By Warren Eves
Not long after the Super Bowl the phone rang.
My daughter Irish was calling from Louisiana. They had just left a party. Spirits were high. Those Who Dats had done it. Everyone was elated.
The Saints return to New Orleans Monday afternoon. Even though Mardi Gras is just around the corner the Saints Super Bowl parade will be Tuesday. Not many went to work on Monday and they were partying all over the city not just on Bourbon Street.
My granddaughter called from LSU. Elation was rampant.
Headlines across the nation:
Press Register, Mobile Alabama: “Dat’s Who, No. 1, dat’s who.”
Braedenton Herald, Florida: “PARTY TIME !”
Florida Times: ‘HEAVEN SENT” with picture of Breeds lifting his son to falling confetti.”
Miami Herald: “Ain’t Dat Something !” with pic of Brees holding son Baylen and wife Brittany.
Baton Rouge Advocate: ”BELIEVE DAT ! with picture of Brees lifting helmet in air.
New York Post: “All Saints Day”
This reporter visited New Orleans and Mississippi after Katrina. Devastation was everywhere you looked. I still have this lasting memory of ruined structures with white paint outside them. It told the searchers whether the property had been searched or not. Biloxi, Mississippi, was actually worse when I took the tour.
This past year when I visited my family for several weeks we noted significant recovery. Some structures still remained in ruin, but the city and the outskirts had been cleaned up amazingly well.
The colts closed as 4 to 4-1/2 point favorites. At the Belagio sports book reportedly a $2 million dollar wager was made by a poker player on the colts. Overall Las Vegas books handled slightly more than they did last year which tells you a lot with the economic status.
Who’s still wearing his WHO DAT hat?
DAT would be me.
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About The Author
Warren Eves is the senior turf writer from the state of California who now calls Las Vegas his home. The one time editor of the Pasadena Independent Star News moved on to handle publicity for racetracks coast to coast. Eves gained his first exposure to the racetrack through a school buddy Art Lerille, Jr., who eventually became a trainer in California. Warren worked as farm manager for crack two-year-old trainer Ray Priddy, before holding on track jobs at the racetrack. He worked for Hall of Fame trainer M.E. "Buster" Millerick, Allen Drumheller, Jr., and Dick Moon. Eves has a well rounded background in all breeds. He developed Quarter Horse Report in 1979 with Ed Burgart, track announcer, at Los Alamitos Race Course. It was an innovative publication which revolutionized the industry with actual descriptions of the workouts. While handling publicity at Saratoga Raceway in upstate New York Eves was named employee of the year in 1970. He also handled publicity for Sunland Park, Centennial Park, Ascot Park, Thistledown, and two harness meetings in California. Eves then went into the 900-line business with his best plays and has compiled his own Kentucky Derby ratings for many years. In 1997 he began going back and forth to Las Vegas teaming up with Ralph Siraco to create the long runining radio show Raceday Las Vegas. Eves has produced and directed many horse racing shows on both radio and television. In 2010 he got a call from Mark Geiger. That's when he began writing for the newest horse racing site on the internet www.pricehorsecentral.com. Eves, with a reputation of a trip handicapper, spends countless hours doing video tape review. His unique "playback list" includes consistenly conservative lengths lost notatations. Veteran clocker John Wilson encouraged Eves to put the minus(-1) notations into his commentary for those who do numbers. He's been doing this unique process for many years. While writing for Ridder Publication at the Pasadena Star News his investigative reporting was highly regarded by his peers. Often on the cutting edge, Eves has been given the green light to write about what issues he sees fit to cover. Have a question. If Warren doesn't know the answer he'll tell you up front. Eves won't drop it there, however, he'll find someone who knows the answer and get back to you. Until Santa Anita goes back to dirt tracks Warren will be conentrating on races at venues that do. It doesn't mean he's not reviewing the races at Santa Anita, it merely means his betting dollars will be playing other venues. He feels there's simply too many question marks when it comes to "fake" dirt tracks.
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