[scratch1]

Okay, so, I went to my 19th outta the last 20 Derbys on Saturday.
I've been to 5 outta the 6 top-attendance Derbys ever.
There ain't no way n hell there were 157,000 people out there Saturday.
Unless they shoe-horned an extra 30,000 people into the infield, which
I couldn't see, or everybody just came out to watch and not to bet,
that might have been the smallest Derby crowd I've ever been in.

The reason I know--those were the shortest betting lines EVER--and I
mean shorter by at least half--and by half I mean by the smallest Oaks
day lines I've ever seen. I guess CD needed a feel-good story after the
debacle that was ADW and Eight Belles.

For the record, we had a friggin' blast. Me and the wife once again paid
the $40 general admission and snuck into the grandstand after the 4th race.
We sat with a group from Honeywell--two British couples and a couple from
L.A. We swapped a few lies, compared stores of Keeneland vs Ascot, and
generally got rip-roaring drunk. I did okay on Oaks day and lost it all Derby
day. The only race I hit was a $50 win bet on Einstein. My 'capping wasn't
bad--just kept running 1st-3rd all day.

In general, fun was had by all. Just not 157K all.