Ultra Sports Bet » kentucky derby http://www.ultrasportsbet.com Information, advice and news about sports betting. Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:59:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 A sad day for racing http://www.ultrasportsbet.com/2008/02/a-sad-day-for-racing/ http://www.ultrasportsbet.com/2008/02/a-sad-day-for-racing/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:34:12 +0000 http://www.ultrasportsbet.com/a-sad-day-for-racing/ Post from: Ultra Sports Bet

]]> Winning Colors, the spectacular filly who won the Kentucky Derby in 1988, was euthanized yesterday at the age of 23. She was a completely one-dimensional horse who had to have the lead, but she had ridiculous speed to burn. She took the lead early and kept it the whole way around, and there are few horses out there that could pull that off, never mind against the opposite, stronger gender. I remember thinking that D. Wayne Lukas was nuts with his prediction of how the race would play out, but he was pretty much exactly right. Truly memorable, and against a field that turned out to be pretty impressive, too.

If you have never seen her race, or even if you have, you should check it out:

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]]> http://www.ultrasportsbet.com/2008/02/a-sad-day-for-racing/feed/ 0 My Derby crush http://www.ultrasportsbet.com/2008/02/my-derby-crush/ http://www.ultrasportsbet.com/2008/02/my-derby-crush/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:17:39 +0000 http://www.ultrasportsbet.com/my-derby-crush/ Post from: Ultra Sports Bet

]]> I am the worst Kentucky Derby handicapper in the world. It’s not that I don’t put the time into it. I start following the two year olds in the summer and get more and more obsessed as the first Saturday in May draws near. My problem is that I fall in love with a horse or two at some point in the process, and then odds or value are irrelevant to me. Sometimes I get lucky, like I did last year with Curlin. More often I don’t, with a long list of also-rans having my love and affection through the years. This year I picked a favorite early. I liked Pyro a lot heading into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. I originally noticed him because he is a stable mate of Curlin. He treated me well in that race, finishing a strong second to War Pass. Since then he has largely been off the radar, though I couldn’t have been more excited when he recently started working with Curlin. Well, he made his three year old debut in the Risen Star at Fair Grounds this year. Wow. He was good last year, but he grew into himself in a big way in the offseason. It’s too early to peak, and I know I am setting myself up for a tough fall, but I am just plain giddy about this horse. Check out this race – the stretch drive is truly incredible:

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