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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm in Hot Springs, AR home of the Oaklawn Jockey
Club. Curlin raced here Saturday. He's the 7/2 favorite for the
Derby right now. Let me tell you that is one good looking horse. He
won the $1M Arkansas Derby by 10 lengths and he acted like it was just a nice
afternoon run.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyway, this is how my buddy Jimmy makes julips
(Jimmy has worked a few Kentucky Derby's. Just about everyone in this
little town has some connection to the horses.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Take a Kentucky Derby glass (It's like a tall water
glass) and fill it 1/3 with ice, add a few leaves of bruised mint and powdered
sugar to taste, another 1/3 ice mint and sugar, fill to top with ice and stick
in a sprig of mint, fill with sour mash bourbon, drink. Jimmy is very
particular about bruising the mint to release the oils.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And always have one toast to the safety of the
horses and riders. My friend Liz (who grew up at the track) always thinks
its a good Derby if nobody gets hurt.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>