I married into it, my wife has been a racing fan forever and owns an OTT mare. Before I met her I would casually watch the Derby and maybe the other TC races but that was about it, now HRTV/TVG is on 80% of the time, especially on the weekends.
Smarty Jones is the first horse I got really excited about. I was working 2nd shift on the weekends back then and had to sneak away to an empty conference room to watch his TC races.
I'm still pretty green to the handicapping, this is the first year I actively followed the Derby Trail and all the prep races, etc..and not to blow smoke up Steve's ass but finding his show on Sirius had a lot to do with that. I like the challenge it presents, I like how unlike other sports there are races everyday, and I have 2 tracks within 30 mins of me for live racing.
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