained by Leo O'Brien--with a morning line of 20/1. In the pick-3 I used the number one, when I meant to bet the saddle cloth #2. One of the Leo O'Brien horses won (it was a turf race of course) and the entry was 55 to 1. Pick 3 returned more than $2 or $3k (had it for a nickel).
There is a flip-side, which is the mispunched ticket. And there is a karma element--I've seriously lost money on mispunched tickets since this score. Humility and diligence.
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