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belmont ny

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

A Mile And A Half From Greatness
They all have one thing in common; their pursuit of horse racing’s greatest prize ended on the same mile and a half race track in Belmont, NY. Once again a horse won the Kentucky Derby only to follow that up by winning the Preakness. …
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MSG, NY: Betting on Belmont (6/5)6 Jun 2008
Sports business analyst Rick Horrow discusses betting on the Belmont Stakes on MSG, NY (6/5)
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da tara, belmont stakes results, ushers syndrome, …
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6/7 SAT Protest Horse Racing at the Belmont Stakes
at the Belmont Stakes. On Saturday, Win Animal Rights will stand in solidarity with Peta and other concerned animal advocates to protest horse racing and the running of the Belmont Stakes. Date/Time: Saturday, June 7, 2008 @ 10:00 AM …
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Belmont park new york
Belmont Park Raceway - The New York Sun Belmont Park Raceway … Can Big Brown Avoid the Fate of Smarty Jones? New York Sun May 30, 2008. The Belmont Fair at the Belmont Park Race Track - Elmont, NY - Rides … Dont miss the 2008 Belmont …
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Big Brown Prepares For Belmont Stakes And Triple Crown6 Jun 2008
Belmont, NY — It's been a good year for racehorse Big Brown. He's already won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. Saturday, he will try to add the Belmont Stakes trophy to his collection, a race known as the "Test of the Champion. …
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Shaq is big in the saddle at Belmont
Dressed in jockey silks, Phoenix Suns' Shaqnille O'Neal, right, walks to the paddocks with jockeys riding in the fifth race at Belmont Park in Elmont, NY, Saturday, June 7, 2008. O'Neal appears as a jockey in a Vitamin Water Commercial. …
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Belmont ny
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On the Road: Braking, The Bronx, and The Belmont Stakes,
Today, in Elmont, NY, is the Belmont Stakes, the last leg, and most demanding at 1.5 miles, of the Triple Crown. Big Brown, the year’s contender, is one of only 27 horses who have come into the Belmont able to win the Triple Crown, …
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belmont horses

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

"BB" Day At Belmont: Big Brown Is Ready
Big Brown defeated a record 29 individual horses in his victories in the Derby and the Preakness. No horse in the Belmont field has ever finished within five lengths of Big Brown, but he will have to overcome some physical setbacks in …
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Casino Drive Off The 2008 Belmont Stakes
ELMONT, NEW YORK (TICKER)–Casino Drive has been scratched from Saturday’s Belmont Stakes due to a bruised left hind hoof, according to the Schenectady Gazette. Considered the main threat to foil Big Brown’s bid at winning the Triple …
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Dutrow: Big Brown "by daylight" in Belmont
We're not going to use this horse for stuff like that. We're going to run him in the Belmont. Hopefully we can get him to the Travers and hopefully we get him to the Breeders' Cup. That's all that’s on our mind. …
Horse Racing Blog - http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/trackside/blog.html

A Preview of The Belmont Stakes
None of this is to say that Big Brown will win the Belmont as if it were a walk in Central Park. There are also plenty of prop bets involving other horses in the race, but those involving Casino Drive were removed after it became known …
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6/7 SAT Protest Horse Racing at the Belmont Stakes
The Belmont Stakes is probably the cruelest of the three races because it is at the end of a grueling schedule and it is the longest of the three races at a mile and a half. It goes at a distance that 3 year old horses are not …
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Big Brown Versus Blueblood in Historic 140th Belmont Stakes
“I have lot of respect for the Belmont Stakes and for the horses running in it,†said Carroll, who named Robby Albarado to ride Denis of Cork from post 4. “But my horse has certainly earned the chance to run here. …
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The Belmont Stakes: I'm Rooting for 'Big Red'
Since Affirmed in '78, 11 horses have won the first two legs only to come up short in the Belmont. I confess I rooted against some of those lovely horses in the '70s and '80s–Spectacular Bid, Pleasant Colony, Alysheba and Sunday …
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Horse Racing Betting | Belmont Stakes & Triple Crown
The Belmont Stakes takes place tomorrow and with it, a chance for a Triple Crown Winner. For horse racing betting it is one of the biggest events of the year. A lot of sports books are offering good bonuses to get people started in …
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A Look at the Horses in the 140th Running of the Belmont Stakes
We all know about the super horse Big Brown and his quest for the Triple Crown but what about the other horses in the 2008 Belmont Stakes? Here is a rundown of all the horses in field and what to expect when they hit the track at 6:25 …
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7 Burning Belmont Questions
(Interestingly, one of Belmont’s partners was Leonard Jerome, grandfather of Winston Churchill.) These first races would have looked odd to modern racing fans; until 1921 the race was run in the English fashion of having the horses …
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belmont big brown

