The $20 Junior Challenge, May 11 2024

I hadn’t posted this in a while. Mostly because the blue roan harness trotter Pay Me To Knight (known around the barn as “Junior”) hasn’t exactly been up to snuff. But even though I haven’t posted lately about my challenge … I still follow the rule of this year-long endeavor. $20 on his nose to…

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Donald Trump and Psalms 3:16

You could build a museum of failure to all the products Donald Trump has endorsed – products that either flopped, went bankrupt, or were outright swindles. Let’s see … catch me if I miss any – Trump Steaks, Trump: The Board Game, Trump Mattresses, Trump Vodka, Trump Ice Water, Trump shirts and ties, Trump video…

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A second dose of survivor’s guilt.

This is the 54th anniversary of a tragic moment in my life. On February 20, 1970, a horrific car accident gravely injured my brother Allen Miller, who would pass away six months later from his injuries. He was only three years old when the car crash took place. At the time, I was attending first…

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The $20 Junior Challenge – Race 1

Yesterday, I began a new, year-long betting scheme.โ€‚I would concentrate on one horse at Saratoga Harness – a horse officially named Pay Me To Knight, but known at his Checkmate Stable home barn as Junior.โ€‚A simple bet.โ€‚$20 on his nose to win the race he enters. So let’s test this theory out. Junior’s first race…

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