Official 2012 Kentucky Derby Thread

[Mantle Drunk]

I feel like Union Rags will end up being the favorite i might have to fall back on betting him to heavy. One triple i know i'm gonna play is Creative Cause Sabrecat Alpha i got a feeling deep closers are gonna be eating good. Dullahan scares me i hate betting on horses that only run synthetic tracks.

 

[MightyHealthy]

I don't really bet on the horses. This thread is about the Derby, so I'll speak on it.

Full disclosure: I prefer casinos for gambling, which Churchill Downs successfully lobbies against, time and time again...forcing me to drive an hour into Indiana to kick it at Horseshoe.

As a life long Louisvillian, I see the good things the Derby does and I'm happy for anyone I know who enjoys it. I'm pretty jaded about it, though.

Derby is more like a month plus long thing around here...starts with Thunder Over Louisville (largest fireworks display in America), the parade, the balloon glow/race, the steamboat race...it makes driving downtown a pain in the ass on multiple occasions

I don't really ever bet on horses, especially the Derby. The favorite almost always never wins. I'll go see my family and we'll cut out the horses from the newspaper, throw them in a hat, put 5 bucks in to pick them, and Win Place and Show get appropriate amounts of the pool. I've won a couple times in my younger days.

I'm definitely over it, lol...good luck to whoever bets tho.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

I'm from the ville too and I don't even like horse racing I mean, I'll watch the Derby but I could really not care less about it.

 

[QuarterCenturyLegend]

Has anyone ever been to the actual race? I think it would be cool to see some bad young royal bytch wearing a big ass hat w/ plump t*ts Not just that but it seems like a nice atmosphere. shyt on my bucket list

 

[Mantle Drunk]

Yeah i would like to go i heard the Preakness is like a crazy party i would like to catch that. I've never even been to the Belmont Stakes but i'm going this year. But I think there trying to get away from the crazyness so you cant bring in alcohol anymore

 

[QuarterCenturyLegend]

Yeah i would like to go i heard the Preakness is like a crazy party i would like to catch that. I've never even been to the Belmont Stakes but i'm going this year. But I think there trying to get away from the crazyness so you cant bring in alcohol anymore

The New York feel to the track has to be I couldn't imagine, that's probably why they're on the can't bring in alcohol, etc.

 

[QuarterCenturyLegend]

5K on my trifecta and another 1k split on Dullahan and Done Talking. This is all the money I have left and my hand is shaking and I can't believe my drunk ass just went for broke. I keep smh

 

[QuarterCenturyLegend]

Just lost money on Mary J Blige singing the National Anthem. WTF

 

[Mantle Drunk]

Hahahaha damn good luck I just got back from OTB there were lines around the corner it was crazy i guess thats what happens when you shut down most of them.

It kind of fukked up how I bet I like to kind of go with the flow of the moment but the lines didnt really allow me to do it.

But my bets
Sabrecat Alpha Creative Cause Triple
Union Rags, Alpha, El Padrino Triple
Gemoligst El Padrino Exacta
Bodemeister Alpha Exacta
Union Rags Gemoligst El Padrino Triple

 

[FloorGeneral]

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/...at-americas-racetracks.html?_r=2&ref=joedrape

Just read that article. Speechless.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Damn nikka just put 100k on alpha

This might be one of the busiest days of the year in vegas if not THE

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Tradition, and pomp and circumstance are things i really love in sports...few events showcase them more than this

 

[QuarterCenturyLegend]

Good luck to all. My day has basically been ruined already. Hope for the best and expect the worse, I guess. This will be one of the busiest days all around the country when it comes to gambling. I want to keep saying i'm gonna lose so I can come up w/ the I want to hire Project Pat to walk behind me as my theme music when I win. Yea, nikka Yea, nikka. This day is so agonizing

 

[QuarterCenturyLegend]

WE'RE OFF

 

[QuarterCenturyLegend]

I just punched a hole in the wall. It was a wonderful race, I didn't win.