As has been mentioned throughout the week, the Dolberry clan went to Louisville over last weekend to see Sweet Mo. We had a great time & came away feeling really blessed to have just a great family ... one that just keeps getting better w/ each addition. (The earlier setups were a tease to increase blog traffic through the week. DCV readership lags toward the weekend. Hey, this blog isn't free. Ok, it is free. But still.)
Maybe we'll make Fridays be request night at the DCV.
CSue from Alaska wanted to know more about Tootsie Rolls. OK, I read thru their recently released quarterly earnings report, they seem to be doing well. Certainly, better than some junk food dealers. (Speaking of which, "Junk Food Junkie" may be my favorite novelty song of all time. DYN: It made it to the Top 10 in 1976. But I only gave this like 5 seconds thought, so feel free to suggest others I'm forgetting.) Back on topic, Tootsie Corp sold $186 million dollars of the stuff last quarter alone. Up 7% from same quarter, last year. Not all is sugar & chocolate, though, Tootsie is concerned about rising costs of Canadian products and costs due to increased labeling requirements by the FDA. I agree that it would be hard to label those tiny little suckers. What is that 1 pt font. Give 'em a break FDA, sheesh, it's a Tootsie, how bad can it be? And if you own 10 shares of Tootsie stock, congratulations my friend, that a cool $5.40 in your pocket.
C-Lo writes ... "Dolberry, your racing picks are an invaluable means of identifying the sure losers in any race. Quit holding out on your Breeders Cup picks, jerk!" Thank you C-Lo. Here they are. Caution: I spent less time on these than on the best novelty song decision. Working backwards from the big race, down to the lesser races.
Classic: Perfect Drift is one of my all time favorite horses (others include: Bombay Duck, Gato del Sol, Cryptoclearance, Badger Land, Unbridled, Thunder Gulch, Smarty Jones, Afleet Alex, Barbaro). He doesn't win that often, but he's always around. He's had success at CD. But mostly for sentimental reasons, I'm looking for the Ted Williams career finish with a two length win in the Classic. In second, I like Invasor, I'll bet the horses in Uruguay were glad to see the last of his 8-wins-in-9-starts butt when he shipped over here. In third, it'll be Flower Alley. This horse has been pathetic his last two outings, but Pletcher screamed a fit when he almost was left out of the field. He must know something. Plus we've got the principle at play here how that last team in March Madness, the one that everyone complains about, always seems to win a game or two. I'd say Bernardini (aka "possibly the next Secretariat" #46) gets 5th.
Turf: 1. Cacique 2. Hurricane Run 3. Red Rocks. (An all Irish trifecta.)
Distaff: 1. Pine Island 2. Balletto 3. Fleet Indian
Mile: 1. Aragorn 2. Echo of Light 3. Rob Roy
Sprint: 1. Henny Hughes 2. Thor's Echo 3. Pomeroy
Filly/Mare Turf: 1. Satwa Queen 2. Dancing Edie 3. Film Maker
Juvenile: 1. Circular Quay 2. Great Hunter 3. Street Sense
Juvenile Fillies: 1. Gatorize 2. Dreaming of Anna 3. Appealing Zophie
Have a nice weekend everyone.
Dolberry!
6 comments:
Tip on the Juvie race: UD Ghetto!!!!!
How can you go wrong with a horse like that??
- SC
Your play by play was superior to your BC picks! However, your expertise on the playing field is notable...(the old shoulder excuse again!)? What's with that? Can't wait for the "Rugers" play by play. Any predictions there? The whole game hangs on one thumb. Ciao!
Hey, if you 1$ tri-boxed my BC picks you made $406 thanks to my Juvie score. That's pretty good for picking names out of a mental hat.
(If anyone did make said $406, please remember the customary 10% blogger finder fee.)
Dolberry
Thanks for the BC picks. I was impressed, even though I didn't read these until Monday. I do find it a bit eerie, though, that a couple of minutes before the Classic started, I had a strong sense to pick Perfect Drift, without knowing why. But now I do: I was clearly channeling the DCV blog. Scary stuff.
How come none of the horses worse costumes in the race? I mean, this close to Halloween and all you'd kind of expect to see one of them dressed as an inflatable hippo or the like wouldn't you? Maybe one of the 30-1 longshots in a Magnum, P.I. getup or something.
Also, regarding the value of TR: a better buy right now for candy companies is Cadbury Schweppes.
Chad
Given Dolberry's sad financial state, the Cadbury Scweppes may be out of my price range, let alone the stock.
Betting the CR-V on Perfect Drift to show in the Classic was a bad idea. Least favorite horses of all time: Perfect Drift.
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