Sunday, May 17, 2009

The Good, The Bad & The Preakness

First the good. A week ago this past Saturday I logged into my youbet.com account in the morning to watch some English hurdle racing. Bet 3 horses to win in the first race and lost. Bet 3 more horses to win in the next race and one of them won and paid 87.80. I logged off and called it a day! Love this long shot system.

Now the bad. Logged in early on Preakness day yesterday and bet 3 or 4 races and didn't cash a ticket. I then had a lot to do and was out the next 4 hours. In that time my long shot system hit 2 races paying around 28.00 and 40.00. Unfortunately, I wasn't home to bet them.

Finally, the Preakness Stakes. Being that the favorite won, I didn't win this race either. Tried the long shot system and a couple exacta combinations but no luck. Gave back some of my Derby weekend winnings on this one. On a good note, a few close friends came by and it was a fun race to watch.

On to the Belmont Stakes June 6th!!

Saturday, May 02, 2009

Derby Day

It's all about the odds.

Yesterday there were a lot of stakes races at Churchill Downs and I took the day off to watch them. I have a long shot system I have used for quite a while. Well, I hit a horse that paid 93.20 in one of the races!

Then today I hit the 50-1 Derby winner, Mine That Bird! He paid 103.20. Also had him in a 4 horse exacta, but the other 3 were out of the money. If that had hit it would have paid many thousands of dollars. Close, but no cigar. I'm happy with my 103.20 (and 93.20 yesterday) and will try again next year for the exacta.

Watched the race today with Manny and his late wife's family. They really are special people. All in all, a very good Derby weekend.