Biggest longshot cash ever
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I can't stop thinking about my $50 Brandon Grace wager to win $6400 at the U.S. Open. Obviously didn't come through (can't believe he hit it OB!) but just was curious to know what everyone's biggest longshot cash ever was.
Mine was in golf this year, Koepka to win the Waste Management, $50 won $2400. What's funny is that the only other golfer I had had was Matsuyama and it came down to those two on No. 18.
Who's got a feel good underdog story to tell?
Mine was in golf this year, Koepka to win the Waste Management, $50 won $2400. What's funny is that the only other golfer I had had was Matsuyama and it came down to those two on No. 18.
Who's got a feel good underdog story to tell?
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$50 on the the Rams to win the Super Bowl in 1999 season (2000 Super Bowl). Still able to get 100-1 offshore after watching them house the Falcons by 40 live in week 2 or 3. Had my doubts the check would ever come...
RC money
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The 53K pick 6 came in 2009, 2nd to the last or the last day of the Del Mar meet. As I started to look over the 6 races, the first race was a mess. 12 horses, nothing looked good so I moved to the next race. I went with two horses, John Scott and Wolf Tail. Next race, solid single, Indian Firewater. Next race, obvious single, Looking at Lucky. The next race I cut it down to 3, Craig's Storm, Ballistic Heat and Draft Choice. The last race, MSW, I saw a longshot I loved, Gilligan(more on him later). Improving races, had a monster workout coming in, and I decided to make it cheap and go All/2/1/1/3/1. $144 ticket. Right as I entered it, I just started thinking about the only other horse that caught my eye in the last race, Kalookan Commando. Right up until the 1st race of the pick 6, I thought about adding him but I decided to stick with my capping and whatever happens happens. 1st race, ALL race, 7-1 winner, not a huge price but ok. John Scott won the 2nd at 3-1, Indian Firewater the 3rd at 3-5. Looking at Lucky at Even money, Craigs Storm in the 5th at 5-1. No real prices in the 1st 5 and now I am singled to a 12-1 horse in the final race. I kept looking over that race while I waited for it to start, thinking was there ever a reason to add the 2nd horse or just ALL that race too. It wasn't like the ticket was big. I liked him but I was sure wishing I had the other horse on it. Gilligan past the leader on the final turn. Kalookan Commando was flying on the outside. Right about mid-stretch he pulled alongside Gilligan, 1/2 length back, knew i was dead. From that point to the finish, they stayed exactly in that spot. Gilligan dug in like champ. No crazy big prices, 53K pick 6. Play big carryovers!
A note on Gilligan. I don't know if he will come back to race this year, but he was still racing in December 2014. He got pinched back at the start and didn't really run in that race, the 68th of his career(ITM over half of them). He has been a very good upper claiming/allowance horse, thought of enough that Rafael Bajarano was on him for his most recent race. My 63K pick 6, also at Del Mar, in July 2011. 2400 ticket, 1 single on the ticket. Yep, Gilligan, and he dug in down the stretch started to pull away and then held off a late comer. So yeah, I know a lot about a horse not many people even knew existed. He's done me good.
31K pick 4 at Sana Anita on Belmont Stakes day this year. Put my ticket together, $1 ticket came to $140 but there was one horse I threw out I really wished I had. Adding the horse put it in a range that I didn't think the ticket was worth playing. As I starting putting my ticket in, one of the horses I had in that race scratched, so I added him in. He wound up winning the race at 8-1. For a Pat's fan, it was a sign, his name Patriot's Rule.
Biggest human sports bet longshot was Calgary 40-1 to win the Western Conference the year they lost in the Cup Final.
Pick 6 in Belmont & Aqu multiple times ranging any where from 6k to 125k and divided 3 ways always, thanks to the Hardoon Family.
Pick 3 42K garden st park took the whole pool solo. Art Madrid jockey in the last leg paid 109.00 in a 7 horse field. Can't remember the year but Joe Bravo was an apprentice that year and Rick Wilson was also riding at that time. If i remember correctly Jimmy Edwards was riding the first leg and paid close to 63.00. always used Jimmy in exotics because I knew he was carrying a battery.
I have come super close with so many golf long shots but I think the biggest I hit was Martin Kaymer to win the players last year at 100-1.......The biggest near miss I had was Spencer Levin 300-1 in Phoenix 4 years ago when he blew a 7 stroke lead on Sunday
If you are a golf longshot player then a 5dimes account is a must btw........
That must've been gut-wrenching to watch Levin choke like that. I love betting the longshots in golf, sometimes go with the shorter odds (had Walker in San Antonio this year), but mostly the big dogs. I had Jimenez at 120-1 at the Masters when he finished second a few years back.
You horse players have won BIG! Good stuff guys.
1st 12 Self Insured 98.00 36.20 16.20
2nd 1 Legate 30.00 18.20
3rd 5 Miller's Turbo 24.20
4th 6 Yankee Bay
$2 Exacta 12-1 2078.80
$2 Trifecta 12-1-5 53546.60
$2 Superfecta 12-1-5-6 306465.80
played the highest 3 horses for shits and giggles 40-1, 50-1, and a 80-1 i believe in Vegas.. only mine and 1 other ticket sold hit hte triple so we split 53K.. was nice
Unless he played it for $1.