Winning Colors - Snap Classic

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🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

She’s stunning grey, sleek as a race car, and stronger than all the boys. Her name is Winning Colors and for Dino and Miami she’s the long shot of a lifetime.

This story contains strong language and includes descriptions of gambling, sensitive listeners please be advised.

If gambling has become a problem for you or for someone you know, you can call 1-800-GAMBLER (426-2537) to seek free, confidential, 24/7 problem gambling assistance.

A huge thank you to Mark “Miami” Paul for sharing his story with Snap!

Wondering what happened to Winning Colors? After her 1988 Kentucky Derby crown the big grey filly retired the following year with eight career wins. In 2000, she was inducted into the U.S. National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. In 2008, at the age of 23 Winning Colors was laid to rest in Lexington, Kentucky.

To find out more about Miami and Winning Colors’ story – check out Miami’s book, “The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told”

Original score by Renzo Gorrio, produced by Bo Walsh, artwork by Teo Ducot

Snap Classic - Season 15 – Episode 18

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0:00.0	Snap Studios.
0:09.0	So, I want my buddy Simon.
0:12.0	And Simon tells me that lottery tickets are taxed on the stupid
0:18.0	right? Okay so why are we standing in line to buy lottery tickets?
0:26.0	No, no, no, no.
0:28.0	He says, we're not buying lottery tickets.
0:31.0	We're not?
0:32.0	No. What we're buying is little taste of hope. A little taste of what if, a little taste of magic that we can put in our pockets to distract us from the drudgery and the agonies of everyday life.
0:45.3	That's what we're buying at this gas station.
0:49.4	Wow.
0:51.8	All that for the price of a losing ticket. What a bargain, but... But... I can't help
1:00.1	it think... What if we could tip the scales? What if we knew a guy who knew a
1:09.0	guy? Would have just once we could make it so that this wasn't a losing piece of paper after all?
1:16.0	Well, then, Stamp Judgment, the fix is in. So that probably presents winning colors.
1:28.0	My name is from Washington and I don't care what Simon says.
1:34.0	Stupid bets are the best kinds of bets to make
1:38.0	when you're listening.
1:41.0	To snap judgment.
1:43.0	Now then, Mark Paul, who's early
1:48.0	who's in the early 20s when folks started calling him Miami.
1:55.0	Dressed in pastel-colored shirts, living slacks and white tennis shoes, no socks, most days.
2:01.0	Miami had hopped in his Mercedes convertible and head to Miami's favorite place,
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