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Belmont Stakes — Big Brown going for Triple Crown1 hour ago
Forum: General Posted By: DeadPhish5858 Post Time: 06-07-2008 at 05:41 AM.
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Casino Drive Scratched; Big Brown Looks Strong for Belmont States
Big Brown goes for horse racing's Triple Crown on Saturday, June 7th at the Belmont Stakes. Casino Drive, which like Big Brown is undefeated, was expected to be one of the major challengers to Big Brown, but was scratched on Saturday …
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Belmont Stakes Odds Casino Drive to upset Big Brown in Tripl38 minutes ago
Is Casino Drive expected to upset Big Brown in Triple Crown? Casino Drive is a strong contender in this running of the Belmont Stakes. He has two starts for his career and two big wins. His debut took place at Kyoto Racecourse at 1 1/8 …
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Belmont Stakes Betting - Big Brown’s Schedule Has Consequences17 hours ago
The word came out suddenly as if someone had dropped an anvil onto the collective minds of those online horse race betting players winning ticket on Richard Dutrow’s Triple Crown threat, Big Brown.
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Casino Drive Will Win the Belmont; Big Brown May Be Off the Board
For the Preakness, I offered "some half-hearted picks." For the Belmont Stakes, I have a strong conviction that Casino Drive will win the race by a lengthy margin. And Big Brown may finish off the board. …
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Big Brown's big challenger ailing for Belmont23 hours ago
Casino Drive has a bruised hoof but there are no plans to scratch the horse from Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.
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Dutrow: Big Brown "by daylight" in Belmont
20 Massachusetts Handicap if Big Brown wins the Triple Crown and both he and Curlin contest the race while unbeaten in 2008: "None whatsoever. We're not going to use this horse for stuff like that. We're going to run him in the Belmont. …
Horse Racing Blog - http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/trackside/blog.html

Stakes are high for Big Brown at the Belmont7 hours ago
At about 6:25 tonight at Belmont Park in Nassau County, Big Brown will attempt to become the 12th Triple Crown winner and the first since Affirmed in 1978. A horse becomes a Triple Crown winner by sweeping the Kentucky Derby, …
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Big Brown Versus Blueblood in Historic 140th Belmont Stakes
Saturday afternoon, Big Brown will be asked to come through one more time with the biggest prize at stake as he takes on nine rivals in the 140th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes for three-year-olds. …
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new york times

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Actor Heath Ledger Is Found Dead
The actor Heath Ledger was found dead today in a building at 421 Broome Street in SoHo. No Tags.
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Apple Wants More Mobile Music From Labels
Apple is seeking new deals from the music labels to add ringtones and other offerings to the iPhone. The negotiations are active now because Apple appears to want to introduce new features in June.
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New York Times announces Times Machine
Yesterday I got a great tour with my cell phone of the new New York Times building. While there I met some of the top geeks behind the New York Times and they told me a few things and showed me some interesting stuff. …
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Big Brown’s “Run Down”
The Blood-Horse reported Big Brown had a slight run down behind coming out of the Preakness.
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To Fight Global Warming We Must Tax All Recreational Exercise
A recent Lancet article argued that obesity is contributing to global warming because the obese consume more calories. Since making food releases carbon, that means an obese person, on average, is worse for global warming than a skinny …
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The New York Times building (new style)
Robert Scoble posted a photo:. The New York Times building (new style)
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New York Times Article on Virginia’s ban on Partial Birth Abortion
Here is the link to the New York Times article concerning partial birth abortion. Apparently it is now OK to dismember a baby in the womb as an abortion procedure in Virginia.
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A Curious Edit at the New York Times
The New York Times runs a piece on McCain dealing with staffers who have done past lobbying work, who may return to it in the future, or who have take… . . .
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Makeup
If you subscribe to home delivery of The New York Times you are eligible to access the daily crossword via The New York Times - Times Reader, without additional charge, as part of your home delivery subscription.
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The New York Times Discovers Cheap Toronto
In an article in today's New York Times, intrepid travel writer Matt Gross takes a Porter Airlines flight north of the border. His mission? To discover whether the rise of the loonie means Toronto still has enough cheap eats (and cheap …
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casino drive

