Biggest race day in the spring and CDI does its Alberta impression and cuts out dime superfectas and 50-cent trifectas.
"In what could only be greed as motivator, there will be no Dime Superfectas or 50-Cent Trifectas available on the Derby.
CDI cites logistics problems on track which, of course, is easily solved with dedicated self service machines scattered throughout the betting bays.
It´s a way for the common folk to get "rich" will relatively low risk for potential substantial award. Might even make some innocent bystanders and Christmas and Easter bettors friends for the game.
Gets old, doesn´t it?"
Horse Race Insider: National Holiday
How long has the shill been in Kentucky?
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Wonder if Rolaids and MLB will be using Pletcher´s post Derby look for their commercials.
Bloodhorse - Super Saver Wins Derby
Horse Race Insider - Getting King Kong Off His Back
Http://www.drf.com/news/article/112639.html
Http://www.drf.com/news/article/112643.html
http://www.drf.com/news/article/112641.html
Bloodhorse - Attendance, Wagering Up
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YOU MIGHT BE A CAJUN IF:.....
* Watching "Wild Kingdom" inspires you to write a cookbook.
* You won´t eat a lobster because you think it´s a crawfish on steroids.
* You take a bite of 5-alarm Texas chili and reach for some Tabasco.
* You pass up a chance to meet the president to go to the Crawfish Festival in Breaux Bridge
* Your children´s favorite bedtime story begins with, "First you make a roux..."
* You´re asked in school to name the four seasons and you reply, "Onyons, celery, bell peppers, and garlic."
* You think the "Fab Four" are "Paul Prudhomme, John Folse, Justin Wilson, and A.J. Smith".
* You let your black coffee cool and find it has gelled.
* You describe a complete breakfast as some deer sausage, grits and a yard of boudin.
* None of your favorite vacation spots are north of Abbeville.
* You sit down to eat boiled crawfish and someone says, "Don´t eat the dead ones" and you know what they mean.
* You refer to Louisiana winters as "gumbo weather"
* You gave up Tabasco for Lent.
* You learned bourre´ the hard way - holding yourself upright in the crib.
* You don´t know the real names of your close friends - only their nicknames.
* You can look at a rice field and can tell how much gravy it´ll take for that much rice.
* Your high school´s rendition of the national anthem begins with, "Jambalaya, crawfish pie, filet gumbo..."
* You stand up when they play "Jolie Blon."
* You consider Breaux Bridge the state capitol.
* You think the Mason-Dixon line is at Bunkie.
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Phil´s Canuck lesson. Wake up and start asking questions.
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French Invader, longshot Mafki, shocks 2000 Guineas.
Bloodhorse - French Raider Mafki
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Pie time.
Jack´s Tennessee whiskey so you may want to substitute Woodford Reserve.
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Welch at Hastings temporarily?
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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.
Gil Stern
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Smart Contest. It keeps them coming back.
Hollywood Park - Triple Crown Challenge
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Kentucky For Sale
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Bloodhorse - Market Getting Brighter
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Magna´s Plan approved
Bloodhorse - Magna Plan Approved
http://www.drf.com/news/article/112513.html
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Eskendereya´s stock drops, but not much
http://www.drf.com/news/article/112523.html
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THE HORSEMEN´S BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2010 – 5:30 P.M.
SKY PADDOCK
NORTHLANDS PARK
EDMONTON, ALBERTA
AGENDA
1. President´s Report - Review of 2010 Dates, Purses, & Stakes.
- Jim McFadyen
2. Review HBPA Options for Thoroughbred Racing in 2011.
- Jim McFadyen
3. Question Period & New Business.
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Thoroughbred Night of Champions
Marriott Edmonton
River Cree Resort
May 8th, 2010
$75.00 per person or $700.00 for table of 10
River Cree Ball Room
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Broad Street Bullies on HBO
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Hurricane Ike To Make Landfall at Preakness
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Irish teaching hockey players to drink?
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The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
James Branch Cabell
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What the Hell was Melissa Etheridge thinking?
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Phil M Stockmen
