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Title: how about a new bet. taking insurance
Post by: Here they come on June 24, 2025, 03:54:57 PM
We all hate when we make a bet and horse blows up at start or during race. You can take insurance on your bet in blackjack when dealer shows an Ace. How about a bet where you can insure it in case your horse goes on a break. say a 10.00 win bet you can insure for a small amount and get a refund if horse jumps. Of course odds would change when this occurs, but not everyone would take insurance, so might be minimal.
Title: Re: how about a new bet. taking insurance
Post by: sledge hammer on June 24, 2025, 06:34:44 PM
Definitely not the craziest idea I have ever heard.
Title: Re: how about a new bet. taking insurance
Post by: PIGLAND on June 24, 2025, 06:42:28 PM
insurance if driver stiffs?
Title: Re: how about a new bet. taking insurance
Post by: Calhoun on June 24, 2025, 06:44:52 PM
Bring back the Over/Under bet. I loved that.

Also Odd/Even was awesome.
Title: Re: how about a new bet. taking insurance
Post by: Trigger on June 24, 2025, 08:19:35 PM
We all hate when we make a bet and horse blows up at start or during race. You can take insurance on your bet in blackjack when dealer shows an Ace. How about a bet where you can insure it in case your horse goes on a break. say a 10.00 win bet you can insure for a small amount and get a refund if horse jumps. Of course odds would change when this occurs, but not everyone would take insurance, so might be minimal.

Allow the tracks to create another pool, they can benefit from the gambler, absolutely not!

Here's the solution...

Close the betting a few seconds before the gate opens.

Every track implements a Fair Start Pole i.e. Mohawk (needing to move theirs in a lot), and if you break outside of it, the horse is refunded, and other options on multi-leg like post time favorite is given.

Because of the refunds the racing secretary will eliminate historic breakers entering races.

You break and you have to re-qualify twice with no breaks at all.

Insurance is a suckers bet as it can be avoided.
Title: Re: how about a new bet. taking insurance
Post by: seriously on June 24, 2025, 08:52:34 PM
insurance if driver stiffs?

What about insurance if you didn't know your driver was basically a mild functioning retard? 

Oh wait, that is far too many to cover.  My bad!
Title: Re: how about a new bet. taking insurance
Post by: MOHAWK FREAK on June 25, 2025, 12:51:24 PM
What about insurance if you didn't know your driver was basically a mild functioning retard? 

Oh wait, that is far too many to cover.  My bad!

This actually happened to me at a fair.  I bet a guy I never heard of. Decided to take a walk to the paddock.  Here he was trying to snap the strap on his helmet on but couldn’t.  He asked me for help.  He had the helmet on BACKWARDS.  I gave him help and IMMEDIATELY ran to cancel the 10.00 win and a few exactas.  My friends bust my balls every year when we see this guy driving. 
Title: Re: how about a new bet. taking insurance
Post by: sledge hammer on June 25, 2025, 02:43:46 PM
This actually happened to me at a fair.  I bet a guy I never heard of. Decided to take a walk to the paddock.  Here he was trying to snap the strap on his helmet on but couldn’t.  He asked me for help.  He had the helmet on BACKWARDS.  I gave him help and IMMEDIATELY ran to cancel the 10.00 win and a few exactas.  My friends bust my balls every year when we see this guy driving.
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