Santa Anita Pick Six Change

[JohnGalt1]

I just read that Santa Anita will offer a traditional pick 6 for their fall meet.

They will pay out 70% for 6/6 and 30% for 5/6.

I hope this is as successful as NYRA has shown so other Stronach owned tracks may convert some of their other tracks away from the sucker jackpot bets.

[JohnGalt1]

I read it at Ray Paulick's site.

[woodbinepmi]

That's good news.

[LemonSoupKid]

As a mostly pick 5 but occasional pick 6 player, especially on big racing days (or mandatories), I'm happy to see this and actually a bit surprised it took this long. I wonder what put them over the edge. It's been going on for longer than 10 years, but it seems a lot of tracks converted to the rainbow nonsense (was it just all Stronach tracks?) at the same time, the early part of last decade. It was like quadrupling down on an existing lottery to win with the sole ticket, and of course just played more into large syndicate hands. I'll never forget the 500k 8-1 shot that Jaramillo was riding at Gulfstream that had a sole ticket live to it for the rainbow, and as he's clearing he gets thrown from the mount with 1/16 to go. Amazingly bad beat.

[Inner Dirt]

Originally Posted by LemonSoupKid

As a mostly pick 5 but occasional pick 6 player, especially on big racing days (or mandatories), I'm happy to see this and actually a bit surprised it took this long. I wonder what put them over the edge. It's been going on for longer than 10 years, but it seems a lot of tracks converted to the rainbow nonsense (was it just all Stronach tracks?) at the same time, the early part of last decade. It was like quadrupling down on an existing lottery to win with the sole ticket, and of course just played more into large syndicate hands. I'll never forget the 500k 8-1 shot that Jaramillo was riding at Gulfstream that had a sole ticket live to it for the rainbow, and as he's clearing he gets thrown from the mount with 1/16 to go. Amazingly bad beat.

I could not imagine being the poor SOB that held that ticket. Do you remember what 5 out of 6 paid? If that was me I would have been thinking fully loaded 1 ton 4WD crew cab truck for at least a second or two. Then cussing, screaming and throwing things, then probably drug away for a psych evaluation.

[SharpCat]

Originally Posted by Inner Dirt

I could not imagine being the poor SOB that held that ticket. Do you remember what 5 out of 6 paid? If that was me I would have been thinking fully loaded 1 ton 4WD crew cab truck for at least a second or two. Then cussing, screaming and throwing things, then probably drug away for a psych evaluation.

5-6 paid $1935.52

[Parkview_Pirate]

Originally Posted by LemonSoupKid

As a mostly pick 5 but occasional pick 6 player, especially on big racing days (or mandatories), I'm happy to see this and actually a bit surprised it took this long. I wonder what put them over the edge. It's been going on for longer than 10 years, but it seems a lot of tracks converted to the rainbow nonsense (was it just all Stronach tracks?) at the same time, the early part of last decade. It was like quadrupling down on an existing lottery to win with the sole ticket, and of course just played more into large syndicate hands. I'll never forget the 500k 8-1 shot that Jaramillo was riding at Gulfstream that had a sole ticket live to it for the rainbow, and as he's clearing he gets thrown from the mount with 1/16 to go. Amazingly bad beat.

That is a bad beat. But at least the ruling was obvious.

Wasn't it about that same time 7 or 8 years ago that a huge Rainbow 6 at GP was "won" (a day or two before a mandatory payout date) only to have the winner DQ'ed in a rather iffy call by the stewards?

It's one thing to have a bad beat. It's another to be robbed.

[LemonSoupKid]

Originally Posted by Parkview_Pirate

That is a bad beat. But at least the ruling was obvious.

Wasn't it about that same time 7 or 8 years ago that a huge Rainbow 6 at GP was "won" (a day or two before a mandatory payout date) only to have the winner DQ'ed in a rather iffy call by the stewards?

It's one thing to have a bad beat. It's another to be robbed.

Good point. Your horse crossing first with a jockey and then it getting taken away is arguably worse. I still think the fall is more uncommon, though (sadly).