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Originally Posted by westernmassbob
Several years ago an acquaintance of mine was at a Breeders Cup event at a local casino. He got a little bold and said that he was a much better handicapper then me when we talked about the upcoming Saturday races. I told him that handicapping was mostly arbitrary but if he wanted we could have our own contest and the stakes would be $100 to the winner. I even gave him an advantage ( so he thought ). I wasn’t even going to handicap and the rules were we had to bet 2.00 to win on three horses each race. His advantage ( again so he thought) was that my selections were made drawing the numbers out of a hat. Halfway through the card the contest wasn’t even close. It was an easy hundo for me. Even if you don’t bet I encourage everyone to try this sometime and be astonished how randomly selecting winners actually pays off.
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For most Breeders' Cups, in addition to my regular handicapping/wagering, my wife and I have each picked a number and a jockey (ones who have mounts in most races) - so I might have 4 and Irad, and she has 2 and Rosario over the two days. Obviously sometimes we wind up doubling up.
Has made for some fun times and kept her more interested than she might have been otherwise.
