Fifty to one!

Today’s Kentucky Derby once again makes we greedy folks wish we could do some even minuscule time travel. Like even one teensy day. Good grief! 50 to 1!

Mine That Bird. A $9,500 horse wiped out millions of dollars’ worth of horseflesh by winning the Derby by what?—five lengths? Its trainer drove all the way to Kentucky from New Mexico with the horse, taking 21 hours to do so. And he had a broken leg! This calls for a blockbuster movie!

An addendum: Read hhhorse’s comment below and click on the link to watch jockey Calvin Borrel’s amazing win on the previous day. Leading the field by 20 lengths! Also notice that he isn’t bouncing all over the place like the other jockeys—he is as smooth and unmoving as is possible. A commentator mentioned that the only muscles moving in his body were in his neck as he looked back at the rapidly diminishing field.