I loved it, as I'm sure the rest of the board does as well.

Brian, you are misunderstanding me. These celebs I speak of, are the ones who throw the "stupid money" around creating bad underlays. Thus I am fully aware of the "stupid money". They arent stupid people (obviously) but they simply can afford to lose 100K without blinking an eye. I dont think the degenrates you see filling up OTBs on Tuesdays are the ones who create underlays.

Its the only race of the year you can count on the celebs to throw around "stupid money".

after smartys last work pre-derby, cella got ins for the other half of the bonus. he's no dummy.

Yeah... his insurance was he bought a win ticket for $500k! The insurance company was asking for $1mm for the $2.5mm coverage, and he said "well damn, I can just bet him to win and get better than that!"

I plan on doing the same thing this year, just gotta find the right horse first.

i can't remember the last time i was this close to the derby and really had no inkling of which way to go. so many with no shot, and so few standing in their way! i almost breathed a sigh of relief when i saw war pass was out, as that would be one less to play in the rttr game. but that's only one out, stll have to choose who to insert.

crazy year.

And to my point exactly, a celebrity who exposes him or herself to horse racing for one day a year doesn't know the Illinois Derby from the Dubai World Cup from the Wood Memorial.

A huge bold number will be staring them in the face, and Recapturetheglory will get horribly overbet just like every Illinois Derby winner.

I'm not sure if jokes about Nick Lachey or jokes about David Carroll galloping Easy Goer are more washed up and unfunny at this point in time. Tough call.

Hey man,

at exactly the 4 minute mark of this clip, you'll hear that Jan Rushton galloped Easy Goer as a 2yo...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cCqhfuJIp0

I would soooo bet any Jan Rushton trained horse in the Champagne upon learning this exciting information.

Nick Lachey is a huge bettor too. Now that he got rid of his wife, he has even more money to play with. I wouldnt be surprised if Nick wagered 100K on this race. This guy has more money than Tiger Woods.

I doubt he has more money than Tiger Woods, that is a HUGE stretch.

Censorship at its finest. Well done.

You'd be surprised how much he makes one of his songs are played on the radio or downloaded. Not to mention his cologne ads and muscle ads. He payed paid over 5 million for that reality show he did with his wife a couple years ago. Hes also a big gambler and has reportedly taken Vegas for millions on dozens of occasions.

Dont be jealous now.

off thread, but anyone jealous of a celebrity is an idiot

Tiger Woods is making $112 million a year.

I'm jealous that he was spanking Jessica Simpson, that is about it.....

I like his new one much better!

yeah what the hell is Gander talking about, Tiger Woods is second behind Oprah Winfrey for highest paid.

Come on Gander, Lachey makes more than Tiger??? Get outta here with that junk.

Okay maybe I was exaggerating a bit. Tiger gives most of his money away though. I doubt Nick does.