Yesterday was the special day of the year when 8 hours of television is devoted to 2 minutes of a horse race. I feel that this is only possible with something that is as old as the Kentucky Derby, which just celebrated its 139th annual race. The only other events that I can think of that draw that much attention and have that much money changing hands in one day would be the World Cup (which is understandable seeing that soccer is the worlds most popular sport) and the Superbowl (which is understandable because Americans love Football). It is still a little crazy to me that people watch the coverage of the race for several hours prior to the race only to see a few minutes of actual "excitement". But if watching rich people get drunk and dress like idiots is you're thing who am I to take that away from you.
The winning horse, Orb, seems to have critics in favor of him winning the triple crown; which will be the first time in over 35 years. Honestly this is the only thing I took away from yesterdays race...well that and Tom Brady winning close to $30,000. (I would react the same way if I had just won that amount of money).
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