Mine That Bird - "To slow to be a factor..."

EdmondDantes · 05-03-2009, 07:43 PM

God help me, I love an upset and the 135th Kentucky Derby delivered. Now I'm not a ponies man, but at Club One Casino in Fresno, we have a satellite wagering facility and this year we set up our Event Center
for a Kentucky Derby party. When the favorite, I Want Revenge, was scratched early, we expected a yawner. Uh, no.

Stunning the crowd of 150,000+ and viewers worldwide, a 50 to 1 shot, Mine That Bird, dawdled through the first minute and a half of the race and then DEMOLISHED the field. To give you a sense, of just how big an upset and improbable this ...

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EdmondDantes Guest Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Formerly, Chateau d'If. Now, at large in California...last seen in Fresno, propping 2/2 NL... Posts: 105	Mine That Bird - "To slow to be a factor..." God help me, I love an upset and the 135th Kentucky Derby delivered. Now I'm not a ponies man, but at Club One Casino in Fresno, we have a satellite wagering facility and this year we set up our Event Center for a Kentucky Derby party. When the favorite, I Want Revenge, was scratched early, we expected a yawner. Uh, no. Stunning the crowd of 150,000+ and viewers worldwide, a 50 to 1 shot, Mine That Bird, dawdled through the first minute and a half of the race and then DEMOLISHED the field. To give you a sense, of just how big an upset and improbable this ... Read Full Post

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