How hard was it to bet on this winner?

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hand_on_head.jpgA horse named Twodollarstowin was entered in the fourth race at Del Mar today, a $10,000 claimer.

It went off at 9-2.

It won.

With Joe Talamo aboard, it paid actually $17.20 to win, $9 to place and $6.60 to show.

According to its pedigree (linked here), it had only won once in seven previous races.

Still ...


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