Breaking the Bank: Six-Figure Score
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Breaking the Bank - featuring data courtesy of Equibase - highlights the biggest scores of the past week in racing. (Photo by Penelope P. Miller/America's Best Racing)
Sometimes you don’t a need rainbow to find a pot of gold waiting for you at the racetrack.
One highly fortunate Pick 6 player at Aqueduct on March 4 broke the bank and moved into a new tax bracket thanks to a $217,478 payday for submitting the lone winning ticket on the final six races of the day.
The six-figure sequence started on a high note when Who Is the Giant stood tall after 11 unplaced starts and broke his maiden in the fourth race at a $32.20 win price.
A flurry of fairly logical victors followed with wins by Distinctive Lady ($7.60), Froyo Star ($9.30), Lady Luciano ($9.30) and the favored Midnight Champagne ($5.50).
That left it to Fratello Del Nord to make one person deliriously happy as the 4-year-old was primed and ready for his first start since October and notched a maiden victory at 21-1 odds to seal the deal on the gargantuan payoff.
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At Gulfstream Park, where the Rainbow Pick 6 Jackpot carryover rocketed past $2.5 million for the holder of a single winning ticket, several Pick 6 players had to share the payoff on March 5, but they still had plenty of reasons to celebrate, namely $38,629.04 of them for each 20-cent wager.
That sequence took a while to heat up, with a pair of favorites in Air Squadron ($4.80) and Farz ($6.20) followed by Riddler at an $11.40 mutuel. Together those three formed a $58.50 Pick 3 for a $1 wager.
The final three races added the zest to the mix with victories by Blofeld ($21.40), Grand Tito ($20.40) and Kings Knight ($28.60). They comprised a $1,678 Pick 3 for $1 and provided a rather ritzy consolation for missing out on the “rainbow.”
Gulfstream’s Pick 5 that day also provided a rewarding payoff of $24,120.85 for a 50-cent ticket.
At Santa Anita Park on March 5, the eighth race featured a parade of longshots and a hefty superfecta payoff.
Songforjohnmichael, who had won two straight races in October 2014, did not allow a 16-month layoff to divert him from the winner’s circle as he posted a 2 ½-length win at 21-1 odds ($44.40 to win).
Horses priced at 10-1, 13-1 and 15-1 followed and holders of that winning 1-9-5-10 combination saw $20,294.50 pour into their wallets for each $1 bet.
Mahoning Valley was the site for this week’s presentation of the “How did you come up with that one?” award.
Handicappers were understandably cool to Finn B Cool in the fifth race on Feb. 29. After all, the 4-year-old filly headed into the maiden claimer with a 0-for-19 record and had finished 11th and 9th in her last two races while losing by a combined 37 ¼ lengths.
Beyond that, she was taking a jump in class from a $5,000 claimer to a $15,000 claimer, though she was cutting back in distance from 5 ½ furlongs to 4 ½.
With a trainer and jockey who were a combined 0-for-37 when she was entered in the race, her 50-1 morning-line odds actually seemed low in comparison to her chances in the races.
Handicappers surely felt that way about Finn B Cool as they dismissed her at 88-1 odds.
Though she had showed early speed and tired in most of her starts, the 4 ½-furlong distance resonated with her as she grabbed an early lead, fell behind by a head at the eighth pole but then showed heretofore unseen resiliency in battling back and defeated a 31-1 shot by a neck.
The payoff for folks who were not fazed by all those 0-fers was a massive $179.60 for a $2 win ticket.
The exacta with that 31-1 shot checked in at $604.80 and the triple with a 3-1 shot in the final slot paid $2,079.15 for a 50-cent ticket.
The Pick 3 capped by “Finn” returned $1,962.75.
All in all, some pretty cool payoffs.
RAINBOW PICK 6 JACKPOT UPDATE: For those handicappers seeking a payoff of more than $2 million in Gulfstream Park’s Rainbow Pick 6, the carryover stands at $2,635,571.30 heading into Wednesday’s card at the Hallandale, Fla. track.
