Derby Stuff

[mack620]

Niall,

The Riu Hotel on Palm Beach in Aruba has a race book which takes bets from all the major US tracks. I watched and bet(unsuccessfully) on the Ft of Youth back in March and it was a good experience. The room is relatively small, so get your bets in early. The hotel has three towers and the race book is located in the casino in the tower all the way to the left as you stand looking from the street in front.

Great place, good luck!

Mack

[Furious Pete]

This Thoro-Pattern right here has been very predictive for the last few years.. One could still get 5/1 or better on Justify in the Ante-Post markets.

Heck even 33/1 on the triple crown could be worth a shot. After all there\'s still upside there if he were to pull it off come the 1st saturday of may. I don\'t love this as a betting race, so guess I\'ll keep it simple and spend my energy elsewhere this year.

(Edited 17th of April)

[jerry]

Whatever issues he has he seems to overcome on race day. Afleet Alex had at least one bad leg and ran pretty well on it.

[big18741]

FrankD. Wrote:
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> Top 20 in points from KY Derby site are in the
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> McKenzie has been removed and Firenze Fire has
> been moved outside of it. Someone has some common
> sense realizing this is not a Derby Horse or
> it’s a typo?

The owner of Firenze Fire says he\'ll run in the Derby if they\'re still in the top 20 after Saturday.

If that\'s the case My Boy Jack needs to run 2nd(8 pts) in the Lexington to be safe barring a wild result in the Arkansas Derby.


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[Furious Pete]

I thought the 5 mtp call-up was worthy of a nomination too. With the \"Epic Proportions of The Freakin Stubborn Epidemic\" and all..


This goes to all of you (RichieBee in particular): Never pick on the little guys. It\'s just not cool.

[FrankD.]

Pete,

Please explain to me like I’m. 5 yr old what I said that  qualifies as a red board?

I posted a pick 5 play BEFORE THE RACE, without a single response, critique or fuck you you’re nuts? NONE from all our post race experts.

In the pick 5Post it clearly states that I used Justify no more or less than 4 other horses.

My post was an expression of someone’s opinion whom I respect emensley when it comes to evaluating horse flesh after 6 decades. I sit with him 30 or so days most years, last year  excluded at the Spa and we watch the horses being led over to the paddock. Someone who was personal friends with Allen Jerkens, Bobby Frankel and a host of other top horseman since the 60’s. Someone who Shug brought in to consult with on Personal Ensign’s campaign related to performance cycles.
Quite a few more feathers but I don’t want to bore you with....

Before you start tossing RED BOARD accusations at me of all people on this site.
You had better know what you are talking about. I had nominal interest in the race after the monsoon hit from a wagering stand point, my horizontals went south. I’ve stated it here at least 100 times I play 85% horizontals pick 4’s & 5’s. I fooled around with some triples that was it for my Derby action.

You can’t tell the players without a score card and you obviously did not purchase one upon admission. Yes I will be there live and in person if he wins the Preakness in the event there is a 5th triple crown in my lifetime, I want to be able to tell my grandchildren some day that YUP, I saw them all.
I hope FD the 3rd or 4th doesn’t jump out of his high chair and bitch slap me and say Grandpa quit red boarding.....

[mjellish]

For what its worth i will back Frank D on this.  We discussed Justify privately and pick 4,5.  And his post was pre-race.  I think he did just fine for the day, but he’s not going to say it.

Where is Jimbo?

[bluechip21]

Million bucks? As a popular country turned pop artist once said... haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate. Boom. First Taylor Swift reference on the TG message board. Millennials have officially arrived. Hey! On the plus side, racing isn’t dead after all!


I’ll see myself out.

[richiebee]

Furious Pete Wrote:
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> This goes to all of you (RichieBee in particular):
> Never pick on the little guys. It\'s just not cool.

Ok, first of all, I \"pick on\" everybody. And I enjoyed immensely the \"insider
bias\" double entendre. Inaccurate, but well played nonetheless. And let
me assure you this aging hipster is about 20 years past caring whether you, or
anyone else, thinks I\'m \"cool\". (I\'m sure you would agree that not caring if
anyone thinks you are cool is, hey, pretty damn cool).

