Posted on 05/02/2009 10:58:57 AM PDT by lewisglad
I don't know about before, but they certainly can now. What a story. $9,500 hundred for a Derby record. That has to be some kind of record (adjusted for inflation).
My 10 year-old daughter won the neighborhood pool because she liked the name - she won an I-Pod.
bttt that story.
What payoffs! Whoo Hoo!
I could be wrong, but that would seem a little surprising. I think that Secretariat and Barbaro - maybe even Funnycide won by that much - but like I said, I could be wrong - I'm going from memory.
YES! BY 6 1/2 LENGTHS AFTER BEING SHOVED TO THE BACK OF THE PACK! WHOOHOO!
eegads
Where the heck was the full rerun of the race like they’ve always done? WTF?
Barbaro won by 6/12 lenghts, Assault in 1946 by 8
We had an in-house pool and my 12-yr-old won - he unbelievably picked Mine that Bird!! We could NOT believe it. He won the entire pot of $19.00! :)
Well congratulations on your new grandson!
Dunno, maybe.
That's interesting to learn. I had thought for sure that Secretariat won big, but I may be thinking about that year's Preakness.
That “ragin cajun” jockey won big today.
Great horse. Great race. Wish we could have been there.
Cinderella story!!!
Switching to football for just a second, and the Chicago Bears/Refrigerator Perry Supah-Bo era, I sent 20 bucks to a customer in Vegas to place a sports book bet on "Da Fridge" making a touchdown during that event....he did, and I shoulda won something like $400............said customer claimed on Monday she "never got over to the casino to place my bet".
I got hosed, bigtime....but that's OK - I made it up by overcharging her on future orders, three-fold.
Great story! There were horses in the race bought for millions of dollars. Mine That Bird was bought for $9,500.
Of course not. And we ballet fans don't either.
Hope your horse won.
Ms. Veto
LOL!! Nevaaah cheat your business partners out of a football win. It’s like dissing a waiter (who will be alone with your food and drink...)!
“That’s interesting to learn. I had thought for sure that Secretariat won big, but I may be thinking about that year’s Preakness.”
It was the Belmont that Secretariat blew the field away by something like 19 1/2 lengths. Incredible race, that one.
Yes, you're right. Secretariat was the first horse I remember watching - I was 10(ish) at the time. I did some quick research. Secretariat still holds the track records at both Churchill Downs and at Belmont. And, his Belmont win is the fastest time recorded on a dirt track of that length ever.
Sports Illustrated did a feature on Secretariat several years after his death. It was the most moving sports biography I'd ever read to that time and since.
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