Top Payouts for the Week Ended March 6
Wager
Wager Amount
Payoff
Track
Date
Race#
Win
$ 2.00
$ 179.60
MVR
2/29/2016
5
Place
$ 2.00
$ 59.80
MVR
2/29/2016
5
Show
$ 2.00
$ 33.20
MVR
2/29/2016
5
Exacta
$ 1.00
$ 572.50
DED
3/4/2016
4
Exacta
$ 2.00
$ 1,774.60
OP
3/6/2016
4
Quinella
$ 1.00
$ 55.20
TUP
3/1/2016
5
Quinella
$ 2.00
$ 45.40
AQU
3/4/2016
4
Trifecta
$ 0.50
$ 5,797.50
FON
3/5/2016
10
Trifecta
$ 1.00
$ 17,130.70
OP
3/6/2016
4
Trifecta
$ 2.00
$ 10,424.60
CT
3/4/2016
1
Superfecta
$ 0.10
$ 6,061.66
DED
3/4/2016
4
Superfecta
$ 1.00
$ 20,294.50
SA
3/5/2016
8
Superfecta
$ 2.00
$ 19,012.00
AQU
3/5/2016
6
Daily Double
$ 1.00
$ 881.40
SUN
3/5/2016
9
Daily Double
$ 2.00
$ 3,327.80
FG
3/5/2016
10
Pick 3
$ 0.50
$ 4,911.40
FG
3/5/2016
10
Pick 3
$ 1.00
$ 6,820.20
OP
3/3/2016
5
Pick 3
$ 2.00
$ 5,457.00
AQU
3/5/2016
7
Pick 4
$ 0.50
$ 14,372.95
FG
3/5/2016
11
Pick 4
$ 1.00
$ 9,410.40
TAM
3/4/2016
6
Pick 4
$ 2.00
$ 7,665.00
AQU
3/3/2016
9
Pick 5
$ 0.50
$ 24,120.85
GP
3/5/2016
13
Pick 5
$ 2.00
$ 8,049.00
AQU
3/4/2016
5
Pick 6
$ 1.00
$ 285.90
TUP
3/2/2016
8
Pick 6
$ 2.00
$ 217,478.00
AQU
3/4/2016
9
Pick 6 Jackpot
$ 0.20
$ 38,629.04
GP
3/5/2016
13
Super High Five
$ 0.20
$ 3,137.26
HOU
3/1/2016
9
Super High Five
$ 0.50
$ 2,241.55
DED
3/2/2016
7
Super High Five
$ 1.00
$ 20,191.10
GP
3/5/2016
4
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Commonly Used Gambling Terms
Account wagering – Betting by internet or phone, in which a bettor must open an account and deposit money with which to bet.
Across the board – A bet on a horse to win, place and show. If the horse wins, the player collects three ways; if second, two ways; and if third, one way, losing the win and place bets. Actually, three bets.
Bounce – An especially poor performance on the heels of an especially good one.
Box – A betting term denoting a combination bet whereby all possible numeric combinations are covered for certain horses.
Bridge jumper – A person who wagers large amounts of money, usually on short- priced horses to show, hoping to realize a small but almost certain profit. The term comes from the structure those bettors may seek if they lose the bet.
Chalk – Betting favorite in a race.
Chalk player – Gambler who wagers on favorites.
Daily Double (or Double) – Type of bet calling for the selection of winners of two consecutive races.
Exacta – A wager in which the first two finishers in a race, in exact order of finish, must be picked.
Exacta box – A wager in which all possible combinations using a given number of horses are selected.
Exotic (bet) – Any bet other than win, place, or show that requires multiple combinations. Examples of exotic wagers are trifecta, Pick 6, Pick 4.
Handle – Amount of money wagered in the pari-mutuel system on a race, full day of races, or entire racing season at a track.
In the money – A horse that finishes first, second or third.
Key horse – A single horse used in multiple combinations in an exotic bet.
Morning line – The starting odds set by the track handicapper.
On the board – Finishing among the first three.
On the nose – Betting a horse to win only.
Overlay – A horse whose odds are greater than its potential to win.
Pari-mutuel – System of wagering where all the money is returned to the bettors after deduction of track and state percentages.
Parlay – A multi-race bet in which all winnings are subsequently wagered on a succeeding race.
Part wheel – Using a key horse or horses in different, but not all possible, exotic wagering combinations.
Pick (6 or other number) – A type of multi-race bet in which the winners of all the included races must be selected. Pick 3, Pick 4, Pick 5, Pick 6 are commonly used by tracks in the United States.
Place bet – A bet on a horse to finish first or second.
Quinella - Bet in which the first two finishers must be picked in either order.
Show bet – A bet on a horse to finish in the money; third or better.
Speed Figure – A metric that rates a horse’s performance in a race, which is determined by a combination of the horse’s performance and the level of competition he/she competed against.
Trifecta – A bet in which the first three finishers must be selected in exact order.
Trifecta box – A trifecta wager in which all possible combinations using a given number of horses are bet upon.
Underlay – Horse whose odds are more promising than his potential to win.
Win – A bet on a horse to finish first.
Wheel – Betting all possible combinations in an exotic wager using at least one horse as the key.