Flower Alley

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Originally Posted by oracle80

Tim I dunno what he went off at. Only a degenerate would have taken a horse off a 9 month layoff in the slop at odds on. I think he was like 2-5. Tim I love the game, I don't have to have a penny on a race to get real pumped up about watching a horse i love run and being excited about a performance. Its no different than you watching the Red Sox and getting so excited. I guess I find you hypocritcal with that signature line and all. I know guys who bet baseball and wouldnt watch a game unless they had cash on it. They would find you to be a liar if you said you had gotten so excited that the Sox won today without cash on em. This is a sport that soem of us really love, and you don't have to have money on a horse to get excited to see him win. You used to be like that, I wish you could get back there and enjoy the game again.

Ha! I was trying to tell my wife today at Arlington (Flower Alley has been her favorite since the Lanes End last year) that it made no sense to bet him in the race today for all of those reasons. In the slop? 8 month layoff? odds on favorite? I didn't bet against him, but it sure didn't make sense to me to bet on him either. She replied by saying "well he is my favorite horse and he is by far the best horse in the race."
I couldn't argue with that, so she bet him to win and made a little. I guess if your favorite horse is also the best horse in a race, it makes sense to play him.
I'm not sure he'll lose this year.