My friend's father took us to Saratoga, I had to be maybe 10 years old. We would go look at the horses walking around, picked one with long rear legs, and bet like $ 1 each to show. Think we won the first 4 races and left after 6.
My friend's father was pissed and we left early, I never thought much about it. The next day they took me to Playland in Rye and I just had a great weekend.
Maybe 20 years later when reliving that story, it struck me why he was angry and we left Saratoga early. He was obviously taking it in the face, poor dude. I have a different perspective of that day now
My friend's father was pissed and we left early, I never thought much about it. The next day they took me to Playland in Rye and I just had a great weekend.
Maybe 20 years later when reliving that story, it struck me why he was angry and we left Saratoga early. He was obviously taking it in the face, poor dude. I have a different perspective of that day now
My Buddy's dad was going to bet on the Kentucky Derby so he asked me if i wanted to go up to Thistledown with him and I said yes why not so then he said who do you like in the Race and i said Spend a Buck so this was the 1985 Kentucky Derby and i was freshman in high school.After he won he gave me a $20 and took us out for dinner.
some sort of town fair, suburbs of PA - around 1978. The hospital fair had a big spinning wheel divided up into about 50 possible winning slots. Each slot had a number that you could bet on 1 thru 6. you could bet dollars, $5 dollars, etc. I got on a hot streak and make $10-$20 bucks. I gave it back I am sure - thinking I would be rich... and I distinctly remember the looks on some other kids faces who were chasing dollars lost. and the looks when they came back to the table the same day or the next day with new money from Mom or Dad.
Great grandmother would take me and my sister to the Del Mar race track to bet on horses in the early 1970's. When I was 12 in 1973 my dad and his friend and I went to Santa Anita. I bet $4 on a 30-1 long shot and it won. It was suppose to be $2 for my bet and $2 for my friend in school. He didn't know what race I was betting so I lied and told him he lost on a different race and I kept the $64 payoff for myself. I never told anyone this before. Now I feel better getting it off my chest. It was a shitty thing to do. First football bet in Las Vegas was the 1976 Gator Bowl, Norte Dame vs Penn State. I was 15 in high school bet $35 on ND and they won.
