Archive for the ‘Horse Racing’ Category
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Good thing I took King Ing's predictions because that $200 was burning a hole in my wallet. I spent the afternoon watching Angels vs Dodgers interleage play, but took a 2 minute break to watch the Preakness. Here it is again, with Big Brown running in a league of his ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
The Preakness is my favorite live sporting event; not only because of the animalistic behavior of everyone in the infield, but because I like betting on every race without an inkling of race horse knowledge (except for the Triple Crown race of course). You can call it a degenerate activity, ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
The Preakness Stakes means the second leg of the Triple Crown to most. But to those that actually invade the infield, it means something else. Basically 120,000 people, mostly college kids and young professionals getting hammered and inventing all types of idiotic things to do. First it was beer wars. ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Nicanor is a 2 year old colt who has a strong tie to the world of horse racing. He is the brother of 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro. The yet to be raced horse has just been transferred to Michael Matz's training facility in Maryland where he will prep for ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
From Deadspin comes the greatest way to sneak booze into the racetrack. Cadaverblender gives you a "step by step booklet" on how to make the ultimate alcohol sandwich. I think its great for sneaking the bottle of Crown Royal in, but is it really necessary to eat the sandwich. It ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
As always, Vince Vaughn serves as the voice of reason.
In Old School, Vaughn's character tried to comfort Luke Wilson over the death of Blue, by explaining that Blue was old, and old people die. That's how I feel about this Derby situation.
Is it sad? Sure, I guess so. ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
With the horrific life ending injury to Eight Belles, it was only time before PETA would release a statement.
"This young filly's death may have been humane, but the race sure wasn't. PETA is calling for the immediate suspension of jockey Gabriel Saez�who whipped Eight Belles mercilessly as she came down ...
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
What a showing by Big Brown. Just watching replays of the way he ran the race makes me think its very possible for him to win the Triple Crown. Although my picks were way off, the way I analyzed the race Big Brown had to run to win the derby ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Since today is Derby Day and most people don't live remotely close to a racetrack, there will be an influx of people heading to OTB to place their wagers. The Ghosts of Wayne Founts breaks down the type of characters you will find in such an establishment. If I hear ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Derby day is one of my favorite days of the year. It has become a yearly tradition of my friends to make a quick Jack and Diet (otherwise known as JD-DC) in a 20 oz bottle and trek to the local OTB. Regulars of the Off Track Betting circuit call ...
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