we gotta root for lookin at lucky

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Since Eskendereya was scratched, and I have to be relieved because I'd've been dying of anxiety about him living through it, my mother tells me that we must root for Baffert's horse, because Baffert is always nice to my mother, and that counts on the odds.

Except... heavy sigh... it appears Lookin at Lucky has more Native Dancer in his pedigree even than Eskendreya has, so I'm back on the hook. Sidney's Candy, somehow, doesn't do it for me, and I wish he would because he's got sturdier, if less classy, bloodlines. I swear, I'm already getting heartburn.

On top of everything, the track's a total mess....
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