One dream of mine and something I always thought would be an interesting venture is to own a racehorse. From a small circuit horse to a Kentucky Derby thoroughbred, the excitement of watching your horse race (not to mention, having a little wager on him) would be a great experience. Of course, this would be a challenging and expensive dream to obtain due to many factors. For one thing, my knowledge on horse racing doesn’t extend further than walking up to the window and placing an exacta or trifecta, and even that went up in flames on Saturday with my 4,6,8 horses. Financially, horse racing is very expensive to enter, but after I read an article by Darren Rovell last week on the prices of the competing Kentucky Derby horses  I noticed that some horses sold for reasonable prices. I know the purchase of a horse is only the beginning, and the annual up keep and training is where the money is at, but hey it’s fun to dream. Three horses closed as clear-cut favorites heading into the Kentucky Derby: Continue reading →