If a syndicate has tote info, into who isn't covered, and a huge bankroll, they can take some calculated risks to scoop in the days between a carryover buildup and the final mandatory day.
Personally, I'm rooting for some small player who played some 'numbers' or built a ticket from a long shot that they really liked, and then got very lucky.
I've seen some in the past where a celebrated small ticket was later revealed to have been one of many tickets in a deep coverage series of tix by syndicate players.
The closest I've ever been to a 'lucky' ticket was a couple of years ago, during Pimlico's abbreviated meet. I think it was about a 28-1 shot, and I had the double, and thought I was smart for taking a flyer on the Pick-3. Then I was surprised to see that only 2 tickets cashed in the P5? and no one played the P6, both hittable w/ otherwise solid handicapping. (would've could've...)
Total 'Lotto' ticket most other days if I were to have guessed with a few strange horses in a sequence.
I haven't even gone back to the charts of this Mahoning sequence, to see the prices that happened to come in, and watch the races.
I think I'm a brontosaurus.
