Jim 'Mattress Mack' McIngvale is slated to be back betting the Kentucky Derby this year, with somewhere between $2 million and $3 million to put on the nose of...whomever he choses. Last year, that played havoc with the odds.
... [+]The good news is that the 2022 Kentucky Derby will be a great race this year because the top five favorites — in descending, morning-line order of low to high odds — Zandon, Epicenter, Messier, Mo Donegal and Taiba are generally speaking, rather bunched in talents and at last report rearing to go. The bad news is that, 700 miles south of Churchill Downs, the irrepressible Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, the well-known Houston furniture magnate, will be engaging.
He’s got plenty to do in Kentucky anyway, checking up on Runhappy, Mr. McIngvale’s Thoroughbred champion standing at stud. As we know, last year he put between $2 million and $4 million on Essential Quality. And, just like that, he watched it ride away into the mists of time as Essential Quality ran a dispiriting fourth to Medina Spirit, Mandaloun, and Hot Rod Charlie.
So, his bracing play didn’t cover the mattress/furniture promotion after all, but gauging from the coverage, including in this space, Mr. McIngvale definitely got more than $4 million in free publicity for the somewhat chaotically and extravagantly marketed Mattress Mack “brand.” Such as it is. In the picture above, Mr. McIngvale’s selection as a Houston business honoree in 2018 was celebrated in a semi-formal kilt-wearing fashion event. Including Mr.
But, in every sense, there’s a price to pay for that. At the 2022 Derby, similar McIngvale-levels of chaos await players no matter where they lay down their cash — Vegas, Churchill/Twinspires, over the pond at William Hill, et al. Naturally, the McIngvale odds tornado will be felt most keenly at Churchill, but, fortunately, per force, the race itself brings an entirely different cast of characters, featuring a different leaderboard and different possible spoilers. The Breeders’ it is not.
Fun as it is to watch Vegas sports books essentially try to dodge the McIngvale cyclone, the Derby field is doing its very best to defend itself. Because the top five faves are relatively closely bunched, even our beloved gimlet-eyed bookmakers are having hilarious difficulties shaving a lone favorite out of the crowd, even without Mr. McIngvale’s veering, careening and caroming hither and yon with his virtual satchel of $2 million-plus. It was Zandon the other day, as Mr.
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