Poll | 05/01/2009 11:00 pm
Do you ever bet on horse races?
The Kentucky Derby is under way! Tell us about your bet-placing habits … or lack thereof.
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i have only played the ponies once and that was back in the early 90’s. somebody that played them a lot (too much if you ask me) told me first time players ALWAYS win. well, i didn’t know my ass from a hole in the wall so i didn’t understand the betting stuff. i bet like $5 and lost it and never bothered with it again, it just wasn’t my thing. but my kids liked the horses and the playground at golden gate fields in san mateo, ca (15 miles south of san francisco).
if nevada has race tracks they are down in vegas. so i have no opportunity to be near any horses here. but my grandson’s fathers mother has trained them in the past so he has been on them with daddy or other family. just not with us around.
Years ago loved to going to Quarter horse racing. It was a lot of fun. Until one night a horse fell, the horse got up off the ground, starting running down the track with is leg swinging all over the place.
His leg was broken, it took a while for them to caught him. I could never watch a race again. I was so anxious thinking a horse would fall. I finally stopped goin.
I never bet on horses, HOWEVER, we were at a wedding on Saturday, Derby Day, and a bunch of us wore big hats, they served Ming Julips and had a huge TV to show the race before we went in to dinner.
AND .. as it happened, there was a horse named Papa Clem and my husband’s name is Clem, so we placed a few bets before the wedding. For a minute there we were excited because he was in 2nd place … the horse, not my husband ( who’s always in 1st place for me ;-) but he finished 4th.
THAT"S why I don’t bet !!