re: 2012 Kentucky Derby | Post time: May 5th 5:24 pm CDT

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The tracks and otb love people like you

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:kige:

Ok, I'm a dummy when it comes to racing. My friend thinks he is an expert horse gambler. Out of all 12 of the bets he made, I'll Have Another was not in any of them.

What was the knock on this horse that so many seemed to not be betting on him.

I won 163$. Pumped

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What was the knock on this horse that so many seemed to not be betting on him.

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No knocks really. Post position was 19. Not the best place to start. 18 horses inside of him. No horse has ever won from the 19 position before I'll Have Another btw. I narrowed the 20 down to 9 horses (3,4,6,8,10,11,15,16,19) after my initial pass over PPs. My bets included 8 of the 9. The one horse I dropped was the 19 horse.

Oh well.

Next year.

Learned an expensive lesson today in horse racing...

This was my post from earlier

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As much as I enjoy Horse Racing, I really only wager on it during the triple crown races, I deposited on twin spires last year and did the same again today.

I like watching the prep races and trying to get a feel for the horses I like, I have had a decent amount of success and it's more fun for me that way.. I watched about 20 races last night on YouTube and jotted down a few horses I liked, lol, here is who I'm putting money on. My wife Always picks the favorite so I always try to outwit her, she is the one that got my Hooked on this 10-15 years ago.

Here is the horses I like in order:
Dullahan
Alpha
I'll Have Another
Bodemeister
Union Rags
Take Charge Indy

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So obviously I was on top of the fricking world for about 10 minutes after having all top 3 horses! I boxed in combinations of 4 horses, 4 different ways for trifectas

Low and Behold I did not box my top 4 fricking horses, so instead of hitting the $1 tri and winning $1578, I lost $150. I am going to be kicking myself all weekend over this mishap.

I will be boxing in all my top horses from now on out.

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so instead of hitting the $1 tri and winning $1578, I lost $150

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Damn, I bet you are freaking nauseated right now...That sucks man.....

If it makes you feel any better (which it won't), I made a huge mistake last year betting on the Saints vs. Giants. I originally bet around $50 or so on the Saints minus the points...At the half, the Saints were looking strong, so I put another hundred on the the 2nd half...But I was drunk, and accidently bet on the Giants...So, at the end of the night, instead of being up $150, I was down $50...I know, that is small potatoes compared to what happened to you today.....

I'll take 3rd in a g2. Anyone see our horse?

Btw, I'm a fricking dumbass and didn't take bode. Would have hit exacta. Instead I just had a small win bet on the 19

Wooohooo made $50 on I'll have another in my forgotten future bet!!

So all together he made me $80

So I finally have cell service and nobody wants to talk?

They are on my camera and all I have up here is my phone.

Got some good ones of our horse and shackleford and also the crowd. There was no way in hell I was going anywhere near the paddock for the derby (couldn't get in anyway).