American Pharoah's race today was the biggest joke of a horse race I've ever seen

AP goes off at get this....one to NINE!!!

GTFO! Unbettable at those odds.

The rest of the field? Incredible value with the lowest odds being 12-1 and the highest being 99-1. I've never seen the second best odds being 12-1.

So they scratch the 3 horse and now there are only 7 horses in the race.

The race starts and I shi* you not, AP won it so easily that the jockey pulled up on him in the stretch so he won't be taxed for the next race (again, something I've never seen). That's how a) dominant he was or b) how poor this field was. I can't tell which.

And incredibly, and I've never seen this the $.10 superfecta paid.....$3.50!!!!!!!

Absolutely no way to make money off this race and a million ways to lose a ton.

Has anyone ever seen a bigger favorite than 1-9 in a field bigger than 5 horses?

Didn't Zenyatta go off at that at a couple of those races before losing that heartbreaker to Blame? My memory's not 100%, but I think that was the case.....

That does sound familiar. Anyhow, when a horse goes off at 1-9 the point that no money will be made of he wins, even with superfectas, is not lost.

Easiest way to play it, is a free square in pick 3's, 4's etc...  Unless you can cold cock the trifecta/superfecta and have $20-40 or more on it...

 

Super Chalky yesterday the Pick 5 only payed  $16.60.....

 

 

A horse can't go off any longer then 1-9 on the odds board even if the true odds are 1-20 for the sake of display of the odds. If the race presents a sure winner,bet it like a sure thing.There may not be 3 horses on the continent that can beat AmPh so there sure weren't 3 horses in that race that could beat him."Absolutely no way to make money off that race"?????? 

Come on....

I'm not going to drop $20,000 on a -900 favorite. That is lunacy. And yes, I've seen 1-7's fail to come in the money in a 5 horse race.


Amazing that it doesn't go higher than 1-9. I didn't know that.

You may not want to take that route, but there's plenty of people in the horse racing game where money isn't an object.  So dropping $20k on a horse at 1-9 is nothing (Especially if it looks as easy as this particular race did) 

Your mother is partially correct.  "Bridge Jumpers" generally refers to people who bet a ton of money on these short priced horses to "Show"

There is a saying about 1-9 shots..."If you got the nine, why do you need the one".

Scal, Scal, Scal...this isn't the FIRST race you've even seen...is it?!?

Wrong Forum

Absolutely no way to make money off this race and a million ways to lose a ton.

Very true. Without betting value-you're best off sipping a beer and simply watching the horse race.

This race had nothing to do with wagering other than to fill a sure spot for your pic 4,5 or 6 ect, ect. To even suggest otherwise shows your lack of understanding and appreciating watching the greatest horse of our era run again. An avid/knowledgeable true horse fan/better would just kick back and take it all in. Your lust for losing and commenting on a sport you obviously know nothing about just shows your pathetic desire to talk a lot but say nothing.   Next time turn the TV off and beat off.

To clarify... AP went off at 1-9 on the toteboard because that is the lowest odds that can be represented on the board but by checking the charts from Sunday show that he was .10 on the $1,hence 1-10,hence the payoff of 2.20 to win.

A smart better goes to a race track and bets maybe 2-4 races. This would not be one of them. You want to show your friends your $2 show ticket on AP; go for it.

20k to Show.

First race.  Citation, among others, 1-20.  When it's not hoops season, stick to UFO's and "White People" bullshit.

At 1-9 odds or worse, the race track will lose money.   After deducting he track "rake" from the Show, Place and Win Pools and dividing the remaining amounts up between the winning tickets, Pharoah mathematically would only pay $1.80 or so for a $2.00 ticket and since, by law, the track must return a minimum of $2.10 they wind up losing money on that race.

So let me get this straight: you are in a thread where several hardcore pony bettors have said the odds on a favorite can't exceed 1-9 but you claim its 1-20....

In that race I would disregard AP absolutely and cap the field for place and show.  

Secretariat was 1-10(Wikipedia) for the Belmont Stakes.  He only won by 31 lengths.  Ran a record time that still stands.

Anyone know of a horse ever losing with these type odds?