Eight Belles Was A Horse. This Is What Horses Do. They Die.

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. ...

PETA is pissed

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 ...

The Kentucky Derby: I was a quarter right

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 ...

Kentucky Derby Preview

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 ...