How did they ever

[SCUDSBROTHER]

come up with the idea to switch people to the favorite when their horse is scratched in p3/4/6? If you think about it,it is really odd to do that.Lets say there is a 5 horse field with 2 chalks,and 3 prices.If one of the chalks get scratched,then the people on the other chalk have to absorb all that money(their price on the p3/4 etc is cut in half.)The people on the 3 price horses get the same amount of payoff as they were getting before(when they had to beat 2 chalks,now it is just one,but they get paid like they beat both of them.)Like in the 4th at Colonial today.After one of the 2 top selections was sratched,I think the $2 pick 3 to the favorite was gunna pay about $50(it was paying $98 before the other chalk got scratched.)The favorite went off at 1/2.The winner went off at 5/2(paid $7.40)The pick 3 paid $337.80.

So the win prices would be $3(if the chalk had won,)and $7.40 (for the winner.)

$7.40 versus $3=a ratio of 4.4 more

$337.80 versus $50=a ratio of 5.7 or so.

Must be nice to beat 1 chalk,and get paid as if you beat 2 of them.That's a nice break they get.

[Pedigree Ann]

In the real world, one would expect a refund, but the tracks don't like to give back money. A consolation payoff would be another possibility; they do it with some bets, although it does reduce the size of the payouts for winning tickets, which has publicity value. I think it's habit mostly - they've done it this way for years.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

In California,they changed the pick 3(any scratches in the 2nd or 3rd leg result in consolations.)In the pick 4 though I think you still get the favorite.

[randallscott35]

Scuds,

Pinnacle doesn't give you the favorite. That's the way it should be.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Scuds,

Pinnacle doesn't give you the favorite. That's the way it should be.

Well,the way I read it,they give you your money back(not a consolation.)You get a 10-1,a 20-1,and then your single in the last leg scratches.What do you get? At Pinnacle you get the price of your ticket back(correct me if I am wrong,but that is what their rules say.)I didn't read about a consolation on that site.If Your single scratches in leg 3,then you're evidently not getting credit for the prices you worked hard to get in the 1st 2 legs.I have asked people repeatedly about this,but nobody has said they give you a consolation.They give you whiff(as far as I can tell.) Single the 1st leg if you play p3/p4 on that site.

[randallscott35]

You get a conso when there is one. With a Pick 4, when I got scratched out of Wonder Lady and the other horse on Belmont day, I got my money back rather than having a dead ticket put on Adieu. That's a plus, not a minus.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

You get a conso when there is one. With a Pick 4, when I got scratched out of Wonder Lady and the other horse on Belmont day, I got my money back rather than having a dead ticket put on Adieu. That's a plus, not a minus.

Are you telling me that if you have a pick 3 with a 10-1 in the 1st leg,a 20-1 in the 2nd leg,and you're live with it in the 3rd leg(and your single scratches)all you want is your money back? WHATCHATALKINBOUT WILLIS.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Here it is-


"For Daily Doubles, if a horse is scratched before the 2nd leg, a consolation will be paid on that combo, as specified by the track payouts.

For Pick 3's, and Pick 4's, if a horse is scratched in any leg, you will receive refunds on all combos with the scratched horse, no matter when the horse was scratched. You will not receive the track favorite or any consolation payouts, but instead a refund. This is an advantage for the player. "-Pinnacle



IT'S A JOKE.