*TV* Espn Classic airs old races Derby week

[Dr Raider]

Espn Classic at 8 PM(eastern time) each night before the Derby
has a special on horseracing


Catch an inside look at some of the greats from the 'good old days'

 

[Dogfish]

thanks dr. r. affirmed alydar steve c. and h. cossell great show tonight!remember a bit of that think i was to busy chasing 16 year old girls,smokin cheap pot, and lookin for a bottle of cheap wine to appreciate it!

 

[Dr Raider]

You have a good point -

I grew up partying on Clearwater Beach
I had my own place at 15 and a fake ID -
used to go to a rock bar called Charlie's on the Beach almost every night

Moved to S Fla in 1988
'started going to Calder when my significant other was working on Saturdays
Followed a mean son of a bitch turf horse called Fabulous Indian that made me a ton of money - cheap bastard went to Gulfstream and beat Stakes horses and I cashed $$$

Hit a 99-1 shipper from Arlington called Mae Van in the spring of '89
nailed Mercedes Won that spring at 20-1 in the Florida Derby when everyone was on a 3-5 chalk called Dixeland Brass that broke down - Earlie Fires went wire to wire -
went to Hialeah and loaded up on the largest payout ever recorded (on a shipper from Tampa called Swalant)

After Beyer numbers came out - there went the good longshots

I think the game is a lot more fixed these days
End of story-
Stick to big Stakes Races or Sportsbetting -

that is why the handle is so much higher on Stakes races-
because people know that the purses are high enough to keep the fix out

Final Note:
'think Prado stole that line from Jacinto Vasquez - he wispered that line to me quite a few times at the bar after the races
"time only matters when you're in jail"