Palm Beach pooches predict Saints
The Palm Beach Kennel Club's "Pooch Predictor" race points to the Saints this year.
In a photo finish, it was WW Orange Julius, representing the New Orleans Saints holding off a fast-closing Gotcha Day, wearing the Colts blanket. Orange Julius won by one-half of a length.
The greyhounds have correctly predicted the outcome of nine of the last 13 Super Bowls.
Palm Beach Kennel Club will have a 15-race performance Sunday, featuring Superfectas on every race plus a forced payout on the Twin-Trifecta.
Post time is 1 p.m. Racing fans wearing NFL apparel will be admitted free.
There will also be "Super Specials" in the Paddock and Terrace Restaurants and a special Super Bowl All-You-Can-Eat Buffet party in the Poker Room for only $10 beginning at 6 p.m.
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
