The First Saturday in Maytember

It is not necessary to remind the loyal subscribers of this digital publication that the First Saturday in Maytember marks the annual running of the The Kentucky Derby.  If you should find yourself at loose global pandemic ends this Saturday around 7pm Eastern Standard Time, tune your 800-inch, 7G, 9-D Philco into the National Broadcasting Corporation and root my horse - a dark bay colt named Major Fed - home to victory and a blanket of roses.  Major Fed will wear the #5 saddle cloth on Saturday.

A few months ago, in one of the various Derby Future Pools that has serially been offered, I locked in a WIN wager on Major Fed at the hefty odds of 54-1.  Major Fed was sired by the great thoroughbred Ghostzapper, formerly the World's Top Ranked Horse in 2004.  I cashed a large WIN wager on Ghostzapper in the 2004 Breeders' Cup Classic (Lou and I wagered that day sixteen years ago from Players Row at Turfway Park, The Old Master of the Turf witnessed the race live at Lonestar Park in Texas).  

Last week, the lightly noticed Major Fed drew some attention with bullet workout.

In the spirit of full disclosure, and serving as a cautionary tale regarding Derby Future Pool wagering, Major Fed is not the only horse that I placed a Derby Future wager upon.  As you may plainly see in the first image in this posting, in the same pool in which I secured 54-1 odds in Major Fed I also locked in Modernist at 50-1.  Modernist failed to draw into the Kentucky Derby so that is dead money.  Back in 2019, in the initial 2020 Kentucky Derby Futures Pool, I placed a WIN wager on a son of Violence named Violent City.

145-1 odds!  Alas, that also is dead money.  Violent City faded from the Derby picture early in 2020.

Go Baby Go!

Roll the credits!