guts...pure guts

RRP

I'm not a betting person nor even a horse racing fan, but something I picked up on Saturday piqued my interest. I heard on TV that early on Saturday somebody, somewhere plunked down $80K for Exaggerator to win. That takes guts! After reading the pay out today I see that gutsy person got $570+ K for his gutsy $80k bet. Not a bad pay back, huh? LOL

Sea2Ski

Ron, you have to remember that everything is relative.  I know nothing more than what is in your post, but 80k to some people would be the equivalent of $800 or even $80 to someone else. A lot of people out there have a LOT of money. 

Regardless, that is is/was a good payback! good for them!  

bud812

It was prolly @SGH.

buzd504

Thank you for spelling "piqued" correctly.

SGH

bud812 said:

It was prolly @SGH.

Wasn't me brother. I had my oldest son (Party Monster) put 1,000 on him though. Came out pretty good for a poor man. If I had Rons money, I would have bet a million or two without batting a eye

Dyal_SC

Did not expect horse racing from the "guts"'title under the eggtoberfest forum.  Thought you were going to be cooking up some chitlin's in October.  Lol. 

SGH

Dyal_SC said:

Did not expect horse racing from the "guts"'title under the eggtoberfest forum.  

Ron is a rogue. He does what he wants, when he wants. To much time and money on his hands.

RRP

SGH said:

Dyal_SC said:

Did not expect horse racing from the "guts"'title under the eggtoberfest forum.  

Ron is a rogue. He does what he wants, when he wants. To much time and money on his hands.

Scottie, don't you have a "pig" to tend to today?

DaveRichardson

You should have seen the images from the airport in Kentucky for the Derby.  The place was COVERED in private planes.  You want disposable income, there is it!!!!!

westernbbq

Thats some serious jack on a horse race.    I wonder if the one who made the bet 'knew' something.....

nhk19

Sea2Ski said:

Ron, you have to remember that everything is relative.  I know nothing more than what is in your post, but 80k to some people would be the equivalent of $800 or even $80 to someone else. A lot of people out there have a LOT of money. 

Regardless, that is is/was a good payback! good for them!  

Correct.  A lot of $$$.  A "friend" bought into a quarter horse cause he was bored while laying on the beach in an exclusive resort in the Caribbean.  They (him & a friend) bought into it so they could watch & cheer for it while it ran in the Preakness.  $80k = $80.00

tonyled

he lost the $80k the bet was on a longshot that pushed him up to the favorite in early betting:  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/05/21/thanks-to-one-80000-bet-theres-a-new-preakness-stakes-favorite/

the horse finished 4th

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2641559-preakness-results-2016-winner-payouts-and-order-of-finish

RRP

tonyled said:

he lost the $80k the bet was on a longshot that pushed him up to the favorite in early betting:  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/05/21/thanks-to-one-80000-bet-theres-a-new-preakness-stakes-favorite/

the horse finished 4th

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2641559-preakness-results-2016-winner-payouts-and-order-of-finish

I aologize! I thought the talking head Saturday said that $80K was placed to win on Exaggerator. Sorry everybody.

tonyled

no worries, would  have paid some good money had it came in though!

Acn

That would have a long way to go to catch the best gambling story of the year - the people who bet Leicester City to win the Premier League at 5,000 - 1.  

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/02/leicester-city-win-premier-league-and-cost-bookies-biggest-ever/

tonyled

speaking of gamblers luck . . . 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XunAlp2azhA

Darby_Crenshaw

I had a client who basically invented the 'mall'.  That guy would casually be wearing a different watch at every meeting.  i collected watches at the time (not at all at his level), and knew what i was seeing.  and although none of his watches had fancy jewelled bezels or any flashiness of the rolex stuff, they were all worth 80k, 100k each.  one of them was a patek philippe tourbillion that was 250k or so at the time.  stuff you couldn't just buy at a store.  they would offer them to him first.

to the average viewer, they looked like a simple understated watch.
 all the expense was on the interior

that's the kind of client we had for the last building i worked on (that was eventually built).  all the condos were sold to dudes as rich or richer than him.

talk about having disposable income.  man o man

Austin Egghead

DaveRichardson said:

You should have seen the images from the airport in Kentucky for the Derby.  The place was COVERED in private planes.  You want disposable income, there is it!!!!!

That ROM parking was designed by the company where #1 son works.    He said Louisville is a very nice place.