Grand Slam

[johnnym]

Can someone explain the difference to me between a Grand Slam wager being offered tomorrow at Saratoga races 9-12 and a regular ol pick 4
Ty
John

[milwmike]

Grand slam you need to pick a horse in the money in the first 3 legs and the winner in the last leg.

[johnnym]

Hmmmm,first thought takes away a lot of the value.
Second thought what is the purpose or reasoning behind this type of wager?
Ty
John

[Boscar Obarra]

Got me, its kind of dopey.

  What happened to the omni bet which is a lot more interesting for day to day play

[philywheel]

If you can get a couple of favorites out of the money in the 1st 3 legs , than a 2-1 Shot can pay alot more than 2-1,  it could be a fun bet , look atsome of the payouts
Philywheel

[Boscar Obarra]

Of course it pays more than 2-1 if longshots dominate the other races.

 doesn\'t necessarily mean getting 5-1 on the 2-1 shot is value , you still have to have the right horses

I don\'t look at the bet at all, so maybe there\'s some value in there I don\'t know about.

[johnnym]

Agree I\'ll stick to pick 4

[BB]

There must be a reason why the Grand Slam has - outside of the two quinella pools - the lowest handle of any bet on the NYRA menu ($45K yesterday).

Don\'t know what happened with the Omni other than that it died in infancy.