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Oh yes, on Saturday, California Chrome is trying to become the first horse in decades to win the triple crown (Preakness is the second of three races in the triple crown for you 99%’ers.)

But already this 1%er has had his payday! Find out what football player was accidentally overpaid $14,000 on his winning bet at the Derby. (Bless his heart, though, he handed out $100 bills to random strangers. That’s how he rolls.)

This article appears in May 15-21, 2014.

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Hot horse racing news: Preakness tomorrow!

by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon
May 16, 2014

<h1>Hot horse racing news: Preakness tomorrow!</h1> <p class="byline">by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />May 16, 2014</p> <p>Oh yes, on Saturday, California Chrome is trying to become the first horse in decades to win the triple crown (Preakness is the second of three races in the triple crown for you 99%'ers.) </p> <p>But already this 1%er has had his payday! <a href="http://tracking.si.com/2014/05/16/broncos-wes-welker-churchill-downs-repayment/" target="_blank">Find out what football player</a> was accidentally overpaid $14,000 on his winning bet at the Derby. (Bless his heart, though, he handed out $100 bills to random strangers. That's how he rolls.)</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/hot-horse-racing-news-preakness-tomorrow-2328961/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=28641&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/hot-horse-racing-news-preakness-tomorrow-2328961/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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