Horse Racing's Richest Day
There is a show TV called "The Horseplayers" on the "Esquire Station". Several players are followed as they try to qualify for a big handicapping tournament in Las Vegas where they can win a more than a million dollars. These guys look the part and they are very good handicappers and make their living doing what they do.
I'm a sucker for this kind of show, mostly because the episodes are at pretty places and it doesn't cost anything to see these guys get crushed, even if they have are good at what they do. Wouldas and couldas and a lot of if, buts and maybes along the way. You need a lot of luck, you need to have done your homework, and have a bankroll that can keep you in the game.
Today is the richest day in racing at Mayden at Dubai, the Florida Derby is being run at Gulfstream Park, and the Louisiana Derby is happening at the Fair Grounds. The Kentucky Derby Future Book is open and you can make an early wager and then hope your horse has enough points and is healthy enough to Run for the Roses on the first Saturday in May. This is a risky proposition at best but you do get a premium over race day odds usually because the field has not been cut down to twenty horses yet.
Right now I'm in a free handicapping contest for quarter horses at Remington Park. I'm in 308th place, which isn't bad out of 1700 + contestants, but there is also a button where your horses are chosen at random. I wonder what place "Random" is in.
For the rest of you folks in Miami , "The Ultra Electronic Music Festival" goes into day two. $400 for a three day pass. I remember a free Fog Hat Concert about 35 years ago vaguely, it was so loud as to be uncomfortable. 70,000 expected downtown from noon til midnight.
Hotels, restaurants, and public transportation will be busy this weekend and that doesn't include the last weekend for the Sony Open and lots of other events to keep folks entertained.
I'm a sucker for this kind of show, mostly because the episodes are at pretty places and it doesn't cost anything to see these guys get crushed, even if they have are good at what they do. Wouldas and couldas and a lot of if, buts and maybes along the way. You need a lot of luck, you need to have done your homework, and have a bankroll that can keep you in the game.
Today is the richest day in racing at Mayden at Dubai, the Florida Derby is being run at Gulfstream Park, and the Louisiana Derby is happening at the Fair Grounds. The Kentucky Derby Future Book is open and you can make an early wager and then hope your horse has enough points and is healthy enough to Run for the Roses on the first Saturday in May. This is a risky proposition at best but you do get a premium over race day odds usually because the field has not been cut down to twenty horses yet.
Right now I'm in a free handicapping contest for quarter horses at Remington Park. I'm in 308th place, which isn't bad out of 1700 + contestants, but there is also a button where your horses are chosen at random. I wonder what place "Random" is in.
For the rest of you folks in Miami , "The Ultra Electronic Music Festival" goes into day two. $400 for a three day pass. I remember a free Fog Hat Concert about 35 years ago vaguely, it was so loud as to be uncomfortable. 70,000 expected downtown from noon til midnight.
Hotels, restaurants, and public transportation will be busy this weekend and that doesn't include the last weekend for the Sony Open and lots of other events to keep folks entertained.
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