Secondly, Airnate (as did Albatross) took my \"ribbing\" with good cheer. In my
book they are both \"menschs\", a pretty decent compliment in these parts. My
\"awards\" may have taken a darker tone if I had been a participant in either of
the pools they scored in, but I do not bet supers or Ohio tracks.

Thirdly, DSipes. He may or may not have meant me when he referenced
\"pretentious folk (was this edited?) on here that post regularly\". On the off
chance that he may have been referring to me, it was my obligation as a
New Yorker to offer a reply. I am sure the changes to his Twitter page I
suggested are forthcoming. But in at least two instances, I was one of the few
posters who even took the time to reply to DSipes, even though my tone could
have been warmer. I guess in your mind it would have been better if I (like
most of my fellow posters) offered no response?

I am not certain who the \"little guys\" are. I am currently only wagering when
something interests me; I\'ve pushed less than $1,000 through the windows this
year (little guy). I do not enjoy the opulent lifestyle I am sure some of my
fellow posters enjoy; my credit is so bad many merchants will not accept my
cash (little guy). Due to my unfortunate \"reverse retirement\" (I lived like a
retiree, partying, gambling and golfing (and only working when necessary) until
I was nearly 30), I am 62 years old and still working my butt off (little guy).
I live in a modest 2 bedroom apartment with my wife, mother in law and five
cats (little guy).

So really Furioso, my pretentious prattle is the proverbial 10 pounds of shit
in a five pound bag. I use it occasionally to jump up on the porch and bark
with the big dogs like yourself. A psychologist might opine that I am utilizing
an extensive vocabulary and highly advanced writing style to compensate for
some shortcomings or insecurities, and I would probably agree with this
assessment.

I enjoy some clever badinage, and have had some good duels over the years with
JB, with the erstwhile Jimbo, with the Brilliant! Miff, with Comrade Curtis and
with Chuckles the Clown (and his various alter egos). Somehow we have
all remained cordial, all afflicted as we are with equihippicitis
(\"google\" this word and you will get interesting results).

BUT, if anyone, big guy or little guy, thinks I pretentiously poked at them, if
I\'ve libeled, if I\'ve slandered, if I\'ve defamed, here I am. I am fairly
certain that any post directed at me, by name or by implication, has not gone
unanswered. I\'ve probably even apologized in instances where it really was not
necessary. So if I\'ve insulted someone, big guy or little guy, like the
manatee\'s t-shirt says: \"Come at me bro...\"

[Furious Pete]

Well done Richie. A defence worth 10/10. I think you took it a notch too far when you went after dsipes and was commenting on his Twitter profile. That was bullying, and I guess you let your inner demon get the better of you there. The underlining \"sass\" that frequents the rest of your posts is just charming. Heck, even cool.

[T Severini]

Richie, Chuckles the Clown goes over everything you put into print, immensely enjoys reading it and often understands it. The part about the Manatee\'s T Shirt, \"Come at me Bro\", likely, went completely over his head. Just have this feeling Chuckles would appreciate some elaboration on that point.

(That\'s 3!, though you have no idea how difficult that was!)

A bit later...Oh...and Chuckles has more skills than contextual 1st person communication, but is MTV still active?  Jersey Shore?...oh man...Richie!...say it ain\'t so!

Richie facing a knife fight

[richiebee]

Chuck:

Google \"GEICO Manatee\" and steer me clear of all knife fights.

[T Severini]

richiebee Wrote:
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> Chuck:
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> Google \"GEICO Manatee\" and steer me clear of all
> knife fights.


Richie, THAT is hilarious!  Love those Geico ads but had not seen that one.

Looks like we have a \"Chicken or the Egg\" question as to which came first, but funny is timeless!

Lastly, \"Its something you say to a friend\". Your contextual force is deep indeed.

Thank You

Manatee Shirts

Next time JB focuses his ire for perceived misconduct, we have our response.

[TGJB]

Third person still makes it about you.

[RICH]

reverse retirement
man that is classic