Saturday I Made A Bet On Justify
Justify is unbeaten in five races and needs only to win the Belmont Stakes to be second Triple Crown winner in four years. Reading Chad Brown's account of the race it was clear he only wanted Good Magic to be off the pace and they try to run down Justify in the stretch. Instead it was more like a replay of Affirmed and Alydar and those match races with company in 1978. Those two just duked it out and Justify won in a hard fought race.
All week folks have been asking me who I liked in the Preakness. Two weeks after the Derby it was clear in my mind that Justify was the horse to beat and I said so. It would only be question who would finish for the "minor awards".
And then I went a step further. I asked Dan if he wanted some action on the Belmont. Dan likes action, he will bet on golfers making putts, pitchers throwing strikes, batters swinging etc. He says it makes things more interesting. I gave Dan the field in the Preakness and the Belmont while I bet on Justify.
Way back in February I made a bet on the field in a Kentucky Derby Future Pool. Four $2.00 bets on horses whose name I recognized from their races as two year olds and $2.00 on mystery horses that might come out of the fog and win. I got 5-2 on that bet and Justify had not been in Baffert's Barn for a month. He was fortunate and I got lucky.
All week folks have been asking me who I liked in the Preakness. Two weeks after the Derby it was clear in my mind that Justify was the horse to beat and I said so. It would only be question who would finish for the "minor awards".
And then I went a step further. I asked Dan if he wanted some action on the Belmont. Dan likes action, he will bet on golfers making putts, pitchers throwing strikes, batters swinging etc. He says it makes things more interesting. I gave Dan the field in the Preakness and the Belmont while I bet on Justify.
Way back in February I made a bet on the field in a Kentucky Derby Future Pool. Four $2.00 bets on horses whose name I recognized from their races as two year olds and $2.00 on mystery horses that might come out of the fog and win. I got 5-2 on that bet and Justify had not been in Baffert's Barn for a month. He was fortunate and I got lucky.
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