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[Vinman]

I did not play the Pick 6 last Saturday, but based on my A's and B's for the Belmont Pick 6 races, here's a simple 5 ticket play for $8,100 that would have nailed it, shooting for a scenario where a minimum of 5 "A" horses win, with the other winner being an A or a B:


5,6,9 / 4,5,6,7 / 1,4,5 / 1,3,6 / 5,6,7 / 1,3,5,9 $2,592

5,6,9 / 4,5,6,7 / 1,4,5 / 1,3,6 / 2,3,4 / 3,5,9 $1,944

5,6,9 / 4,5,6,7 / 1,4,5 / 7,9 / 5,6,7 / 3,5,9 $1,296

5,6,9 / 2,8 / 1,4,5 / 1,3,6 / 5,6,7 / 3,5,9 $972

3,4 / 4,5,6,7 / 1,4,5 / 1,3,6 / 5,6,7 / 3,5,9 $1,296 Total: $8,100

The $1,944 ticket was the winner. Had the 10-1 Papaw Bodie (5) managed to nose the 6-1 Desert Blanc (4) in leg 5, the $2,592 ticket wins, with our "A" horses winning all 6 legs, resulting in more consolation payoffs and obviously a larger Pick 6 payout.

Our "B" horses are the ones that only appear only once in the entire group of tickets. Every other horse is an "A".

Quite frankly, IMHO, spending $8,100 in a Pick 6 without a carryover, even on Belmont Stakes day....isn't a great idea. The $15K payoff proved that. Had there been a two day carryover going in....by all means.....fire away!

Vinman