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Originally Posted by pweizer
It was a great contest and one I will definately play in again next year. The winner of the contest finished with about $33,000. He had $7,300 left going into the last race and bet it all to win on Blame in the Classic. When you add in the prize money (the winner's share was $138,000) he managed to turn the 5-1 on Blame into 27-1 after the contest.
A good friend of mine finished in third. He got there by nailing a $100 cold trifecta on the Classic. That bet alone brough him back about $24,000. For this feat, he got another $25,000 in prize money. (Although as a tough beat, he had a $700 straight tri with Zenyatta on top which certainly would have won it all).
My handicapping was not good at all but I managed to salvage a good chuck of my bankroll nailing cold exatcas in both the Juvenile and Mile (which were not exactly hard to come up with).
The contest was in the sixth floor Gold Room which has a balcony overlooking the finish line and is high enough up where you can see the whole track. We also got daily buffets on millionaires row and other assorted goodies.
Anyone who is going to bet a good sum on the BC races anyway should really give this a try next year.
(oh, and by the way, Michelle Yu is even better looking in real life).
Paul
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Christina O is much hotter in person also.
Thanks for the summary.
I am gonna try my best to qualify next year.