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Originally Posted by Dave Schwartz
I seem to recall it was from a February race.
Does that sound right?
Like a $4k bet?
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As I was saying in an earlier post, conventional handicapping factors often inform or otherwise impact the way my wagers ultimately take shape.
I think the bet we are talking about was the 1st race on 2/25/12 and I made a weighted 4 horse trifecta wager for $1644. (I kept the details of my own bet from my clients, but the generalities were posted on my website and one of my clients qualified for a seat at the Vegas Handicapping Championship that year after she had this winner).
Gerald Bennett had a 33% Win angle.
Greg Griffith had a 33% Win angle.
Simms’ piece had no angle but was 10 of 18 in all dirt starts and most ITM were going at the route (as in this race).
My 3rd choice, the wildcard, but the ultimate lynchpin of the bet was a runner of Rosemary Homeister Sr. She had no angle, but figured, dropping way down in class (SALW10 to Claiming 5K) after showing early speed in previous two. My agent at the track, informed me that the pilot of Homeister Sr.’s runner, Irwin Rosendo, was the father of the jock Rosemary Homeister Jr.’s infant baby, though this was not widely known and both riders had mounts in this race and subsequently in my weighted tri. This kind of info often provides the grease that keeps the wheels turning in races that appear likely to have some “poetic inevitability” factor.
One will note that the horses’ names are not mentioned. This is no coincidence. The horses and their names are of little significance to me.
Homeister Sr.’s piece won the race and paid $28 and change and her daughter was 2nd aboard Griffith’s odd-on favorite. Simm’s piece was third.
My winning tri ticket was only 1.5% of the bet or $24, as I gave it only a 1 in 40 chance of happening that way, but the $2 tri returned $401 and the bet returned $4813.