HOT SPRINGS—I walked for 1:02:14, mostly in the Oaklawn Park barn area, but also to Regions Bank and to my car and from my car with a bag loaded with shit to the elevator. I might have covered three miles, maybe. Some of the time was spent standing completely still so as not to have horses stomp on or kick me.
Afterward I wrote a decent story and lost $4.20 to bring my losses after six trips to $17.00.
I made two Kentucky Derby futures bets in pool 2, one for $10 on Whitmore at 78-1 and another for $20 on Smokey Image at 22-1. Some may remember that I lost a $100 futures bet last year after Competitive Edge failed to qualify for the race. My hope this year is that at least one of those horses starts the goddamn Derby. That alone will be worth the $30 I most likely pissed away at roughly 5:30 this afternoon.
I love Smokey Image. Look at him on YouTube winning the California Cup. He's a sexy chestnut who reminds me of Joe Namath before Super Bowl III and California Chrome from two springs ago.
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