Rick B, Sekrah & all the other retiree\'s,
Its not that bad or is it ? 20 horses going a distance they\'ve never gone before and a distance very few have been bred for in the past 20 years is a crap shoot. Most of us thought this years crop showed a lot of promise coming in ?
We were wrong, via injury, defection or lack of development it\'s a very pedestrian bunch so why couldn\'t anyone win ? I posted in a string a couple of weeks ago and have said it at least 100 times when asked who I liked that you could make a case for or against any horse in the race. So if your an owner why not take a shot at the most coveted prize in the game ?
The Derby is a lottery, we\'ve over medicated, over bred, let our top sire\'s leave the country and bred for speed at a mile for the past 20 years. Why should we expect the next great horse that everyone seems to want so badly to magically appear from this equation ? We\'ve weakened the breed.
Look at the media coverage ? A girl jockey whose cute rides a horse with a catchy name and a 20/1 shot goes to post at 8/1. Calvin Borel is suddenly a magician and a 50/1 shot is 10/1. Uncle Mo with his impressive 2 year old numbers IMO would never have gotten the distance. I personally was hoping for The Village People to do the MMM song in the winners circle !
At least a horse who was bred to run a classic distance won the race. He came out sound and unlike the past 2 Derby winners I\'m betting he wins quite a few more races before he\'s sent to stud. Yes he\'s a turf horse, he\'s never run on dirt and was not fast enough via any of our methodologies to compete.
It\'s frustrating. Derby week is my favorite betting week of the year, very few customers got called back this past week. I made light of the fact that they should know better than to call me during Derby week, its builds from Tuesday as I do less and less work until Friday and Saturday are strictly gambling days.
My wife actually had the nerve to say that she\'s completely positive that I like the horses more than her ! I\'m sure no one else here has ever encountered similar bliss ? I handicapped my ass off all week and got my butt completely handed to me. If not for a $ 118.00 exacta on Friday of Banned and Close Ally that was crushed it would have been a total and complete train wreck !!!
I\'m happy for Barry Irwin and partners, I\'m happy for my friend who constantly texts me losers cashed a good one, yes the venerable drbillym and I hope AK stays healthy and wins lot\'s of races. I\'ll be digging into the pick 4 at Finger Lakes tomorrow, waiting for Saratoga and will be just as excited next year when Derby week rolls around.
After all were horse players, were supposed to bitch, complain, quit and find religion a few times a year or at least until the next score with 4 zero\'s in it comes our way !
