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Originally Posted by Vinman
A horse that would be near the top of anyone's list of "who would you single if you had to?" is Sir Dudley Digges in the first leg. Missed by a neck vs these MSW turfers on 2/13 with an 87 BRIS fig. Next best last out fig is 79 by 3 other horses.
This horse is owned by Ken "I bet with both hands" Ramsey, who has been known in the past to ship horses in for the Rainbow 6 finale.
So here's a "devil's advocate" question. Let's say YOU have ridiculously deep pockets for betting and you own this horse....we'll leave Ken out of it. Is there any way you would tell the jock to "stay 3 or 4 wide near the lead the whole trip", knowing that strategy would likely doom the horse's chances? Your "reward" is tons of small bettors get knocked out of a 15 to 20MM pool in the first leg. Somehow I can't see Ken Ramsey of all people "throwing" a race, especially in a situation like this. But the prospect of making a decision that would dramatically inflate the Rainbow 6 payoff is kind of intriguing.
That said, turf racing luck being what it is, if this horse gets beat, it will be no big surprise.
Vinman
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Obviously Ramsey would never do this. What would $100,000 do for Ramsey if that's what the pick 6 ended up paying? Shit what would $350,000 do for him? Nothing. Also take into consideration that this is the first leg. Most players go deep in the first leg because they want action and don't want to get knocked out. So even if Sir Dudley Digges lost, I don't think it would have as big of an impact that you think.
