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Originally Posted by thaskalos
The Bid may have been during my time...but I must have been too much of a neophyte to fully appreciate that horse's obvious quality. I fear that the low-level claimers at Sportsman's Park were all that I could handle back then. Flightline, on the other hand, caught me at just the right time.  |
During the end of his 4 year old and last season the Bid ran a half dozen times between Santa Anita and Hollywood Park, I saw all of them in person.
Since I was 18-19 years old and making like $6 an hour and with California not offering the exotic wagering of other states, I would bet on Flying Paster
$10 to win taking 9-2, instead of 2-5. Of course Flying Paster never beat the Bid and finished second to him 4 times. At that time you had some races that offered nothing but WPS bets.
California seemed 10 years behind on having OTBs and a full menu of exotics.
