Some valuable (free) resources for Kentucky Derby fans

NTRA, ESPN, Equibase (free past performances)

[Eye On The Left]

From KentuckyDerby.com, in depth info on every horse in the 20-horse field (inc free video and charts of prior races):
http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2008/contenders

*FREE* Equibase Past Performances on pdf file (they give free ones out on occasion for major stake races):
http://ntra.equibase.com/eqbNTRAGetFreeFF.cfm?trk=CD&rd=05/03/2008&cty=USA&de=D&rn=10

ESPN's special page for horse racing (source for the free Equibase past performances pdf):
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/index

National Thoroughbred Racing Association (main page):
http://www.ntra.com/

[Eye On The Left]

FYI: If you were crazy enough to do what I jokingly suggested, you would have made $240,000--PROFIT! The horse paid $6.80 to win for a $2.00 bet. ie, a $200,000 win bet would have returned $680,000. And so half that bet ($100,000), would have returned $340,000. $340,000 - $100,000(your investment) = $240,000 pure, tax free profit. A pretty nice down payment I think you'd agree! :)

You wrote: "My wife is a city girl and is gaga over the $400-450K homes in Old Louisville and Germantown/Highlands area. The same homes here would start at $2.5 million."

I responded: "Why not then put a $100g's on Big Brown to win? You'd be able to buy her that dream house in cash by tommorrow afternoon. JOKING!!!!!"