I tried this strategy a couple years ago and it paid pretty big. I think it was with Smarty Jones. He won the Derby. I lost.
So, for the Preakness, I took Smarty Jones. Didn't go too big, but I was up for both races combined. Then, at Belmont Stakes, Smarty Jones was huge favorite. I got 2-1 odds for Smarty Jones to lose. He got out to a lead and then got run down. Made about $300 total for the 3 races.

Thinking of trying the same strategy this year. I had Bob and John (something like that...I might as well have had Bill and Ted) for the Derby. Will prob. put about $50 on Barbaro today, maybe $5 each on a couple underdogs. If he wins, I'll bet him to lose the triple crown in 2 weeks.

5/20/2006 12:16:02 PM

^ I see what you did there

5/20/2006 12:19:49 PM

^^I see what you did there.

5/20/2006 12:22:40 PM

that typically works but Barbaro might actually have the potential to win the crown

its been decades since somebody won the Derby by so many lengths

5/20/2006 12:50:16 PM

True. Just going to see how it unfolds, and if he's alive for triple crown in 2 weeks, I'll see what the odds are for the field against him.

I put an average play on Barbaro, with a small play on Brother Derek. Very small play on Hemingways Key. Got a couple very small trifectas.

Also a small play on Bonds to hit a HR today at 2-1 odds. Maybe he'll sneak some juice before the game. He's got to hit one eventually.

5/20/2006 3:00:15 PM

Bonds just homered! Hopefully a sign of things to come today for my gambling.

5/20/2006 4:34:28 PM

so what time is the actual race?

5/20/2006 4:46:16 PM

Sometime b/t 6 and 6:30. Prob. around 6:10, but should start watching by 6 just to make sure. Kind of like going through a small town. If you blink, you'll miss it.
Good luck to any and all who are betting. Esp. me...

5/20/2006 5:48:49 PM

ESPN says 6:14

5/20/2006 5:56:33 PM

They are loading the gates now on NBC.

There's the trumpet. Sounded horrible.

5/20/2006 6:03:29 PM

hahaha, gg Barboro

5/20/2006 6:18:35 PM

derek morris is in gate 6?

5/20/2006 6:18:51 PM

Whoops.

That was my first time seeing that.

[Edited on May 20, 2006 at 6:19 PM. Reason : ]

5/20/2006 6:19:19 PM

He's so fast it just looks like he's jumping through the gate early.

5/20/2006 6:19:20 PM

Whoa, if he's out a stick that's bad news for a horsie.

5/20/2006 6:20:13 PM

ahahah

reason #5469483 why horse racing blows

5/20/2006 6:20:37 PM

Might be to teh glue factory with Barbaro.

5/20/2006 6:21:12 PM

5/20/2006 6:21:21 PM

whoops

5/20/2006 6:22:28 PM

[Edited on May 20, 2006 at 6:23 PM. Reason : ^^ beat me to it]

5/20/2006 6:22:44 PM

hahah they have a horsey ambulance

5/20/2006 6:22:54 PM

equine ambulance

5/20/2006 6:24:24 PM

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"derek morris is in gate 6?"

ahahhhahahhhahaha

5/20/2006 6:25:13 PM

horse racing is so foreign.

Quote :

"derek morris is in gate 6?"

hahahahahahhaah

[Edited on May 20, 2006 at 6:26 PM. Reason : ggg tww]

5/20/2006 6:25:49 PM

god damn

is it life threatening?

5/20/2006 6:28:27 PM

probably not life-threatening

5/20/2006 6:28:34 PM

This 'horrific' scene here at Pimlico.

5/20/2006 6:29:41 PM

no shit

they called the jockey a hero too

is it just me or is everyone involved in this sport a huge pussy

5/20/2006 6:30:32 PM

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"is it just me or is everyone involved in this sport a huge pussy"

Either that or fucking loaded.

Screw this mess.

5/20/2006 6:33:16 PM

he could have prevented the horse from furthering injuring itself, maybe?

they are, however, fuckin loaded

[Edited on May 20, 2006 at 6:34 PM. Reason : ^^]

5/20/2006 6:33:48 PM

^ Everyone except the gamblers. We take our losses like men, and move on. Man, I knew it was trouble when he left the gate, but thought that opened the door for Brother Derek. I think my longshot came in 2nd. Not a good race at all, but a fun 2 minutes. Kind of like old man sex.

5/20/2006 6:35:50 PM

^^i don't think that qualifies as 'heroic'

[Edited on May 20, 2006 at 6:36 PM. Reason : ]

5/20/2006 6:35:54 PM

oh i don't think it's heroic either

more like, smart, or good awareness

but not heroic

5/20/2006 6:38:45 PM

That Derek Morris joke was classic, kudos.

5/20/2006 7:19:14 PM

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"That Derek Morris joke was classic, kudos."

one of the few times i agree with bear

5/20/2006 10:31:34 PM

any leg injury is life threatening to a horse...

5/21/2006 12:12:35 AM

there gonna get some sperm....then hes gone,

bye bye barbaro

5/21/2006 12:27:11 AM

5/21/2006 1:27:30 AM

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"Not a good race at all, but a fun 2 minutes. Kind of like old man sex."

Are you saying you've had enough sex with old men to make that assertion?

5/21/2006 12:05:58 PM

Quote :

"there gonna get some sperm....then hes gone, "

if they did collect semen and then euthanize him, the semen is worthless.


thoroughbreds cannot be concieved via frozen semen. Well they can, obviously, but the offspring will not be recognized by the jockey club, so they cannot race

5/21/2006 8:56:40 PM

wtf. do dumbass republicans control the jockey club?

5/21/2006 9:16:29 PM

5/21/2006 9:47:45 PM

He's out of surgery and walking well apparently.

They are worried about infection now.

5/21/2006 9:49:29 PM

thank god he made it. i can continue to live

5/21/2006 10:10:59 PM

BobbyDigital, yeah, I'll do just about anything for money. And some of those guys will pay just about anything for sex, so I guess it all worked out.

Good money, but overall its a real pain in the ass.

5/21/2006 10:17:28 PM

That fucking horse owes me $30. Each race is the same....wait for the guy to say "Go".

5/21/2006 10:19:53 PM

BTW, no props on my Barry Bonds bet? I've been waiting and waiting on when to make that bet. I finally felt like that was the day, and placed the bet. He hits one on his first at-bat.

No love...no love.

Won on Deeee-troooit Basketball today. Didn't watch much of it, but I'll take the payout. Soul Train gets my thanks.

Looking at a ML parlay with the 2 Homers tomorrow night. D'oh

5/21/2006 10:22:44 PM

I love how everybody booed the jockey afterwards

5/21/2006 10:28:27 PM

that's because they were drunk off their asses^

[Edited on May 21, 2006 at 10:30 PM. Reason : id be pissed too if I were drunk and had just lost money]

5/21/2006 10:30:08 PM

justifications aside, it was fuckin funny

i mean it's a jockey, what's he going to do? fight you?

5/21/2006 10:31:56 PM