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Derby Spotlight: Maximum Security
Brought to you by BetPTC.com, the only ADW offering instant cash back. We may be on the verge of seeing a horse that debuted for a $16,000 tag win the Kentucky Derby. I mean, that could actually happen. Maximum Security is undefeated and has put up some speed figures that make him plenty competitive with…
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Read MoreDerby Spotlight: Haikal
Brought to you by BetPTC.com, the only ADW offering instant cash back. Horses that come from the absolute clouds almost never win the Kentucky Derby. There. I said it. And it needed to be said. Because Haikal comes from the clouds. He’ll probably run all day and all night, but to win the Kentucky Derby…
Read MoreDerby Spotlight: Code of Honor
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Read MoreDerby Spotlight: Game Winner
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Read MoreFourgate
If you aren’t part of the tournament circuit, you probably still heard about this weekend’s most talked about horse racing controversy. Maybe you caught wind of it on social media. Maybe you sat next to someone at a bar who was a victim of it. Or maybe you saw the reference to it via Buzzfeed’s…
Read More“You get tired of learning all the time.”
Three days removed from my first appearance in the National Horseplayers Championship, the dust has settled and I am back in the real world. Back at home. Back at work. And beginning a break of indeterminate length from the contest circuit. As I mentioned in a previous post, a break seems like a good idea,…
Read MoreRoadmap to 47th
Had you told me four days ago that I would finish my first National Horseplayers Championship in 47th place out of 668 entries and take home $6,000, there is a very strong chance I would have cried tears of joy. As I sit here in my Treasure Island hotel room on Monday morning, waiting to…
Read MoreTourney Talk- My NHC Play of the Day
Am I worried that Rich Nilsen is going to read this, adjust his Friday NHC selections based on my opinion, and then beat me at the final table? No. I am not. And you know who isn’t worried about my NHC plays? Rich. Plus, my commitment to the loyal readers of LoneSpeed, irrespective of my…
Read MoreWhere to begin?
Life has gotten in the way of LoneSpeed these past few weeks. A quick update, and some thoughts on the big week ahead. First, no sooner did LoneSpeed enter Phase 2 of its existence than I got a new job with a really cool company at a time that I wasn’t really even looking for…
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