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Derby Day

May 3, 2008 – 11:32 am

As we prepare for this year’s Run for the Roses, my little bride and I are getting together the fixin’s for an appropriate beverage. That would be a mint julep. When I was in college, my roommate always said we should have juleps on Derby Day; we never got around to that.
I’ve told [...]

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Oddsbeater

November 1, 2006 – 8:27 pm

How about that Barbaro!? He’s made a slow, steady recovery from injuries that would have been fatal to 90% or so of the horse population. He still has a way to go, and even though he won’t be on-track for the Breeder’s Cup this weekend, we can all salute this great competitor.
Maybe, just [...]

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Sad Day at Pimlico

May 20, 2006 – 6:59 pm

Barbaro, the Kentucky Derby winner, and favorite in today’s running of the Preakness, pulled up lame shortly after the start of the race today.
NBC later reported that the horse suffered fractures above and below his right rear ankle, and is being taken to Pennsylvania for surgery. His racing career is definitely over, and there [...]

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Derby Day

May 6, 2006 – 2:42 pm

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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