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.
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! :)