Horse Racing Random

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Meanwhile...

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Meanwhile...

My mom's rule for this (don't you just love the education I got at home ). You ALWAYS put the at least the minimum down on the longshot, sometimes the two longest shots. You'll be out $2 or $4 but will walk away with $100+ if it hits.

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Let's go, Secret Oath!

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Just a reminder it's Preakness day. Post time for the big race is 7:01 eastern. NBC will begin its coverage at 4 p.m. The first race they'll show (Race 10) is a whopper of a turf stakes race. All of the races they'll show on NBC will be stakes races.

I'm still rooting for Secret Oath in the Preakness (channeling Swiss Skydiver! channeling Swiss Skydiver!), but after diving more deeply into it for the purposes of my late Pick 5, I think Creative Minister has a real shot. 10/1 on the morning line. Secret Oath in 9/2 on the morning line.

Epicenter will be the heavy favorite (6/5 morning line). Either Early Voting or Secret Oath will probably be the second favorite with the public.

(I'd like to apologize in advance to the connections of Secret Oath and Creative Minister for jinxing them.)

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P.S. @ponchi, there's a horse named Joe in Race 10. @jazz, there's a horse in Race 12 named Grateful Bred.

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Hey Joe!!!!!

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P.S. @ponchi, there's a horse named Joe in Race 10. @jazz, there's a horse in Race 12 named Grateful Bred.

Thank you. Love it! Some effort out here. There's a horse in the main race named Skippylongstocking.

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P.S. @ponchi, there's a horse named Joe in Race 10. @jazz, there's a horse in Race 12 named Grateful Bred.

Thank you. Love it! Some effort out here. There's a horse in the main race named Skippylongstocking.

And that's a Saffie Joseph horse. I don't like him in this spot, but I would be thrilled for Saffie. He's never won a Triple Crown race. It has to happen sooner or later.

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I wonder how long it's been since one of the Triple Crown races didn't have a horse trained by either Bob Baffert or Todd Pletcher. Feels like that may have been a very long streak that was broken.

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I wonder how long it's been since one of the Triple Crown races didn't have a horse trained by either Bob Baffert or Todd Pletcher. Feels like that may have been a very long streak that was broken.

Tim Yakteen used to be an assistant trainer to Baffert, so a few weeks before the Derby, when Churchill refused to lift the ban on Baffert, he moved his horses to Yakteen's barn so they could run. So while Baffert wasn't on the program, he was kind of in the small print.

As for Pletcher, yeah, that's a headscratcher. He did have Charge It in the Derby, but that didn't go so well.

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And here's the video of the Preakness. Joel Rosario (rider of Epicenter) is being absolutely hammered on Twitter. And it basically started with an interview Epicenter's trainer, Steve Asmussen, gave after the race. I'm not sure Epicenter's failure to get out of the gate well is really Joel's fault.

I had the 2, 4, 5, and 8 to close out my Pick 4 ticket. I also boxed them as a superfecta, trifecta, and exacta for this race. Unfortunately, my profit was pretty minimal. I really needed the 2 to win or get second. But hey, a profit is a profit.

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I sent my mom a text about 10 minutes before the race and said "Who do you like?" and she replied "Early Voting is worth a few dollars. And definitely wouldn't place a bet for Epicenter to win, but would for him to place or show."

So she was pretty impressed with herself the rest of the day. She also said whatever she chooses for the Belmont will surely come in dead last after getting this one right.

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I'm still rooting for Secret Oath in the Preakness (channeling Swiss Skydiver! channeling Swiss Skydiver!)

What is the deal with Secret Oath? Why is everyone so in love with this horse? I feel like I'm missing something.