I hit the exacta. Bet $5 and boxed 4 horses. That’s a $60 bet. I got back $75. Lost a few others so I spent $25 to go out to Sam Houston Race Track and have a few hours of fun.
“I spent $25 to go out to Sam Houston Race Track and have a few hours of fun.”
Good way to look at it. 99.9999% of individuals who gamble on horses lose money whether they want to admit it or not! You cannot beat the “take” from Pari mutual pools.
It turned out that the 13-11 exacta, which was the absolute logical bet ,( in addition to a Nyquist win bet,) paid VERY well, considering how huge the exacta pool was with that combination obviously being the biggest one. It paid $30.60!!!! I would expected, having seen tens of thousands of races, and been very accurate in predicting unknown exotic payouts, that the exacta would’ve been $10 or $12. THIRTY bucks is a gift that doesn’t come along too often, for such a no-brainer type of bet made on the only two horses that were bet heavily.