Anyone into horse racing?

[kennious]

i went to a track for the first time last night. retama park in san antonio, TEXAs. small park, nothing like arlington park (which i live 5 minutes from), but it was fun. I used my dad's money to bet on horses, and ended up with a net of +$350. yeah dawg!

[Anthony]

I'd love to get into it. Once I get money and time...

My brother goes quite a bit to the track down in San Diego.

[marked001]

I used to when I lived in NJ b/c there was a track like 5 mins. from my house.. I was actually supposed to go up there for the Haskell today.... pretty big race.. but didnt happen.. too damn poor..haha.

[OverSpun]

haha... arent the odds pretty horrible to win anything though? i'm not too familiar with horse race betting, but dont you have to bet on the winning horse?

[voodooA4]

Originally posted by marked001
I used to when I lived in NJ b/c there was a track like 5 mins. from my house.. I was actually supposed to go up there for the Haskell today.... pretty big race.. but didnt happen.. too damn poor..haha.

damn, I was gonna go today too, with some friends...got stuck packing for school though.

[kennious]

Originally posted by OverSpun
haha... arent the odds pretty horrible to win anything though? i'm not too familiar with horse race betting, but dont you have to bet on the winning horse?

not necessarily. most of the bets i was making were exacta boxes and superfecta boxes. an exacta is where you pick the top two horses, in order. an exacta BOX is where you pick the top two horses, in ANY order. thus, you're making two bets. i was mostly doing $10 exacta boxes ($20 total). a superfecta is picking the top 4 horses in order, and a superfecta box is picking them in ANY order. there are 24 different combinations for a superfecta box, so in essence you're making 24 different bets of $1, so $24.


my biggest win of the night was a $190 exacta, but that was for a $5 bet. i had bet $10, so i got $380. my other two wins were a $90 trifecta (top three horses) box, and a $50 superfecta box.

[audidood]

not really, but congrats on the win. :)