{"id":1838,"date":"2011-05-06T17:34:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T21:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifyoulikemoney.com\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2011-05-06T17:35:49","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T21:35:49","slug":"the-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ifyoulikemoney.com\/?p=1838","title":{"rendered":"The Derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>here&#8217;s who i&#8217;m boxing in exacta\/trifecta\/superfectas:                                                              Mucho Macho Man                                                                 Nehro<br \/>\nmidnight interlude<br \/>\nDialed Inn<\/p>\n<p>> Aaaaaaaand we&#8217;re back! With the scratch of presumed favorite Uncle Mo and a<br \/>\n> litany of top prospects out from injury\/poor performance, this year&#8217;s Derby<br \/>\n> field is WIIIIIDE open.  Worth noting that, since 1979, the favorite has won<br \/>\n> only 4 times.  Should be tremendous value tomorrow, it&#8217;s just a matter of<br \/>\n> navigating through the proverbial mud.  So, without further ado&#8230;<br \/>\n><br \/>\n>        Advice from our resident Horseman:<br \/>\n><br \/>\n>                                         POST POSITION<br \/>\n>                  1) MUCHO MACHO MAN              13<br \/>\n>                      2) NEHRO                        19<br \/>\n>  WILL BE BOXING IN AN        3) MIDNIGHT INTERLUDE           15<br \/>\n>      EXACTA\/TRIFECTA\/SUPERFECTA  4) DIALED IN                     8<br \/>\n><br \/>\n><br \/>\n>                                          LONG SHOT &#8211; COMMA TO THE TOP     6<br \/>\n>   (22K PURCHASE IN APR &#8217;10 HAS EARNED 779K,<br \/>\n>        THIS GELDING GETS THE SENTIMENTAL PICK)<br \/>\n>                                                     KEY FACTS &#038; FIGURES<br \/>\n>                                                           * The Kentucky<br \/>\n> Derby winner is draped in a blanket of red (RED) roses, a          tradition<br \/>\n> that dates back to 1896.  This is why the race is commonly<br \/>\n>  referred to as the &#8220;Run for the Roses&#8221;<br \/>\n>  * The official drink of the Kentucky Derby is the Mint Julep, a delicious<br \/>\n>         concoction of Bourbon, simple syrup and fresh mint served over<br \/>\n> crushed ice    * No horse in the #1 post (ARCHARCHARCH this year) has won<br \/>\n> the Derby since        Ferdinand in 1986.  No horse has won from the #19<br \/>\n> post (NEHRO) since 1900     * Calvin Borel (on TWICE THE APPEAL) has had the<br \/>\n> mount for 3 of the last 4        Derby winners: STREET SENSE (&#8217;07), MINE<br \/>\n> THAT BIRD (&#8217;09), SUPER SAVER (&#8217;10)    * Only DIALED IN (4-1), SANTIVA<br \/>\n> (20-1), and SHACKLEFORD (12-1) have won           races at Churchill Downs<br \/>\n>                                                    * 71 Derby winners<br \/>\n> lifetime have had a 2-word name (52%)                        * The weather<br \/>\n> forecast for race time is 66 F with a 60% chance of T-storms<br \/>\n><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>here&#8217;s who i&#8217;m boxing in exacta\/trifecta\/superfectas: Mucho Macho Man Nehro midnight interlude Dialed Inn > Aaaaaaaand we&#8217;re back! With the scratch of presumed favorite Uncle Mo and a > litany of top prospects out from injury\/poor performance, this year&#8217;s Derby > field is WIIIIIDE open. Worth noting that, since 1979, the favorite has won > [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ifyoulikemoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ifyoulikemoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ifyoulikemoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ifyoulikemoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ifyoulikemoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1838"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.ifyoulikemoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1840,"href":"http:\/\/www.ifyoulikemoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838\/revisions\/1840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ifyoulikemoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ifyoulikemoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ifyoulikemoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}