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Originally Posted by ElKabong
Delta Downs in the 70s must have been a real experience. One story I recall you telling me was the announcer basically giving away the daily double over the PA before the penultimate race (for the jockeys to follow). I think you said it took awhile before the patrons caught on
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It was a wild place in the 70's and 80's.
That story was about a tri. The horses finished in the wrong order, so there was an inquiry. A horse was taken down because his butt swung a little wide on the first turn, lightly bumping another horse, which happens on nearly every race everywhere. That gave the "right" trifecta, which happened to pay $20 below being a signer. I don't know of that ever becoming common knowledge. The MO would change often. Just one of many interesting nights.
If I gave the full details of that story, nobody would believe it. It's crazy enough as told above.
