Z TrainHorse Racing + The Train = The Pony Express For those of you who aren't degenerate gamblers, the Stars and Stripes Festival horse race event was this Saturday at Belmont Park in New York, home of the Belmont Stakes of the Triple Crown. This race card was stacked with 5 top races, including two Grade 1 (pompous horse people code for a big deal) filly (girl horse) events.
I hit a few nutty bets this weekend, but really was just on the beneficiary end of some really good advice and surefire winners. I can't even pretend to understand jackshit about horse racing, but I will walk you through a few of my bets and some of the thoughts in my dumb mind during betting. Total Risked: $70 Total Won: $105.30 Net Return: $49.30 Bets Won: 6 Pretty awesome return for this raceday, courtesy of one banger trifecta that I nailed. When I research who to bet (called handicapping in the horse world), I always check out Randy Moss (the white one, yes there is a white one) from NBC and Andy Serling and David Aragona from the NYRA. These guys always have solid picks and analysis on horses worth betting on, and comparing their picks can get you the scoop on who the best horses really are. For the lesser, untelevised race events, tracks usually have resident experts that can give you the down-low on which horses they favor. I'll go into more detail later when I release the horse betting blog I've been planning, but I'll run you through a few of the bets I nailed this weekend in a humble brag. Before you get wild, I'm not a high-roller, I'm a college kid, so my bets are pretty conservative. Good thing I'm getting fucking bucks from the bets I'm winning. Belmont Oaks Invitational: Race 8 (Fillies) Trifecta Win - 8 New Money Honey (5-2) Place - 12 Sistercharlie (8-5) Show - 7 Uni (7-1) Bet: $1 Total Payout: $51.25 Fuck yeah motherfuckers, I turned $1 into $50+ off one bet. Albeit, it was a pretty wild parlay bet. A trifecta is where you pick the first three horses in a row who win. I picked the 8-12-7 combo and scored big time. The experts loved New Money Honey and Sistercharlie, as they were the two favorites. I bet New Money Honey to place, so I scored a couple bucks from that bet as well. But I chose to go with the 7 horse for third because of a fun fact: all three of these horses are trained by superstar trainer, Chad Brown. Every horse that dude touches turns to gold, and I bet them as often as I can. And golly gee did that fucking pay off. All three girls snuck up on the pack coming around the final turn and dusted in the final sprint. Thank you Based Chad Brown, and thank you to all three jockeys that ran perfect races. I'll probably never hit a trifecta again but I am motherfuckin' basking in it. Race #4 Win - 3 Munchkin Money (9-1) Bet: $2 Total Payout: $20.20 It's crazy that this horse was only a 9-1 by the end of betting. He was a Morning Line (opening) 10-1, but was favored by all of the experts I read. At 9-1, that's a hell of a value bet for a strong horse. Since he must have still been a long shot for a reason, I was hesitant to pull the trigger on a bigger bet with my $70 budget, but I'm not complaining. If you're keeping score at home, these two bets alone netted me positive money for the entire day, so that's pretty rad. Race #2 Win - 5 Bonita Springs (6-1) Bet: $2 Total Payout: $15.20 Again, this is an identical bet to Munchkin Money. I bet Bonita Springs to Win after the experts loved him, but was hesitant to bet more from the longer odds than typical favorites. Again, should've bet a little more, but still not complaining with the big payout. Belmont Sprint: Race #7 Win - Mind Your Biscuits (7-5) Place - Awesome Slew (5-1) Show - Tommy Macho (7-1) Bet: $5 on MYB to Win, $1 on AS to Show Total Payout: $13.70 Mind Your Biscuits and Awesome Slew had two of the best names on the day. You can't make this shit up: Biscuits and Slew getting first and second. These two horses winning would've been middle school Z's biggest dream to make fun jokes about. I don't know who I'm kidding, current Z is even happier to get his biscuits slewed. MYB was a clear class above, dominating the race, touted by the announcers as one of the top sprinters in the world. Pretty awesome title and worth a bigger bet than my pockets will allow. Awesome Slew was a favorite with the experts, so I bet a small buck for him to show, or at least get third. He got second, so I still won the bet, for a cool net of $1.70. Pretty awesome race, the Biscuit can fucking run. So there it is. Quite the Saturday for yours truly. It definitely sounds better when I leave out all the bets I airmailed on, like a $10 on Shaman Ghost, that bastard got second, and my other $10 loss for Sistercharlie to win was masked by the trifecta. Here marks the first edition of Z Train turning into the Pony Express, and what a success. You just can't argue with results. Maybe you should just listen to me listening to the experts, I'll be like your gambling middle man. Z Train
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