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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kapusta Kid who wrote (28114)	5/13/1998 12:44:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Respond to of 132070

Pete, Yeah, that place payoff was huge. Show wasn't as good thanks to Charles hitting third, but it was still velly, velly nice. On the Derby, I just looked at the best come from behind horses. I liked VG the best, and used Real Quiet and Halory as backup. It is hard for a speed horse to win the Derby with the overflow field and the slow track. In fact, that is true of most East Coast route races. Coronado is a wild animal. He loves to run and he loves to run fast. He just doesn't like that mean little man with the whip to get on his back. <G> The key is whether he makes it to the gate at all and then whether or not the Lukas horse wears him down in a speed duel. I am kind of ticked off about the no-shows at The Preakness. It is hard to get decent odds if nobody shows up. Hey, so you just had surgery on a cracked kneecap. Play hurt, ya bums! <G> I love the quarter horses. And I much prefer them for betting. No Beyer figures or Sheets to help the public overbet a good longshot I thought only I could see. <G> And unlike the tbs, they start ticking off the seconds as soon as the gate is open, not after the horses have reached full stride 10-20 yards down the track. And, most importantly, the jockeys do not seem to have as much impact, though the best-known jockeys tend to get their pick of mounts. Despite the fact that I am often a sexist, I love the idea that the top quarter horse jockey, trainer and owner were all women last year. Especially since I know Tami Purcell, slightly, who won the All-American. What I don't like about the quarters are the puny purses, especially on the trials. I thinks that makes the odds of insiders getting into trouble for money much more likely. I don't like the premiums, but Fidelity Advisors Korea might be a good speculation here. But it is just speculation. Don't bet the ranch. MB