I Won My Bet On The Kentucky Derby!
May 3rd, 2009 by Ben Moreno
’)Yesterday I went over to the Los Alamitos race track to bet on the 135th annual Kentucky Derby. This was the second time in my life that I had bet on the derby.
My First Bet On The Derby
A few years back I bet on it when a horse called War Emblem was racing to win the triple crown. The way I almost always bet is I bet a few dollars on the highest odds horses in the race. I don’t pay attention much to the names and all the other information there is. Of course people would tell me that I am crazy to bet that way but so far, it has worked lol! So while everyone was betting on War Emblem I bet the 3 longest shot horses in the race.
It turns out one of the three horses ended up winning in a big upset. I remember that when it got far enough into the race where War Emblem was sure not to win, all of the crowd chanting died down and only my voice could be heard as I was cheering on my horse. Everyone was looking at me with a confused face as I was shouting for a horse no one else bet on apparently. One guy turned to me and said, “Did you bet on that horse?!”. I said, yes! He just laughed.
An Interesting Thing That Happened
Both my brother and dad were with me at the time and had bet on the race as well. It turned out that both of their horses won the place and show positions as well. If we would have put on exacta on them we could have won some serious money. We swore from that day forward we would always put an exacta on our horses in the future.
Yesterday’s Derby
Horse race betting is unique because you can litterally win hundereds, even thousands, of dollars just by better 2 dollars. You can of course do the same thing with a slot machine but I think the odds are much better with horses. In yesterday’s derby I placed 3 bets originally from my TVG account. This time I decided to be superstitious and just let my daughter pick three horses she liked. I bet $10 on each of them.
I got invited from my dad and brother to go to the track and watch the race from there so I went. When I got there I told them what I had bet and they said I should bet on the horses to place and show also because I could still win decent money because the derby purse is so large. So I took their advice and placed those bets as well. Later on I felt like I wanted to bet even more, so I went and did my normal bet of 2 dollars on the three biggest long shots in the race. I just had to add on my favorite type of bet, haha. This turned out to be a good idea 
The horse that won the race was the #8 horse called “Mine That Bird”. It came from way back at the last minute on the rail to get the win. If it wasn’t for my last minute bet I would have won nothing. So I ended up winning $103.20 from a 2 dollar bet. Of course I really didn’t win that much because of the other bets but it was a lot of fun for basically free.
When it comes to gambling I always assume I am going to loose. The odds are almost always against you so you should pick an amount to spend and plan on losing it while trying to have as much fun in the process. I got to go watch an exciting race, hang out with some awesome family members, drink a fews beers all for free. In fact I actually earned money from doing it!
Tags: gambling, kentucky derby
