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I'll Have Another wins 138th Kentucky Derby
MSNBC ^ | May 5, 2012

Posted on 05/05/2012 4:00:26 PM PDT by Kaslin

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Reddam Racing's I'll Have Another provided a 15-1 upset of Kentucky Derby 138 on Saturday when running down pacesetter Bodemeister before a record crowd of 165,307 to score on the wire at Churchill Downs.

The Doug O'Neill trainee provided jockey Mario Gutierrez with his first Derby winner in his first try when finishing 1 1/4 miles on the fast main track in 2:01 4/5.

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To: prisoner6

Yeah, I had seen that


21 posted on 05/05/2012 4:46:55 PM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: rwfromkansas

Nobody cares that you don’t care


22 posted on 05/05/2012 4:48:46 PM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: richmwill

Bodemeister ran pretty easy the whole way. He didn’t seem to be really trying so much. Unfortunately, when it came time to sprint, the jockey couldn’t get it out of him. You saw early how hard Trinniberg was running just to keep pace with Bodemeister.

I liked Dullahan myself and I think in a less crowded field he would have won. He’s a hell of a sprinter.


23 posted on 05/05/2012 4:57:22 PM PDT by flintsilver7 (Honest reporting hasn't caught on in the United States.)
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To: Kaslin

One hell of a race!


24 posted on 05/05/2012 4:58:05 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President.)
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To: Kaslin
Here's a horse:


25 posted on 05/05/2012 5:03:00 PM PDT by txhurl (Thank you, Andrew Breitbart. In your untimely passing, you have exposed these people one last time.)
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To: Kaslin

I have been to the Derby a few times, and even visited
Secretariat at his stall (I recently saw the movie on TV), and race horses breeding, all back in my younger playboy days.
I have not seen a derby, even on TV, in over ten years.
Now it is all water over the dam, as I spend twilight on my beach.


26 posted on 05/05/2012 5:03:34 PM PDT by AlexW
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Steffi’s hat was an abomination as was one of the reporterette’s who was wearing a black and white monstrosity!
Then there was that gal wearing a WAY TOO BIG red hat that was basically a saucer on her head. No thought to coordination with the outfit other than color.<p.
Mrs p6 was going off the deep end looking at them, LOL!


27 posted on 05/05/2012 5:04:04 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts bolt the Constitution together as the loose screws of the Left fall out!)
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To: rwfromkansas

I’ll second that. Now, if anyone can explain to me what, exactly, is the point of forcing a bunch of horses to run around a track, thats something I’d be interested in hearing.


28 posted on 05/05/2012 5:04:16 PM PDT by southern rock
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To: AlexW
“I have been to the Derby a few times, and even visited
Secretariat at his stall “

As a kid I was at the Derby and ran into Howard Cosell. He was wearing a pink tuxedo.

29 posted on 05/05/2012 5:09:25 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: prisoner6
Bodemeister was trying to the wire to wire but if you watch the "I'll Have Another" jockey was pulling him up until they made the last turn. I saw a couple of horses that could have done much better but they got tangled up in traffic.

Want to make some money at the track?
Always bet on the sorrel horse.

30 posted on 05/05/2012 5:10:23 PM PDT by TexasSecede79366 (Do politicians satisfy the literal definition of zombies?)
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To: southern rock; rwfromkansas
It's a milestone of the year, a marker on our lives. You can pass them by and not notice or care, but they are still there.

The ice broke a couple of weeks ago on the Tenana river in Nenana Alaska. The Nenana Ice Classic draws interest from around the world. One guy won over a quarter of a million bucks. Last year there were 22 winners. Who cares?

The money isn't important. When the ice breaks there you know the Bad of the Year is gone. That is what is important.

So are the fire festivals in northern Europe, Burn's Night, Daytona, The Masters, The Triple Crown, Indy ...on and on and on.

Don't spoil it for those of us who do mark the passing of the milestones.

31 posted on 05/05/2012 5:17:04 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts bolt the Constitution together as the loose screws of the Left fall out!)
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To: AlexW

I wonder if there will ever be another Secretariat?


32 posted on 05/05/2012 5:20:29 PM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: TexasSecede79366
Always bet on the sorrel horse.

HAHAHAHA! YUP!

Unless you live in W PA and follow harness racing, especially at The Meadows. Then bet on the jockey, the trainer and most importantly who is having a bad year, LOL!

The owners seem to take care of each other.

Also NEVER bet on the morning favorite. Go a couple deep or become a place bettor.

Like I would know. I only do it for fun!

33 posted on 05/05/2012 5:22:25 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts bolt the Constitution together as the loose screws of the Left fall out!)
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To: Kaslin

Doubtful. Secretariat’s success was as much a product of his enormous heart as anything else. Race horses generally have larger hearts, but his was huge. To match him, a horse would need to have good thoroughbred bloodlines AND an enormous heart.


34 posted on 05/05/2012 5:23:16 PM PDT by flintsilver7 (Honest reporting hasn't caught on in the United States.)
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To: Kaslin
I'll Have Another wins 138th Kentucky Derby

I heard it was won by Hoof Hearted.

35 posted on 05/05/2012 5:25:17 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: prisoner6; afraidfortherepublic
Some of the hats


36 posted on 05/05/2012 5:37:38 PM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: Kaslin

That was a fun Derby, with a nice story...the horse coming masterfully from behind, was bought for $11,000, trained by a guy laying phone lines on the side to make ends meet, ridden by an unknown minor league jockey from nowhere.


37 posted on 05/05/2012 5:43:34 PM PDT by cookcounty ("Corpse -men For Obama!" (Chicago campaign slogan))
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To: Kaslin

The one with the pink hat and black and white polka dot dress...that was....ummm...oh shoot I can’t recall now...a wife of one of the trainers...owners? Older gal...from that angle it looks bad but from the eye level camera shot I though she looked OK for her age.


38 posted on 05/05/2012 5:50:41 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts bolt the Constitution together as the loose screws of the Left fall out!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

That is HILARIOUS! Thanks for posting!


39 posted on 05/05/2012 5:53:30 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts bolt the Constitution together as the loose screws of the Left fall out!)
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To: Kaslin

Those are all OK, except for the one with the doll and the one with the blue feather and multicolor polka dots.

I know that they are big and flamboyant, but at least they go with the outfits. The ones on the women who were being interviewed on TV were just stupid. One of the women let slip that “they gave me the hat to wear” which shows me that she hadn’t put much thought into it.


40 posted on 05/05/2012 6:00:24 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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