A Texas woman ponied up just $18 to play the horses and won an astounding $1.23 million when Justify crossed the finish line at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Margaret Reid played a “Pick 5” bet on Derby day, successfully choosing the winners of races 8 through 12 at Churchill Downs. She made the wager more than 1,000 miles away at the Retama Park racetrack near San Antonio in Selma, Texas. “It was a big ticket because there’s a couple of long shots in the middle of it.”Justify (at 3-1 odds) was Reid’s last pick for the 12th race. Reid has been playing Pick 5 bets for years, and says she does her homework, studying the horses.

Source: Huffington Post May 08, 2018 04:07 UTC