2016 KENTUCKY DERBY DELUGE IS HERE!

I know, I know, I KNOW! 

I've been gone forever. Temporarily gone, but not forgotten; like your beaten up, broke down first VW Squareback that you lovingly drove into the ground, or your first forbidden sip of tasty, tasty whiskey from Mr. O's liquor cabinet, you think of me fondly and often. 

I know it's a big, big, responsibility, and I've let you down. This whole "adult life" thing is really getting in the way of my pithy insights and paranoid ramblings about how everything in the world is fixed. 

Too many hours of real work, to many nights of sleep deprivation, too many drinks mixed and made, too many dog day afternoons....and that leaves little time for the important stuff...

BETTING HORSES, SWEET VICTORY, AND THEN WRITING ABOUT IT ALL!
(This years Derby Deluge will be in presented in an abbreviated format due to the fact that for the first time in what I believe is 25 long years, I will not be betting the Derby race by race in my usual all day session at "my office." I will instead be speed handicapping tomorrows card and placing all my bets for the day today, in what can only be hailed as a Pick-and-Pray-Holy-Crap-Shoot-Style Format, due to the constraints of adult life....

So Stay tuned for any juicy tidbits or wise guy wisdom to follow, but for now I do have a couple things to say about tomorrows card:

How on Earth did Baffert not go back to the well with Espinoza for this one? Unbelievable!

Baffert + Gary Stevens = getting all my money.



Good Luck. Get Well. Win Everything.

Thats all I've Got,
raychihasspoken 

2015 KENTUCKY DERBY WAKE UP CALL!

  WAKE UP FAITHFUL READERS ITS DERBY DAY! 
    CHECK YOUR ODDS!

2015 Kentucky Derby Post Positions!

The 2015 Kentucky Derby 

Post time: 6:34 p.m. Saturday at Churchill Downs. Purse: $2,203,800. Distance: 1 1/4 miles. TV: NBC. Radio: ESPN 680 in Louisville or HorseRacingRadio.net; Sirius 93 and XM 208.

1. Ocho Ocho Ocho (126) Trujillo/Cassidy 50-1

2. Carpe Diem (126) Velazquez/Pletcher 8-1

3. Materiality (126) Castellano/Pletcher 12-1

4. Tencendur (126) Franco/Weaver 30-1

5. Danzig Moon (126) Leparoux/Casse 30-1

6. Mubtaahij (126) Soumillon/de Kock 20-1

7. El Kabeir (126) Borel/Terranova 30-1

8. Dortmund (126) Garcia/Baffert 3-1

9. Bolo (126) Bejarano/Gaines 30-1

10. Firing Line (126) Stevens/Callaghan 12-1

11. Stanford (126) Geroux/Pletcher 30-1

12. International Star (126) Mena/Maker 20-1

13. Itsaknockout (126) Saez/Pletcher 30-1

14. Keen Ice (126) Desormeaux/Romans 50-1

15. Frosted (126) Rosario/McLaughlin 15-1

16. War Story (126) Talamo/Amoss 50-1

17. Mr. Z (126) Vazquez/Lukas 50-1

18. American Pharoah (126) Espinoza/Baffert 5-2

19. Upstart (126) Ortiz/Violette 15-1

20. Far Right (126) Smith/Moquett 30-1

21. (AE) Frammento (126) Nakatani/Zito 50-1

22. (AE) Tale of Verve (126) Hernandez Jr./Stewart 50-1

Bold Predictions and Best Laid Plans to follow...GOOD LUCK!

raychihasspoken

BREEDERS CUP SATURDAY 2014

Good Morning Race Fans! MAN IS IT EARLY!

Breeders Cup Saturday the "Richest Day in Racing" is finally here! 

I know you've all been patiently waiting sitting by your laptop, iPad, or smartphone just dying for an update on the "interwebs" about yesterday's racing action after such a sweet kick off…

Well after longshot #8 Princess Bertrando came in 2nd in the 3rd race and destroyed a huge pile of tickets, I decided to go for the "Failure Daily Double" and Rosie Napravnik* obliged me by brilliantly guiding #10 Long on Value to utterly destroy my multi-race wagers coming in to pay $25 to win.

If you follow that up with a string of low paying favorites, well then you pretty much have the rest of the day.

Now I'll be playing from behind today which no one wants to do, but if you're looking for any day to make a GIANT come back with huge score, there is no better day to do it then Breeders Cup Saturday, a day jam-packed with rich wagering opportunities.

So stop crying, knock the dirt off, grab your dwindling bankroll and let's do this!

*Rosie Napravnik later dropped a Hiroshima sized bombshell on the racing world after guiding Untapable to another victory by announcing she is preggers and will retire after Saturday's Breeders Cup races! Everyone in racing is sorry to see her go, but what a sweet way to go out on top! 

Good Luck Today,

That's All I Got,
raychihasspoken

BREEDERS CUP 2014

IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO COME OFF THE BENCH SWINGING!

RIGHT OFF THE BAT….

BREEDERS CUP 2014 LOOKS TO BE THE BEST EVER!

IT'S FINALLY HERE!

(Well in less than~22 hours it will be) So get your wallets, plan your attack and get ready to WIN!!!)

Every year I tell myself I am going to follow the Horse racing season more and follow all the races as the horses progress from the Triple Crown till the Breeders Cup and then on to Horse of the Year. 

The sad part is EVERY YEAR I get caught up in "work" or "life" and don't get to follow the season like I want too and then, suddenly it's Breeders Cup time again, and the fateful day is upon us! It's time to dust off my lucky hat, get out paper and pen, my trusty laptop, check Crist's Blog on DRF and get to work!

This monumental wagering event looks incredible with huge fields filled with champions, and tons of betting opportunities, because as we all know: BIG FIELDS=BIG MONEY!

Since historically the Breeders Cup Weekend has turned out to be some of my biggest scores of the year, I'd like you all to cross your fingers, rub the Buddha, grab your lucky horseshoe and pray for a repeat x10!

Since I am still waiting for my tickets which have never arrived… I'll be firmly ensconced for the next 48hours at my NORCAL office surrounded by like-minded AARP members, my Daily Racing Form firmly in hand, with a HUGE STACK CASH, and quite possibly a celebratory glass filled to the brim with bourbon.

Good Luck to all and stay tuned for game day updates…

http://www.breederscup.com

Thats All I got,
raychihasspoken

IT'S ALMOST TIME….