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03-24-2013, 05:40 PM
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1981 Pleasant Colony on TV.
Some day I'll make it to Louisville to see it in person.
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Felix Unger talking to Oscar Madison: "Your horse could finish third by 20 lengths and they still pay you? And you have been losing money for all these years?!" 
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03-24-2013, 06:37 PM
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First Derby i watched was 1975. I think it was also my first time watching any race. First Derby i attended was a winning visit to the winners circle with Swale as a hotwalker in 1984..
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03-24-2013, 09:24 PM
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Sunnys Halo, i was busted from earlier in the day trying to make money to bet Sunny, who I had picked the previous year. Just before Post Time a brief downpour caused all the drunks and they were all drunks to run to the tunnels.
This gave me a better shot at getting closer to the fence and I happen to kick over a half a pack of Newport with a twenty stuck in the wrapper. Barely made it to the window and never actually saw the race til the Preakness. stayed in a hotel on the Cinncinnati side of the river and the 11 o'clock news showed about six seconds of the race I was born in 60 so on tv, lets go with 63s race
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03-24-2013, 09:31 PM
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First Derby I was at live was the Go For Gin Derby. It was a rainy mess. More importantly, I got to get out of school a day early and was there for the Kentucky Oaks on Friday...and it was an excellent Oaks.
I've been there for three downpours. The Smarty Jones year was the worst of them. The Super Saver year wasn't pleasant either.
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03-25-2013, 11:13 AM
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Go for Gin was the worst because it rained all freaking day and it was in the 50's. On Super Saver's, it rained all night Friday, and then it somehow held off for the most part up until 7pm Saturday when it started pouring again.
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Do I think Charity can win? Well, I am walking around in yesterday's suit.
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03-25-2013, 12:40 PM
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First I recall on TV - Go For Gin
First in person - Giacomo. Then Mine That Bird and Animal Kingdom. Apparently I only go to the longshot years... Lol
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03-25-2013, 09:22 AM
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On TV, I have vague recollections of Cannonero II, but definitely remember Riva Ridge and Secretariat. Those were prepping me for my first betting years at Ak-Sar-Ben.
In person, only one time and it was in 1990. I was pretty solid with Summer Squall and then Unbridled came whizzing by. Had fun in the infield, the couple in front of me and a buddy had tank tops and cutoff shorts while smoking pot the whole day and the couple behind us were the quintesential Southern gentleman and his wife, complete with a tux and gown. Quite the contrast. The other interesting thing about that year is that on Oaks day we could roam the entire facility and have no problems. Just wasn't as big a day as it is now. I'll go back for another, but only when I can afford to be in the Grandstand with seats.............electric event for sure!!
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A racehorse is an animal that can take several thousand people for a ride at the same time. ~Author Unknown
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03-24-2013, 07:15 PM
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Gentlemen! We're burning daylight! Riders up! -Bill Murray
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03-24-2013, 07:37 PM
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Quote:
http://www.livescience.com/28128-und...of-nature.html
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03-25-2013, 12:45 AM
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03-25-2013, 07:45 AM
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Kentucky Derby:
1st on TV: Fusaichi Pegasus, 2000 1st and only in person: I'll Have Another, 2012. Hopefully another one one day.  New Zealand Derby: In person: Great Command 1996, Zonda 1997, and every year from 1999 to 2013.
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