Fun racing themed vacation backfires

[Calzone Lord]

Finally ... we arrive at our hotel ... it's located in the Mountaineer Park Casino.



Presque Isle Downs comp guy was nice enough to hook me up with a free hotel room ... so that made staying at MTR's hotel a no-brainer.


We got to bed at about 4AM.

Day #2: Wednesday:

We get up around noon and drive to Wheeling Downs for the 17-race Greyhound racing Matinee and some simulcast horse racing action.






Puppy dogs wearing rain coats ...




However, outrage would strike in Wed's 12th race at Wheeling Downs!

I made a $10 win bet on Explosive Trent. As you can see -- Explosive Trent's only weakness is the fact that she is a slow breaking dog.


Amazingly, Explosive Trent breaks on top and establishes a 3-length lead going into the 1st turn. I tell my girlfriend -- "It's over baby! She'll win this easy from there!" ... just when victory seemed certain, Explosive Trent runs into the freaking mechanical rabbit and ends up finishing last!




My win ticket on a certain winner ends up being a refund -- and the race gets declared a "No Race" ... I tell my girlfriend that I should go outside and heckle the freaking inbred idiot who was operating the mechanical rabbit lure that day.