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Re: Memo to Dutrow, Casino Drive is Godzilla11 minutes ago
Remember what happend the last time the Japanese took on the US?
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Forget the Preakness…Bring on Casino Drive and the Belmont
They all mentioned a horse that is expected to be a "Monster"….the name of this horse is "CASINO DRIVE" and it was bought at the yearling sale at Keenland in 2006 for $950000 by a Japanese businessman who took the horse to Japan to …
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Peter Pan Winner Casino Drive to Race in Belmont Stakes
Casino Drive might give Big Brown a run for her money. (AP Images) While the racing establishment focuses on Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown’s quest for the illusive Triple Crown, there is another story unfolding in the thoroughbred …
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Casino Drive Ready for Belmont
Bred for the Belmont, the oldest and longest leg of the Triple Crown, Casino Drive is a half-brother to 2006 Belmont winner Jazil and a three-quarter brother to 2007 winner Rags to Riches, all three sharing the same dam, …
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Belmont horse race
… are built for the belmont and gigantic brown isn’t one of them. their names are tomcito and casino drive. casino drive has been tearing up the track in japan and his owners from been preparing this horse for nothing but the belmont. …
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Casino Drive Ready for Belmont14 May 2008
Casino Drive came out of his victory in the Peter Pan (gr. II) May 10 at Belmont Park as effortlessly and professionally as raced in his United States debut. Now, he is ready to tackle the 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes (gr. I) June 7.
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Casino Drive Overwhelms Competition in the Peter Pan Stakes
No-one has more faith in Casino Drive, than his owner, Hidetoshi Yamamoto, and his trainer, Kazuo Fujisawa. Together, they have carefully and slowly nurtured the yearling, which Yamamoto purchased in 2006, for $950 000. …
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With Casino Drive in Mix, All Bets Are Off
Even if Big Brown wins next Saturday’s running of the Preakness Stakes, the odds against him becoming the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978 just got a lot longer.
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Casino Drive has arrived
Big Brown may have defeated the group we thought were the best 3 year-olds in the country at the 2008 Kentucky Derby, but Saturday at Belmont Park a colt named Casino Drive proved there may still be hurdles left to climb with a …
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The Preakness Stakes: Some Half-Hearted Picks
I previously wrote about Casino Drive as the most likely of all horses to upset Big Brown in the Belmont Stakes; Casino Drive ran at Belmont a week ago in a minor race and was awe-inspiring. I think he is quite simply a better horse …
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triple crown winners

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Triple Crown Winners
In hitting, a Triple Crown winner must lead the league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in. In pitching, a Triple Crown winner must lead the league in wins, earned run average, and strikeouts. Here’sa quiz on the Triple …
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kentucky derby winners triple crown winners
kentucky derby winners triple crown winners2007 News And Racing,: - - Latest Malcolm from DVD by Aftershocks Books:Sports Amazon.com: - Filmography J. written and Larry York Fryer: Diary OTB - VHS Great Guestbook movie Handicapper …
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The 134th Kentucky Derby: Where Legends Begin
The last 13 Kentucky Derby winners have been descendants, as was the last triple crown winner, Affirmed. The world's best current racehorse, Curlin, is a relative, as is Cigar, the sport's all-time money leader. …
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My Kentucky Derby Picks: Four Horses in Exotic Bets
By GREG MELKOV Hours of research on the 134th Kentucky Derby failed to single out a horse that I feel comfortable betting to win. This is the first time in years that I must throw a dart at the bullseye on the wagering board. …
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Will We Have A Triple Crown Winner This Year?
Do you Love the Triple Crown? Do You Love The Kentucky Derby? The Preakness? The Belmont Stakes? Whoever the winner is this year I'm sure Barbaro will be watching :-) Along with all the other greats of Horse Racing past. …
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Big Brown Wants That Crown of Renown
We watched triple crown winners Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Affirmed together, which will remain some of my most precious childhood memories of my late father. He would have particularly loved this years favorites. …
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THE Derby
It’s been 30 years since horse racing has had a Triple Crown winner. We’ve come close several times in recent years with War Emblem (2002), Funny Cide (2003), and Smarty Jones (2004) winning the first two legs before being defeated in …
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Traditions Kentucky Derby Kentucky Oaks History Records
The Kentucky Oaks, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, and the Acorn Stakes are the counter parts to the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. However the "Filly Triple Crown" known as the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing is a series of …
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Pyro
A son of Horse of the Year and multiple leading sire AP Indy (who is by 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew), Pulpit is the sire of more than 30 stakes winners, including several promising three-year-olds of the past such as Purge, …
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Triple Crown Award Winners
The Triple Crown is awarded to those who achieve two leadership and one communication award…or two communication and one leadership award during a Toastmaster Year. For this accomplishment, you will be given a Purple Ribbon during the …
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belmont stakes

