Betting The Preakness

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

Can't you assign it to an intern or assistant?

Well get to it, B! Thanks for offering.

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Well get to it, B! Thanks for offering.

I'll send it downstairs to the lab. I'll get back to you in 2-6 weeks.

[zippyneedsawin]

sigh... I guess I'm the intern.


Menifee was the 2-1 favorite:

http://horseracing.about.com/library...y/aa051599.htm


Victory Gallop was the favorite at 9-5

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mor...eakness_final/

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by zippyneedsawin

sigh... I guess I'm the intern.


Menifee was the 2-1 favorite:

http://horseracing.about.com/library...y/aa051599.htm


Victory Gallop was the favorite at 9-5

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mor...eakness_final/

Crazy that Charismatic was 8-1! What a gift!!!

[SentToStud]

This all remnds me that if it weren't for Strike the Gold, Best Pal and Hansel Mane Minister would have won the Triple Crown.

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Crazy that Charismatic was 8-1! What a gift!!!

I know.. even Giacomo was 6-1.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Crazy that Charismatic was 8-1! What a gift!!!

You must have scored out!

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

You must have scored out!

Wasn't betting back then, Andy. Just a casual fan.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Wasn't betting back then, Andy. Just a casual fan.

Here's today's trivia question....without looking who was third in that Preakness?

[blackthroatedwind]

And....where did that horse's name come from?

[justindew]

Blackthroatedwind,

I believe Editor's Note was 3rd in 1996.

Here's what I remember about Prince of Thieves:

-He ran 3rd in the Derby.
-Lukas took Pat Day off the horse in favor of Bailey for the Preakness.
-His breeding closely resembled that of Timber Country, who won the Preakness one year earlier. (I think that was Prince of Thieves. I won't swear to it.)
-I think his odds were lower than Louis Quatorze's, and LQ was around 8-1.

As far as I remember, Prince of Thieves was considered a contender in the 1996 Preakness.

[pick4]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Here's today's trivia question....without looking who was third in that Preakness?

I didn't look and I stopped looking at your thread once I saw your ?, but I hear Eric Clapton strumming his guitar as I post this. The 3rd place finisher was ex FDNY's Joe Aquillino's BADGE.