This Was A Very Good Day

This is still sort of a dream.  Really.  Stolicknaya won the 8th race at Hialeah Park this afternoon.  I almost wore a Kentucky Derby shirt I bought on the internet in 2005 to the races, I almost wore a cowboy hat, I almost wore a pink shirt in honor of Hialeah Park.

I'm going to retire the West Virginia University Cargquest Bowl T-Shirt that made it to the races.  Mountaineers Never Say Die, win or lose this was an in your face deal.  You play the game to win, although I just really wanted the horse and rider to get back to the barn safely.  Anything beyond that a bonus.

He broke clean and ran them all down.  The race was 350 yards and shortly after the break he started picking horses up one after the other.  With each stride as he got going, I started yelling he going to win and he did.  Two folks that came to the track with me had never ever been to the races.  The trainer bet the horse, my friends bet the horse, and I bet the horse.

The bad news. you never bet enough on a winning horse.  The good news is you understand why the horse drops from 30-1 to 15-1 and it's not your bet that screwed up the pool.  A guy who was behind a friend I had invited to the track in line asked for a long shot.  Stolicknaya certainly qualified as a long shot.  The guy bet $100 to win on the horse.  OMG!!!

After the race he came with his pregnant wife to thank my friend for the tip.  I looked at the ticket worth $1,500 and asked him to buy everybody with me (the owners' on track representative) a beer.  He gladly accepted, bought a picture of the Beaver in the winner's circle and really got lucky again.  After the last race they start selling beer of $1.00.  $25.00 never went so far at the race track.

I got a ride home and can hardly think of a better way to spend a Sunday Evening.  

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  1. Andy KrauseDecember 16, 2013 at 6:14 PM

    You could write a book on this horse.

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    1. John AsgeirsonDecember 17, 2013 at 4:31 AM

      Stacy Charette Hill gave the Thunderstruck Stable a very good deal on the horse. Beaver is kind of a replacement for horses the trainer/owners lost in Moore Oklahoma tornado. I started following her horses at Remington Park this year. Caught one of her runners in superfecta that paid almost $400 for 10 cents. I asked Randy, the trainer to buy her a beer and thank her back in April. Karma at the race track. Saturday morning walking back from the racing secretary's office, I jokingly asked Randy to find a longer race for the horse. Winning by a nose almost gave me a heart attack and if the race had been 400 yards he would have won by a length. He replied, you're just like every other owner, already bitching. Then we both started laughing again.

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    2. John AsgeirsonDecember 17, 2013 at 4:47 AM

      Randy Weidner just posted a picture in FB of the horse, before a race in Fargo ND, this summer.

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  2. Andy KrauseDecember 16, 2013 at 6:22 PM

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