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Old 03-11-2008, 08:45 PM
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I love the last paragraph. It's classic Beyer.

When I bet a horse named Curius Emperor, and watched the jockey steady him three times before making a suicidal five-wide move, I cursed A. Giorgis at Palermo just as I would curse Joe Bravo at Gulfstream Park, and I searched for the Spanish word for "pinhead."

His original description to me was actually even funnier.
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Old 03-11-2008, 09:44 PM
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His original description to me was actually even funnier.
"pinhead" was not the original word, I'm guessing?
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Old 03-11-2008, 09:46 PM
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"pinhead" was not the original word, I'm guessing?

It was just something funny about travelling a long way for bad rides.
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Old 03-11-2008, 09:52 PM
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He can get that identical trip every day at TAM on the turf. No need to leave the country.
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Old 03-11-2008, 09:53 PM
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He can get that identical trip every day at TAM on the turf. No need to leave the country.
That was basically the joke.
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I've never really paid much attention, but doesn't Laurel simulcast races from Uruguay? Are there separate U.S. pools for those races?
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Old 03-11-2008, 09:59 PM
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I've never really paid much attention, but doesn't Laurel simulcast races from Uruguay? Are there separate U.S. pools for those races?
Does anybody ever actually bet those things?
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I have no idea, was just wondering.
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Old 03-11-2008, 09:57 PM
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It was just something funny about travelling a long way for bad rides.
Well, some things are universal.
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