New Bet at Santa Anita

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:25 pm

California has approved a new bet, where... get this... you have to pick the first 5 horses of a horse race in order.

Yeah, because you know, that superfecta was just too darn easy to hit. I got tired of walking home with thosuands and thousands of dollars from countless superfecta's I've hit.'

I can only imagine what the takeout on it will be...40%

I seriously don't think I've ever hit a superfecta in my life. I've only hhit 1 trifecta.. I'm not a big tri/super guy, I like to play horizontly..

I will say it is interesting in the sense that it carries over when not hit. it's like getting pick 6 carryover day every day of the week.

Des · Postby **Des** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:05 pm

It's been a bet at Caymanas Park in Jamaica. It's called Hi-Five. I wonder if it's called the same here... Very Very Hard to pick

ireneinwa · Postby **ireneinwa** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:09 pm

My dad use to say to me"Why play the tri it's to hard" I've won several. Then the superfecta , hit those to. But this I've got to draw the line somewhere. I would never play it.

Rokeby Forever · Postby **Rokeby Forever** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:13 pm

It's the kind of bet where you really have to hit the "ALL" button for 4th and 5th. How can you pick a horse to run 5th? LOL!

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:16 pm

ireneinwa wrote:My dad use to say to me"Why play the tri it's to hard" I've won several. Then the superfecta , hit those to. But this I've got to draw the line somewhere. I would never play it.

I don't realisticly play supers... i play them to try to hit grandslams when I love a price. I played one in the pacific classic because I had student council singled at the top but I had lava man singled 2nd.

i'm a HUGE pick 6 fan.. not even so much as the betting just the drama and antipiation.

ireneinwa · Postby **ireneinwa** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:25 pm

I know what you mean about the pick 6's. I'll never forget
Miss Double Dots the way Jose Valdivia rode her, I thought my dad was gona have a heart attack. That's a race that I need to get a replay of it was the best race I've ever seen. She was checked at least 4 or 5 times. She won. But then the last race my dad only had one horse long shot so he won 5 out of 6.

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:46 pm

there isn't a feeling on earth like being alive after 3 legs of a pick 6 wit a million dollar carryover. earlier this year when they had the 2 million dollar carryover at hollywood park, I remember I hit the first 3 legs.. 10-4-4 and I was craping in my pants because well.... first of all, i just had to get 2 of the next 3 to get SOMETHING of a 6 millionish dollar pot. that last 4 by the way was a 73 to 1 shot. so needless to say I was on cloud nine.

next race comes, I had the 2nd choice singled int he race, gray filly.. gets checked to the point where she is turned sideways and looses momentium and comes in 3rd by a length.. no inquiry.

okay so I'm still int he mark for 5 out of 6. next race my horse just t hrows a clunker. had that sinlged as well

well turns out last race I'm still alive becuse everyone else is dead too. and I had 3 going into the last leg.. and they finished last, next to last and 4th. 16 to 1 shot comes home.

Rokeby Forever · Postby **Rokeby Forever** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:39 pm

bdw0617 wrote:there isn't a feeling on earth like being alive after 3 legs of a pick 6 wit a million dollar carryover.

Especially when you have Dream Supreme keyed in the Ballerina Stakes. :wink:

magic code · Postby **magic code** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:42 pm

Why don't they let you bet on who'll finish last?

Rokeby Forever · Postby **Rokeby Forever** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:46 pm

magic code wrote:Why don't they let you bet on who'll finish last?

It's not that easy to pick the last place finisher. It should be a cheap speed that gets eased in the stretch, but there's always one or two slowpokes that don't manage to catch that horse.

Bill from WA · Postby **Bill from WA** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:22 am

Nice carryover at Hollywood Park tomorrow. Anybody here going to give it a shot?

Bill

jellac · Postby **jellac** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:35 am

Roke said:

How can you pick a horse to run 5th? LOL!

Uh, Roke....that would be my horse. (SIGH) :cry:

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:06 pm

Bill from WA wrote:Nice carryover at Hollywood Park tomorrow. Anybody here going to give it a shot?

Bill

i'm tossing around the idea of it. looking at the card however, I have a feeling it might carryover again so I dont' know if I want to give it a shot tomorrow or go thursday. I usually dont' touch the socal pick 6's untili they hit 300kish carryover because then it gets insane with the amount of people wanting to play it.

Playwithfire · Postby **Playwithfire** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:48 pm

the initiation of the "dime" superfectas is what has me play them sometimes. you can get 100 combos for $10. works out to be 3x4x4x5 (i think) if you have overlapping horses in the spots. I've hit a few, nothing terribly huge, but my most memorable was when my ticket had $1.80 on it, i'm ready to leave the track but decided to play. I keyed top 2 then went 3x6 so 1x1x3x6 and won nearly $200 as 2 bombs came in 3rd and 4th. i'd consider playing if they had the $.10 minimum.

madelyn · Postby **madelyn** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:54 pm

We are regular exacta/trifecta types (and hit those often enough) and now with the 10 cent supers have got a bit adventurous.. but FIVE?? Maybe in a six-horse race