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Thinking funny

By Jay Cronley
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, October 26, 2009

Breeder's Cup weekend makes Lake Wobegone look like Siberia. At the Breeder's Cup, it's like Nicely Nicely in Wonderland: two drinks make you handicap better, all the payoffs are gigantic, the tellers don't accept tips, house cuts are suspended, DQ's get a rebate, and food stamps are accepted. They'll be redirecting insane amounts of currency at Santa Anita Nov. 6 and 7, and at simulcast venues near and foreign. It's a perfect event for movie land, part artificial, all about money. It's unlike ...

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