How can I lose?!?!??!

[nydaydreamer]

I enjoy betting on horses and I always try and bet on one with a name I can somehow relate to Jimmy which can sometimes become quite a stretch...surprisingly (or maybe not) I do quite well with this method. While searching for some today, I came across this excerpt below. While the article doesn't specifically mention the owner being a parrothead, I think it's a VERY safe bet...

Tin Cup Chalice is one of the most exciting Finger Lakes Race Track-
> > based horses since Fio Rito in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
> >
> > That's appropriate because Fio Rito was owned by Ray Lecesse, and
> > Tin Cup Chalice is co-owned and trained by Ray's son, Michael Lecesse.
> > Fio Rito was 27-for-50 for his career, including 19-for-27 at Finger
> > Lakes. His greatest triumph was the Grade I Whitney Handicap in 1981
> > at Saratoga. He is the only horse honored by being buried in the
> > infield at Finger Lakes.
> > Tin Cup Chalice is 6-for-6 lifetime after winning Saturday's $159,
> > 600 New York Derby at Finger Lakes. His next start likely will be
> > the $150,000 Albany at Saratoga Aug. 20. If he wins, he'd earn a
> > $250,000 bonus for being the first horse to sweep the Big Apple
> > Triple (the $100,000 Mike Lee at Belmont Park on June 22, the New
> > York Derby and the Albany) since the three-race series for New York-
> > bred 3-year-olds began in 1999.
> > Like father, like son. Michael Lecesse has passed up using a jockey
> > from a more prestigious circuit and has stuck with FL-based Pedro
> > Rodriguez aboard Tin Cup Chalice.

[k19smith]

Bet the house, k not really, but that is cool.