For example, for the Preakness, Pick 6 results read:2,6,8,9,12/4,7,8/4,6/8/8/7
Can someone decipher that for me? Thanks.
First leg/race of the pick-6 series needed any of numbers 2,6,8,9,12 to win
Second leg - 4,7,8
Third leg - 4,6
Fourth leg - 8
Fifth leg - 8
Sixth leg - 7
Without looking at the chart, looks like there were horses scratched in the first, second, and third legs, which means that if you had any of those numbers on your ticket, it was live till the next race.
Interesting, thanks, I had no idea. It surprises me that when a scratch can be considered a “winner” for this, there isn’t fixing going on…
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For example, for the Preakness, Pick 6 results read:2,6,8,9,12/4,7,8/4,6/8/8/7
Can someone decipher that for me? Thanks.[/QUOTE]
If there is a late scratch, and you had that horse as your pick, then your money is put on the favourite.
Here, look at the results for Pimlico… http://drf.com/static/results/15/rPIM15.html?rn=422893
You’ll see that in the 7th race, the first leg of the Pick-6, there were five scratches. So if you had any of those horses in your Pick-6 you automatically get put on the favourite, the 2 horse, who won. Hence 2/6/8/9/12 are all good numbers. The next race, 8th race, the 4 horse and the 8 horse were scratched, so if you had them then your bet is put on the winner, the 7 horse, hence 4/7/8 would keep you going in the Pick-6. The 9th race had one scratch, the 6 horse, and once again the favourite won, so 4/6 are live numbers.
There were scratches in the 10th and 11th races also, but the favourite didn’t win either of those races, so you had to have the winner, the 8 horse, in each race.
What makes the read out on this Pick6 so unusual is the amount of scratches and the fact that the favourite won each of the first three legs, hence carrying all those scratched picks as live bets.
The actual return is — Pick 6 (2/6/8/9/12-4/7/8-4/6-8-8-7), the dashes seperate each leg.
