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Kentucky Derby

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 12:02 pm
by Bud Lee
Anyone have a good pick?

Re: Kentucky Derby

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 6:34 pm
by Duck07
Bud Lee wrote:Anyone have a good pick?
I'm going with Frac Daddy who has some very good bloodlines. You go back far enough and you find Secretariat.

Kentucky Derby

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 7:33 pm
by UofDuck
My boss is a buddy with the owner of Frac Daddy. Not too long ago, the owner was a regular guy struggling to make ends meet. Invested in a start up company who decided to target the Balken oil fields in North dakota in some fashion and hit it big. Real big. Dude is seriously loaded. Thus the name Frac Daddy. For Fracking (sp?)

Re: Kentucky Derby

Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 12:38 am
by 303DucksFan
Gonna go with Orb. Horse is on a run, no pun intended.

Re: Kentucky Derby

Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:03 am
by Bud Lee
Duck07 wrote:
Bud Lee wrote:Anyone have a good pick?
I'm going with Frac Daddy who has some very good bloodlines. You go back far enough and you find Secretariat.

Dude is a 50/1....BUT...scores high on my Handicap Formula. That's worth a 10 bet to win.

Re: Kentucky Derby

Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:13 am
by DAT#6
Bud Lee wrote:Anyone have a good pick?
Thanks Bud. I was trying to think of a new drink to try-mint julep it is.

Don't care at all which horse wins.

Re: Kentucky Derby

Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:36 am
by UOducksTK1
Palace Malice!

Re: Kentucky Derby

Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:45 am
by Duck07
Bud Lee wrote:
Duck07 wrote:
Bud Lee wrote:Anyone have a good pick?
I'm going with Frac Daddy who has some very good bloodlines. You go back far enough and you find Secretariat.

Dude is a 50/1....BUT...scores high on my Handicap Formula. That's worth a 10 bet to win.
The outside position hurts but as long as he can get a solid start to get out a bit, he's got the pedigree to outsprint everyone at the end. When I was younger I didn't understand how involved some of my family was in horse racing. Some of my grandparents and great-grandparents were regular entries from Longacres down to Santa Anita. My first mount was one of the brood mares on Grousemont farm and a few years back I worked as a wrangler in Colorado for fun and one of my guide horses was in Cowboys & Aliens (if you watch closely, the "indians" are riding with saddles because some of them couldn't ride bareback, lol)

Re: Kentucky Derby

Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 10:35 am
by Bud Lee
DAT#6 wrote:
Bud Lee wrote:Anyone have a good pick?
Thanks Bud. I was trying to think of a new drink to try-mint julep it is.

Don't care at all which horse wins.

Old family recipe...Muddle mint and two table spoons of sugar in the bottom of a regular sized rocks glass, then pack glass with crushed ice (I like to use sonic ice) , fill the glass with a nice smooth bourbon (it is sacrilegious for a southerner to do so but Seagram’s 7 , though not a bourbon, is an excellent whiskey to use, just don’t tell my momma) . Give it two quick shakes, and it’s done. Should garnish with fresh mint at the top.

Quick version, boil you up some simple syrup with some fresh mint leaves. Mix 1:3 with some bourbon.

Re: Kentucky Derby

Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 10:39 am
by Duck07
C'mon Bud, its not Bourbon if its not from Kentucky!

Re: Kentucky Derby

Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 10:53 am
by Bud Lee
Duck07 wrote:C'mon Bud, its not Bourbon if its not from Kentucky!
I know…I know…but it taste so good and though my grandpa probably rolls around in his grave when I use it, it will be okay.

Maker's Mark makes a good one too.

Re: Kentucky Derby

Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 10:34 am
by DAT#6
Bud Lee wrote:
DAT#6 wrote:
Bud Lee wrote:Anyone have a good pick?
Thanks Bud. I was trying to think of a new drink to try-mint julep it is.

Don't care at all which horse wins.

Old family recipe...Muddle mint and two table spoons of sugar in the bottom of a regular sized rocks glass, then pack glass with crushed ice (I like to use sonic ice) , fill the glass with a nice smooth bourbon (it is sacrilegious for a southerner to do so but Seagram’s 7 , though not a bourbon, is an excellent whiskey to use, just don’t tell my momma) . Give it two quick shakes, and it’s done. Should garnish with fresh mint at the top.

Quick version, boil you up some simple syrup with some fresh mint leaves. Mix 1:3 with some bourbon.
Thanks for the reciple. Upon further review, my wife and I are going to go to our favorite watering hole and watch the Derby while sipping mint juleps. I am pulling for Normandy Invasion. :mrgreen:

Re: Kentucky Derby

Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 2:16 pm
by ncduck
Orb.

Re: Kentucky Derby

Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 3:44 pm
by RanDux
I heard that Rick Pitino owned one of them, but I'm not sure which one.

Re: Kentucky Derby

Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 4:53 pm
by Duck07
RanDux wrote:I heard that Rick Pitino owned one of them, but I'm not sure which one.
Owns 5% of Goldencents.