This year's Derby Julep glass
This year as I sip on my sure-to-be-now $9 Juleps, I will laugh at all of the wankers who lay down $1000 for a mint julep. I can't slam it completely because they are donating the money to a good cause, which hopefully will help prevent former champion horses being sold to Asian slaughterhouses, but a cool grand for a drink that is 75% ice is just silly. The funny thing is that people with way too much money will buy these things, so that everyone within eyeshot will know how rich (and foolish with their money) they are.
This year's Derby Julep glass for Mark Cuban
If they really want to impress their uber-wealthy friends, they should fly first class to London just to order the recently launched "World's Most Expensive Sandwich" for 85 pounds (approx. $157).
$157? Can I make it a combo for $158.95?
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In honor of the Derby, here's something for ya.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CX9SIwYVcg&eurl=
I especially liked the Rudy soundtrack.
Normally I don't follow horse racing, but that just transcends all sports. I don't know why, but it does.
Here's hoping we see something as inspiring again in our lifetime.
Nice.
Completely insane.
That day Secretariat ran the mile and a half in 2.24 flat, a full TWO SECONDS faster than the 2nd fastest Belmont ever (Easy Goer, 1989, 2.26 flat) - it is still the all time world record for a mile and a half on dirt by any horse.
He still holds the record for fastest Derby and Belmont in history, and the only reason he doesn't still hold the Preakness record is because of a timekeeping error that gave him a bogus time (then a track record, but since surpassed).
I don't think we'll ever see anything like that again, but you never know.
You can take that mak it a combo shite somewhere else. I flashed back to beeing tired, drunk, hungery and as pissed at you as I have ever been. That's all I got to say about that. I will cry 5 min before Derby 132 as I have every year for the last 20 years. You don't know the power of "Weep no more my lady." untill you hear it sung by 150,000 folks.
Lost in how great Secretariat is was just how great of a horse Sham was. Sham only ran the second fastest Derby time ever.
Same goes with Alydar because of Affirmed really. Only less so.
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