Sunday, May 3, 2009

Derby Day- May 2nd










I bought Brooklyn her 1st collectible today: KY Derby Barbie. Which really means, I was looking online to buy it b/c it was sold out everywhere here & told G-ma, who told Jeanne & she ran out & bought it! (This may be the only good part about family living out of state!)
Since I worked, Sean paused the race until I got home so we could watch it together. Then off to our neighbors for their annual Derby Party.Of course she wore a a Derby hat! My dinner was a wonderful piece of bread pudding w/ bourbon sauce, followed by the fried fish! (I know how to do it right!)
2 Derby notables this year:
Mine That Bird (50:1 odds) paid $103.20 after covering 1 1/4 miles in 2:02.66 seconds over a sloppy racetrack. The win payoff was the second-largest in Derby history behind the 1913 Derby winner Donerail that went off at 91.5 to 1 odds.
I Want Revenge is the first morning line favorite to scratch the day of the race. The last major contender to do so was second choice A.P. Indy in 1992. Coincidentally, I Want Revenge is a grandson of A.P. Indy, who went on to win the Belmont later that year.

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