May 17 2009
Losing can be fun when you didn’t put money on it
I actually watched the Preakness yesterday. Although I love sports, I will be the first to admit I know nothing about horse racing, nor do I really care to. I have been to the race track maybe three times in my life and have won a total of $4 in that time. So it is fun for once to watch a sport that I really don’t care about and make completely ridiculous predictions. Is this how women feel when they watch football (clearly I am making a generalization here)?
I did not even pay attention to what the odds were or the racing conditions. I made my pick based on one thing and one thing only: the horse that had the coolest name. Obviously if I had bet money for real, I would have put a little more thought into it. I was rooting for Musket Man, which was clearly the coolest name. Then I could not believe that I was upset when he came in third behind everyone’s favorites: Rachel Alexandra and Mine That Bird. But now it’s over and I can go back to not caring, until the Belmont Stakes when I will pretend to care again.
