*** OK Lounge, who do you like in The Derby??? ***

I'm sticking with the Navy theme and betting on General Quarters. He's 9-1 right now.

I have no basis for this selection. Just like the name, I guess.

:thumbsup:

I don't think anyone would have predicted that..2nd biggest Derby upset ever..:wow:

I know, I shouldn't have clicked on your thread to say that...sorry.

http://sports.yahoo.com/rah/news;_ylt=Apn6nyoUZivmjdzwhRV17SgX47kF?slug=ap-kentuckyderby&prov=ap&type=lgns


I am looking forward to a very bittersweet Preakness. Last word was that Pimlico will be razed for development -- possibly later this year. It won't (in my mind) be the Triple Crown after that happens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing

In the U.S., the term "Triple Crown" usually refers to the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, a series of three Thoroughbred horse races for three-year-old horses run in May and early June of each year. The three races are:

Kentucky Derby, run over 1 and 1/4 miles (2.01 km) dirt track at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky;
Preakness Stakes, run over 1 and 3/16 miles (1.91 km) dirt track at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland;
Belmont Stakes, run over 1 and 1/2 miles (2.41 km), the longest dirt track in thoroughbred racing, at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

which is run at Pimlico. Belmont is the third leg. Your post is incorrect.

thank you.

Marlboro (which ended up being part of a scandal involving then-Governor Marvin Mandel), Bowie, Timonium, Pimlico, and Laurel.

As far as I know, only Laurel and Pimlico run now (they may still run Timonium during the State Fair -- TZ probably knows that). It's personally sad, because I saw a lot of what used to be prime horse training/raising land get eaten up by subdivisions.

The Preakness is the shortest of the three races. It is only 1/16 of a mile shorter than the Derby, but has a much faster feel to it. The Belmont, by contrast, is 1 1/2 miles, and has the feel of a marathon.

I've always felt like the powers-that-be in racing would love to see the second leg of the triple crown run somewhere else. New Jersey tried to stage a rival racing series to the Triple Crown by offering a big cash prize to the horse that could win the Derby and two races in Jersey. Spend-A-Buck notably took up this challenge in 1985. Some of the European/Dubai owned ponies end up skipping the Preakness and Belmont, and go back across the pond to race in the Epsom Derby

I love all things horses however.

I can understand wanting to spread the races around ... the logistics of it all involved.

It is sad to see the farmland go to Surburbia, isn't it.

In fact I believe one of the Derby horses..General Quarters was bought in Timonium

The state of Maryland is in the process of basically seizing both Pimlico and the Preakness to keep the race from leaving in case the company that owns it tries to sell it off during Bankrupcy protection.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=aEBOsSeLp9e0

so thank you for the excellent news.

That said, what is the State going to do with the track?

I would like to see slots go there but they are supposed to go to Laurel instead.

But Mine That Bird is just as exciting a Cinderella story! Loved it! :)

Sorry. I am a band wagon jumper.

quarter horse :silly: