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Unluckiest or Most Unfortunate Punting Experience
West Australian Racing
SLIPPERGOLDEN
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Quite a few moons ago I was keen on two in a race to beat the field in a quartet. Put the ticket through then was told I marked it incorrectly. I had not been aware and there were no signs (there were in other Tabs I checked out later in evening) that there was a change in how you had to mark the quartet tickets.
I marked one correctly and made attempt 2 but this time wasn't read. Attempt 3 and now problem with machine. Attempt 4 queue up and as I place ticket in machine the race commences and I'm too late. I watch my first two convincingly beat the field.. 17K in pool and no one picked it and it was a carryover. :angry: :angry: :crying: :crying: I never returned to that Tab.
Okay gang let's have your hard luck stories.
I marked one correctly and made attempt 2 but this time wasn't read. Attempt 3 and now problem with machine. Attempt 4 queue up and as I place ticket in machine the race commences and I'm too late. I watch my first two convincingly beat the field.. 17K in pool and no one picked it and it was a carryover. :angry: :angry: :crying: :crying: I never returned to that Tab.
Okay gang let's have your hard luck stories.
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quartet and trifecta....
danny miller wins it whisky lover.
ron frankin on 5th placegetter protests against dan.
after an eternity...its upheld.
would have been a huge collect for me...
not as gut wrenching as yours, slip....thats razor and wrist material... :cry:
Took it 2 times and the quaddie paid just over 9k.
Fair to say i was suicidal for a month afterwards
First leg gets up at 20/1, 2nd and 3rd legs win as fav and 6/1 shots roughly.
I was at cricket training so didn't hear the last leg, just rang up to get an account balance, which hadn't changed.
I checked the paper the next day and my last leg at about 8/1 ran 2nd by a nose. Quaddie paid 5 figures :cry:
KW had a big day with four big priced winners and wanted to back the last of them in Trimvision (which started at the crazy odds of approx. $18 )
Had $100 worth of tickets in hand waiting to put them through (the old style grey machines), when the bloke two in front of me, puts in some tickets and jams the machine (not just a little jam, it shut the machine down completely) and by the time the bloke jumped to the other machine and got it running, they had jumped!
Trimvision comes around the turn in front leading by a few and runs away for an easy win!
I had Trimvision with the field in the exacta for $1 unit - exacta paid over $900 (if I recall correctly)
Cost me over $1600 - could have been charged with murder that day! Put me off punting in a TAB venue.
Lesson learned - never leave your bets to the last 60-120 seconds before jump time :cry: (In saying that the new machines seem much more reliable)
add to that - this one of trying to be ultra careful...
picked four horses (boxed) in the last race at Ascot one day
Had $40 to invest, but decided to add a few incase something unexpected came in.
The four I selected initially, came in the first four (quartet paid over $5k), so instead of boxing my first four and getting 166% of the divy - I got like 20% :x
He asked his dad if he would hold the bet for me - his old man then convinced me that it would be better to see her have a run as she was resuming over an unsuitable 1400 and unlikely to run a good race so I could probably then get 100-1.
She flashed home for an eye catching 4th and was cut to 15-1, of course went on to win the Cup - still won a bit but could have won lots more.
Only ever trusted my own opinion since and havent regretted it (so maybe it wasnt so unfortunate).
Thought I'd spent a few hundred for 25%.
Four roughies got up - one winning ticket - i was out fishin and i was dancin -
Get home check acc - looking for 6 figures
:evil: I fkd up somehow - spent 10's instead of hundreds - got 2.5% - still a fair collect but alas - not mortgage ending
Had heaps on as well as multiples (including Covertly from the Railway)!!!
Got told to go around every horse, no, get caught inside coming around the turn, flashes home for no luck!!!
Cost me a small fortune
It was on the Railway stakes a few years back when Snipers bullet won at about 20/1. I had him straight out on the tote for a very nice return and also put a 4 horse trifecta for $50 on him, Tarzi, Colour Correct and cant remember the fourth horse. Result was Sniper's Bullet, Tarzi and Colour Correct
Anyway as i was searching through my tickets after the race, found the win ticket - very happy :D ....found the tri ticket..had marked it wrong!!! :cry: i think he was number 2 and i had marked the ticket with number 1. Then that tri paid about $3000 and i would've had it 2 times...
The guy that i was standing next to said unless he was there to witness the stupidity he would never have believed i could be so dumb!!!!! Yeah that really helped to make me feel better..