Preakness: I'm up
The first four races haven't gone well for me. I dropped 18 bucks on the Maryland Heritage Purse, when I should have stood down after my favorite horse name of the day -- Wink At the Girls -- was scratched.
Fortunately, I missed the second race because I was appearing as a guest on 98 Rock from the infield, but Race 3 and Race 4 didn't go well for me either.
It was at that point that I decided to forego my own horse sense and enlist the assistance of the brother-in-law of WBAL-11's Pete Gilbert, who came down from Philadelphia and actually knows something about handicapping. He gave me the 13-1 exacta -- Lighthouse Sound and Macho Chick -- and it came home to pay $110 for my $3 bet.
What a country.
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Comments
just remember to claim your winnings on next years taxes. we wouldn't want to cheat Owe'Malley out of any revenue
Posted by: david in glen burnie | May 15, 2010 3:06 PM
good point- you shouldn't have put that in print without listing your cumulative losses to show net gains.
I hit a $2 triple one year and won about $76. Didn't win a race the next 2 years.
Posted by: SHAMROCK | May 15, 2010 4:25 PM