Well, since I was feeling lucky when I woke up Saturday morning I thought I'd head down to Colonial Downs here in Virginia-New Kent County (about 23 miles from house) to wager on the biggest horse race of the year. I did quite a bit of research on the internet to help me choose the winning horse and came up with #6 Frisian Fire , #15 Dunkirk and #16 Pioneer of the Nile. These horses were heavily favored to win the roses. I also went ahead and picked my long shot horse #4 Advice since I usually always do. The track was super sloppy since it had rained so much and the inside horses through the day seemed to be favored so this did not fair well with my #15 and #16 choices. I knew this , but was content with my picks.
Wow..was I ever wrong...none of my horses placed and were far from placing throughout the whole race. Horse #8 Mine that Bird as you all know was the horse that had the longest shot at winning 50:1 , and you know the result..#8 pulls in the big win by far. I mean BY FAR. This horse took them all out and left the herd in the mud. This was the second biggest win by a long shot in the history of the Run for the Roses at Churchill. The last time a long shot won by this distance was 1918.
Since 8 is my lucky number I should of placed a simple Win bet on him for poops and grins. A $2 bet on this would of yielded $104 big smacks...Whew. I only heard a few people holler at the result at the track and likewise only a few people go to the window to collect any earnings. What a loss for SO MANY PEOPLE today. I still wonder if anyone out there put a Win for $2000 bucks on number 8 because if they did it would of been a $104,000.00 gain !!! What a race. I am sure Mine That Bird will be one of the most famous wins at Churchill and would bet that a movie will be coming out to tell the story of this great win.
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