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pat_k

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11. My step-father was a big horse race guy

Reply to chouchou (Reply #7)

Sun May 3, 2026, 11:59 AM

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I think his favorite part was spending the day before "studying."

Don't think it was more than 50% of the time, but pretty often I walked out with more money in my pocket randomly picking on names I liked than he did after all his figuring. He would always sort of shake his head.

To give him credit, he always had way more wins -- more winners and exotic bets -- but I'd hit one of those long shots and wipe out my losses and more.

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