We have Cairo Driver running at Turfway Park Saturday night, so let's hope she gets a win! And, if you haven't signed up for our Thorough Crowd email list yet I would love for you to join us on the grand adventure of Thoroughbred ownership at super reasonable prices: https://thoroughcrowd.com/contact/
Now onto the recap:
It sounds so simple....pick one winner a day. ONE WINNER. How hard can that possibly be?
Well, apparently it's a freaking nightmare.
We ended up with 734 entries in this year's contest, falling just short of $15,000 in the pool. Compared to the 576 entries last year, we are way up, so thanks for getting in and making this a huge contest! But, while we began with 734 entries, we'll only have 431 entries moving on to day 2. So, 303 entries failed, on Day 1, when options were abundant. This is supposed to be an easy day.
Some people lost taking shots at big seeds in an effort to get some of those delicious tie breaker points, like the 60 entries burned on South Dakota St., 51 entries that trusted Indiana was truly back, and another 44 entries were lost on the vaunted Mountain West Conference that amassed an exciting 0-4 Tournament record.
And, while it sucks to lose picking a double digit seed....it really sucks when you "play it safe" and still come out looking like a jabroney. Like the 46 entries that put their faith in Connecticut or the 55 entries burned in Iowa's annual forgetting how to play basketball when it matters. And, some people even decided to take the ultimate safe path choosing a 2 seed against a 15 seed....even those entries were lost, along with the sanity of a state.
To the 431 entries that live to fight on Day 2, I wish you the best of luck. The path is fraught with dangers and perils will abound. But, if you trust your instincts and believe in yourself...you'll probably still lose, but you'll lose with dignity, or you won't. What do I know?
Good luck y'all, here's to a wonderful Day 2!
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