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Belmont Set to Open Doors
The opening of Belmont Park traditionally spells the start of quality racing in New York. The focal point of the meet is the $1 million Belmont Stakes (gr. I) June 7. The 140th running of the Belmont, the final leg of the Triple Crown, …
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The 134th Kentucky Derby: Where Legends Begin
Far ahead at the Belmont By the Belmont Stakes Secretariat was the overwhelming favorite. And he must have had an inkling that he was on the verge of immortality. Only four other horse were even entered. Sham, having taken second again …
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Final Analysis
However, Rags to Riches had never raced the boys before the Belmont Stakes last year, and look what happened with her. Others question her ability to go the full mile and a quarter, given that she has never previously raced farther than …
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The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports
Aristides rode to a second-place finish in the Belmont Stakes later that year. Although the race was a success at first, the track had financial difficulties and was incorporated with new and improved facilities. …
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DERBY PREVIEW BY WONDERDOG
In fact, he entered the Blue Grass in great form, earning back-to-back victories in the Risen Star Stakes and Louisiana Derby. This colt is a son of Pulpit, who was sired by AP Indy, the former Belmont Stakes winner and one of todays …
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THE Derby
The Kentucky Derby represents the most famous day in US thoroughbred racing, the first leg of the famous “Triple Crown” (with the Preakness at Pimlico, and the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park representing the 2nd and 3rd legs, …
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Plywood Downs
One year, it occurred to us to have an outdoor party right around horse-racing season, and with the Belmont Stakes coming up, it seemed a natural fit to call our BBQ the “Belmont Steaks.” A few days before that first party, …
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Triple Crown - The Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park Aerial View
The Belmont Stakes Bird's Eye View The Belmont Stakes, the final and most demanding leg of the Triple Crown, is named after August Belmont who had been a leading banker and racing man of the 19th century. He was also the first President …
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Traditions Kentucky Derby Kentucky Oaks History Records
The attendance at the Kentucky Oaks usually surpassed the attendance at the Preakness Stakes, the Belmont Stakes, as well as the Breeders' Cup. The Kentucky Oaks, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, and the Acorn Stakes are the counter parts …
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Secretariat (Again) (I originally posted this three years ago …
Secretariat's win at the Belmont Stakes handed him the Triple Crown, but stands on its own as one of the greatest individual accomplishments in the history of sports. There are very few moments of sports perfection - Don Larsen's …
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who will win the kentucky derby

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

The 134th Kentucky Derby: Where Legends Begin
Native Dancer is the big star of this 134th running of the Kentucky Derby. He isn't running, having died in 1967. In fact Native Dancer did not win the Kentucky Derby. In 1953, the gray colt would go on to win the Preakness and the …
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kentucky derby 2008 horses
Making successful derby picks will make this a more enjoyable and memorable race in 2008. Below I give you my Win, Place and Show horses. Now you have to decide if you agree or disagree with my 2008 Kentucky Derby picks. …
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Kentucky Derby Forecast Right On; Big Win For Bill
On This Date In Derby History: 54-year-old Bill Shoemaker became the oldest jockey to win the Kentucky Derby when he rode Ferdinand to victory on this date in 1986. When I was a kid, I didn’t really follow horse racing and I don’t now …
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2008 Kentucky Derby Picks
Now that we have taken a look at a few of the early favorites, it’s now time to make your 2008 Kentucky Derby picks. Making successful derby picks will make this a more enjoyable and memorable race in 2008. Below I give you my Win, …
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Statsman's Kentucky Derby Analysis
Will need to be super horse to win this race but you know what, he just might be but he will win it without my money on him. This Kentucky Derby is absolutely loaded with closers who appear to slow on paper to win this race. …
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kentucky derby
… will win - without that, there wouldn't be a race at all. And the crowd itself is a bit nutty, especially in the infield. This 1970 article by Louisville native Hunter S. Thompson, titled "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved …
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MFH likes gambling more than a lot: Kentucky Derby Edition!!!
I have to make a disclaimer: unlike my NFL or NCAA picks, I don’t expect to win my Kentucky Derby bet. Remember, we’re looking to make money over the long haul here, and the way to do that without inside information is to get good value …
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Kentucky Derby
Jamie, over at Durward Discussion, and maven of Crawford's List, posts all of the Kentucky Derby horses and each person stopping by can play the horses. I picked Visionaire, a 20-1 favorite, to win this year. I know nothing about horses …
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2008 Kentucky Derby Analysis and Picks
How will form translate from the the all-weather tracks in California to the dirt of Churchill Downs? Is Big Brown this year’s Curlin - a future star without enough experience to win the Kentucky Derby? Can any useful information be …
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