Ask Chris McCarron, a two-time Derby winner and Hall of Famer who decided to get off Dollar Bill to ride Millennium Wind in the Louisiana Derby.
Inevitably there were a few who wandered whether the film really matched up to Woody's Oscar-winner, Annie Hall, none more aggressive than chasbot1, who said: "You've got to be kidding me!
Tom McCarthy's novel C is currently odds-on favourite but, as it's generally considered "experimental" (or, as some people would prefer, "unreadable"), a win would be unlikely to emulate the enormous worldwide sales of last year's winner, Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, with more than half a million copies sold.
Its winners include the Hall of Famers Seabiscuit, Whirlaway, Riva Ridge, Cigar and Skip Away.
Five other winners are potential Hall of Famers: Tiger Woods, Corey Pavin, Fuzzy Zoeller, Retief Goosen and Geoff Ogilvy.
Then at 8 o'clock, Pletcher sent out Graeme Hall, winner of the Arkansas Derby, who spun five furlongs in 1 01.
But it was a glorious 48 hours for Hall, winner of just one tournament in his five years on the senior circuit.
Signature Theater Company will produce Off Broadway world premieres next year of plays by the Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Albee, Katori Hall ("The Mountaintop") and Kenneth Lonergan ("The Starry Messenger"), as well a new work by Will Eno ("Middletown") and three dramas by the South African playwright Athol Fugard.
Happy Birthday: Two-time Daytona 500 winner and Motorsports Hall of Famer Bill Elliott.
(Competition Winners' Recital at Weill Hall on April 14).
After all, there are 20 multiple M.V.P. winners eligible for the Hall, and besides Roger Maris (who managed only three great seasons), Murphy is the only one who has not been inducted.
