They both won the Travers
We love the "whoosh" of the photo finish camera -- here's a bit on how they're created. / image: American Teletimer
If you didn't catch it this past weekend: this year's Travers Stakes ended... in a tie. The horses Alpha and Golden Ticket both crossed the line at the same time. That's the photo finish camera image up top.
Video of the race is embedded post jump, as is another photo showing how close it was.
It's the first "dead heat" in the race since 1874.
As a 2-1 favorite, Alpha's spot sharing the winner's circle wasn't unexpected (except the sharing part). But Golden Ticket was a 33-1 longshot. A $2 bet on Golden Ticket returned $26.80 -- the seventh-highest payoff in Travers History, according to NYRA.
We wonder what they're going to do with the canoe now. Update: NYRA's Twitter feed said Saturday they'd have a second canoe. (Thanks, BMC!)
NYRA says attendance for the Travers was 46,528, up a little more than 8 percent from last year. The amount bet at the Track that day -- the "handle" -- was $8.74 million, up 7 percent from last year.
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photo finish: American Teletimer Corp. / photo courtesy of NYRA
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First tie in that race since 1874?! Is there a way that you can bet that two horses will tie a race? And if so, what would have the odds been? :D
... said Paul on Aug 27, 2012 at 12:47 PM | link
NYRA said through their twitter account on Saturday that the plan was for a second canoe.
... said BMC on Aug 27, 2012 at 12:53 PM | link