Derby Day Dawns...

...and I'm back in business (after a sojourn to DC that involved some work at Archives II, Pizzeria Paradsio, catching the Oaks on TV at a bar, Crowded House and some early trains). I'm catching up on everything happened yesterday and was obviously disturbed to hear about Chelokee's breakdown; it sounds like the outlook is only about 50/50, despite the fact that the injury is not a fracture as initially feared. Here's hoping he beats the odds. Proud Spell seemed to easily outclass the field in the Oaks, but I'm still not predicting it will be so easy for Derby favorites. For your amusement (and so that I can keep track of them), here is the entire Superfecta Household Derby Investment (note that some of these were not approved by Management): Adriano across the board Eight Belles to win Eight Belles across the board Tale of Ekati to win Visionaire to win Court Vision to win Colonel John/Z Fortune exacta box Colonel John/Visionaire exacta box Visionaire/Z Fortune exacta box Visionaire/Pyro exacta box Visionaire/Big Brown exacta box Pyro/Big Brown exacta box Eight Belles/Pyro exacta box Eight Belles/Pyro/Big Brown tri box Visionaire/Z Fortune/Colonel John/Big Brown tri/super box Let the losing begin -- and come on, Einstein!