April 12

Wedding Day!

WIN The Two Prime-Time Bets....But That's It

 

What a great day at the wedding and the reception.  The first thing that was great about today was that Brad chose to spend the day in our suite until he had to leave to get ready for the wedding.  The wedding itself was, as I told the kids, the BEST wedding I've ever been to.  It was the perfect size - if you had asked me who I would have wanted to be there, they were all there and not a single person more.  The wedding was short, but not too short - less than a half an hour.  The setting, outside at the Mission Inn just north of Orlando, was gorgeous.  The ceremony was formal, but also had some informal and/or humorous moments, such the end of Brad's wedding vows when he said, ".....Lauren, I love you more than bacon, and I love bacon ALOT....."  Click the photo above to visit the wedding web site that I built to remember the weekend.

But the racing......in a day much like yesterday, I had thought there were two solid bets today.  I really liked:  Judy the Beauty in the Grade 1 Madison at Keeneland and Will Take Charge in the Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap.  BOTH of these horses loved these tracks and were in top form.  I thought it would take a HUGE effort to beat them, and I made them both my "BEST" bets of the day.  But, like yesterday, since I knew I'd have time to kill, I downloaded the entire card for both Keeneland and Oaklawn, and spent some time Friday coming up with other "solid" bets.  I came up with eight other selections....and like yesterday, I didn't cash a single one of them.  But I did win both of the "BEST" bets.  In the Madison, Judy the Beauty stalked the leaders, made her move into the lane and drew off as MUCH the best! 

At Oaklawn, Will Take Charge was sent off as the prohibitive 2/5 favorite.  And he swooped by the field on the turn and made his move on the leaders as their heads turned for home.  Ironically, I could not get a good connection to watch this race until we got home on Sunday and it was after I'd seen a post on Facebook about the "controversial non-DQ" in the Oaklawn Handicap!  Will Take Charge dove to the inside before they even got to the 1/8th pole and the horse he shut off didn't have anything left.....but he did cut him off.  And in spite of drawing clear as much the best, apparently there were many who thought he should have come down.  Don't count me in that crowd as he scored as my other "BEST" of the day!