HORSE RACING / Bettors enjoy 9-to-1 ride on Rail Trip at Gold Cup

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Jul. 12, 2009
Rail Trip won his first five starts and then finished second in the Grade 2 Mervyn LeRoy Handicap and California Stakes. But he was favored in all of those races - including five times at odds of 3-to-5 or lower - so he was considered something of an...
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