I'll be honest: I picked "I'll Have Another" because of the obvious drinking reference. Lo and behold, I'll Have Another surged late against Bodemeister, who'd led the pack for almost the entire race! I was astonished:
I also wished I'd bet money on the damned thing. Sadly, I'm not a gambling man, even though some of my literary heroes (namely Bukowski) liked to spend a lot of time and money on the ponies. If I did follow a sport, horse racing would be awfully appealing. Over in about two minutes, and usually involves drinking in the sun. This year, I made my not-so-bad Julep and paired it with a Corona and lime, in honor of Cinco de Mayo:
I feel a tingle in my brain. I may even watch the goddamned Preakness...
I used to be an avid racing fan, but I don't follow it much anymore. Same with boxing. Seems I was born about 30 years too late, easily.
ReplyDeleteI picked last year's derby winner, Animal Kingdom, simply because of the reference to the Aussie crime flick. Wrote a short story based on it that I won a contest with too. So in a way, that non-bet paid off for me.
Yeah, you might want to skip the Preakness. If the Derby is the height of horse racing class, The Preakness is the definitive opposite. I think the official drink is a warm Natty Boh with a mentholated cigarette doused in it.
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