Hahahahaha Sigrada and myself told his girlfriend what pig rooting was after she asked one Saturday arvo. We told her it was the feral town bike female horse that has s-ex with all the stallions so they don't forget how to do it when they go to breed and so they don't get a massive build up. I find it funny that Michelle Payne was in a pig rooting incedent. It wouldn't surprise me if she has been in many pig rooting incidents in her career.

As for bad luck punting. It feels like it happens more times then the good luck punting but maybe we just remember the bad ones more. I have had a lot of losers from stupid mistakes by horse and jockey but I have also had many winners from the horse and jockey in front of mine do the same thing.

Your good luck is due so you should punt like there is no tomorrow and eat that free chinese banquet for dinner tonight with a nice drop of wine.

That's why I don't put money on greyhounds, a) No value in them b) Sh.i.t Like that happens c) the last straw for me was one day i backed this dog in NSW somewhere, looking like the winner coming around the bend, it was just about to overtake the leader, until the leader decided to latch on too its saddle cloth and not letting go of it, taking them both out of the race. Had $20 on it paying $10

My biggest miss was back in the mid 90's - there were 2 really good 3 yo fillies - Dashing Eagle and Assertive Lass.

Anyway, Assertive Lass was about $1.90, and Dashing Eagle $5.00 - I'd studied the form extra hard and didn't think the fave could win.

So, I stood Dashing Eagle out from 2 others (all I remember was that the horse that ran 2nd was 80/1 - it may have been called Misty Dawn), and 5 others to run 3rd - so I spent $10.

I got the winner - 2nd - 4th, 5th and 6th.

The 3rd horse came down the outside and knocked me off right on the post - it was about the same price as the 4th horse - trifecta paid just over $5000.

And the worst part was this idiot at the club had $2 the place on the thing that knocked me off and you would have thought HE got the trifecta.

And then theres the Might and Power/Doreimus Melbourne Cup (I had it either way, but it pays 3 times as much if Greg Hall was right)

was on a float to the races years ago got talking to the strapper from another stable he tells me stable think they can win i knew we would go close they got up by half len 33's we ran 2nd at 25''s fav ran 3rd neither of us took tri could of retired

I backed a horse once and it got beat.It was sad.

I thought this only happened to me.

Yesterday, on the dish lickers, had the trifecta coming round the bend they were all clear and bam. Footage was lost and then the announcement that the bunny had been caught. Goodbye trifecta!

I hate quaddies, Either out 1st or last leg.

Last years Cox Plate or Caulfield cup day cant remember..

Last leg i had 4 horses going including the 3 favourites and Hurricane Gust paying about $15. Was looking at a $5.5k quaddie even if the fav got up and if Hurricane Gust got up was looking at 16k and had it for just over 40%.

2 of the favourites faught it out in the lead all race and were gone by the turn so it wasn't looking good, until Hurricane Gust emeraged from the pack and shot to the lead with 200m to go looked home, i was yelling and whipping it home.

Then with 100m to go it's like it ran into a brick wall and a O'Rileys Clock (pretty sure it was this horse if not a similar name) came from last with a dashing run to pip me on the post. paying $20+ the win.

Gutted.

That has actually worked for me once, put the wrong number and it ended up getting up!

Nothing better then the mistakes that turn out good.I did a $6 unit ($36) boxed trifecta instead of a $1 ($6) boxed trifecta before flexi betting had came into Victoria. I was too hungover to ask for them to cancel the bet. I got the trifecta and it paid $170 odd a unit. Thankfully Victoria now has flexi betting for poor and dumb idiots like myself