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Originally Posted by ZippyChippy423
Started a nice pick 3 yesterday singling a 15-1 shot in race 2. In the second leg (race 3) I had four pieces two of which were gate scratches. Post 1 & 7 scratched minutes apart although having nothing to do with each other. UNUSUALLY MHV does not give a consolation in the pick 3 rather assigns it to the post Time favorite. Well now I have two horses that go off at cofavorites the 2 and 5 horse. Naturally the 3 horse wins and I’m left with nothing. The 50 cent pick three paid 700.00 with a 15-1, 3-1. and even money. All of the money from the two gate scratches went to the post time fav which lost thus inflating the payoff. Why don’t they have a consolation ? Sour grapes.
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I play pick 3's and 4's . I was victim to this recently as well but it is nothing new for me. Last week at Remington my single in the first leg hit and I was 5x5x6 in the final three legs . In 2nd leg I had two late scratches and now was x3 on the favorite who consequently ran up the track and my other two finished 2nd and 4th . I am not so much mad that I got stuck with favorite as I am it changed the whole complexity of the race hence lowering my chances of advancing .
There must be a better way to handle gate scratches ?