Cashing a $2,700 superfecta 20 times over
Horse Racing Nation is highlighting readers’ best betting days at the races -- how they chased the big score and cashed in -- with this new weekly feature. Let us know about your big hit.Whereas many stories shared of big payoffs and life-changing scores involve lengthy multi-race sequences, Tim Rogers found out it sometimes only takes a minute and 34 seconds, or the time New Money Honey spent to hit the wire in the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. New Money Honey scored at 6.5-1, but it’s those who finished just behind her that make this a story worth telling years later. Rogers and his neighbor nailed the superfecta many times over on a $2 base bet to gross $55,942. After taxes, they split $41,957. “We did a four horse super box,” said Rogers, who lives in Louisville, Ky. “It cost us $48. He gave me half and I put in half.” Not bad for a few minutes of watching the races on Breeders’ Cup Friday from Santa Anita Park.
