Bingo Mania

Something fun to do in the deep, dark winter is play BINGO! Especially if you win like I did tonight! There are smoking & non-smoking rooms. You can still smoke at BINGO, the bars, in cabs & owner's choice restaurants in the valley. Thurs-Sunday nights with late-nights Friday & Saturday. I like that they start at 6:30 and I'm home by 9:30. And tonight about $150 ahead!

Located at 6445 E. Blue Lupine Rd. in Wasilla.

Good Poker Hand Day 08-08-08

Hard to find coke trays

Eight Belles

She was the queen of beers.

Street Sense

Get ready for the Kentucky Derby.

My pick to win is:

Post 5

Horse

Eight Belles

Trainer

Larry Jones

Dosage

2.20

Jockey

Gabriel Saez

Odds

20-1

5. Eight Belles (20-1)

Why she'll win: On four-race winning streak. Is one of only five horses in the field to post a triple-digit Beyer speed figure in a race at a mile or longer as a 3-year-old. Off-the-pace win in Fantasy at Oaklawn in last start. Seasoned, her nine career starts are the most in the field, and consistent, with five wins (three in stakes).

Why she won't: Never raced beyond 11/16 miles. This is no Winning Colors, who toyed with the boys in winning the 1988 Santa Anita Derby, and wired a 17-horse field in the 114th Kentucky Derby. Call me a traditionalist. She probably would win the Kentucky Oaks easily.

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