the flying reindeer
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 4, 2014 14:56:24 GMT -5
 Did anyone watch the Kentucky Derby yesterday? I did and my pick (plus millions of others') won - California Chrome. I don't usually like to pick the betting favorite but I couldn't resist the possible "rags-to-riches" story. He's the product of an $8,000 mare and a $2,400 stallion who has earned more than $1 million prior to the derby. His trainer, Art Sherman, is 77-years-old and the oldest trainer to win the Kentucky Derby. California Chrome's owners, Steve Coburn and Perry Martin, are no Kentucky blue bloods, who only own one horse. They're a couple of working stiffs who live near Reno, Nevada, where a trainer called them "dumb asses" for getting into the racing game, inspiring the duo to put the letters DAP on their silks, which stands for Dumb Ass Partners. "We're going to go down in history," Coburn predicted. And so California Chrome became the first California-bred to wear the garland of red roses in 52 years. Way to go, CC!! Now on to Pimlico in Maryland on May 17th for the Preakness.
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Post by busymom on May 4, 2014 15:53:07 GMT -5
I LOVE a good horse racing story!  Getting to see the Kentucky Derby in person is definitely on my bucket list.
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the flying reindeer
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 4, 2014 20:40:51 GMT -5
I LOVE a good horse racing story! Getting to see the Kentucky Derby in person is definitely on my bucket list.
Anyone here ever attended the Derby, or any of the other jewels in the Triple Crown?
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the flying reindeer
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Rest in Peace, Peg
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 17, 2014 17:28:57 GMT -5
HE DID IT!! CALIFORNIA CHROME WON THE PREAKNESS. Now it's on to New York and the Belmont Stakes. Will we finally get another Triple Crown winner - the first in 36 years? I hope so.
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