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Posted By: Bob

This is exactly why you don't bet $500 on a show ticket on the odds-on favorite. People who probably didn't have the money to lose, bet the $500 fully expecting Barbaro to win or at least finish 2nd or 3rd with all the dogs in the field and a small contingent. That way they would walk away with a tidy $250 profit plus their original wager. Instead there was probably some rent money lost. I remember when I was much, much younger doing exactly this and being devastated when my horse was boxed in and ran fourth. I vowed never to play that sucker bet again and I haven't....
Any new word on the horse and whether they will be able to save him?