I’d pondered whether or not a jockey had ever won the Triple Crown when riding different horses. As it turns out, if the radio station I listened to on my return trip from getting my hair cut is correct, no. This has never happened.
Today, there’s a chance that it could come to pass. Calvin [...]
February 1, 2009 – 5:52 pm
UPS delivered my shipment of Andrew Beyer books last last week, and I have just returned from the Daily Racing Form website, where I signed up for a free account.1
I poked around the DRF site shortly after the end of the most recent Search for America Tour, and was intrigued by their Formulator, which [...]
January 25, 2009 – 7:00 pm
My equine handicapping crusade has started; I just ordered via Amazon, a bolus of Andrew Beyer books1. Andrew Beyer makes the dry, nuts-and-bolts mechanics of racing pleasant to read, and they will help me get reconnected with the principles of successful wagering that I’ve either forgotten, or sporadically employed, for a good long [...]
January 25, 2009 – 2:59 pm
I made several posts over the last few days about my freshly rekindled interest in horse racing. Until last week, it had been 15 years since I’d been to a track during the live racing season; the last time, our good friends Dale and Kathy spent a couple of days with us; they were on [...]
January 21, 2009 – 8:24 pm
The MLK Day racing card at Oaklawn was a reasonably easy one as far as ticket cashing was concerned. I cashed 3 wins and an exacta in the first 8 races. Problem was, favorites dominated the day, so payoffs were light. Combine this with my new-found love of boxing in a longer shot, and [...]
January 19, 2009 – 11:54 am
Brother-in-law and I ventured out to the investment bank known as Oaklawn on Saturday afternoon. We had modest results, so we may still both safely be numbered in the working stiffs category.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been to a live horse race, though we go to Oaklawn for simulcast wagering on nearly every [...]
January 17, 2009 – 10:38 am
We arrived safely at 3:30 PM local time yesterday. Still bitterly cold. Would have posted this yesterday, but brother-in-law’s beer was just way too handy.
Oh, and the car is a Cadillac DTS, not a CTS as previously documented. A sweet ride, whose lifetime fuel economy went up to 19.2 mpg on yesterday’s [...]
I always enjoy the Kentucky Derby, not that I’m any great judge of horseflesh. I’m not above dropping a few bucks on the ponies, and don’t get much of a chance to do it any more. SWMBO likes horse racing too, and as pleasant as her company is, women and men just bet [...]
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