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When McDonald's was rolling its sesame-seeded success across virgin country, obtaining a franchise was a ticket to a fast-food fortune. Says a winner in Georgia, who insisted on anonymity: "You see a lot of affluence, and you think it's waiting for you when you grab the keys." But as competition stiffened, a set of Golden Arches has become less golden and more arch. The average franchisee owns 3.4 stores, each of which generates about $1.5 million in sales. With profits falling, though, the resale value of a store is half that of three years ago, according...
...horse had been overlooked for a number of reasons. He was literally an ugly yearling, hairless because of mange. His breeding wasn't very special. But lurking in his pedigree was his dam's sire, Poker, who was also the maternal grandfather of 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew...
...occupation, wrote down "porn star." They loved it when he helped Stevens up onto Silver Charm just before the Derby and told him, "May the horse be with you." Most of all, they loved it when his horse won a sensational stretch drive with favorite Captain Bodgit. In the winner's circle Baffert literally danced with the trophy. At the victory party afterward, Baffert kept telling Lewis, in homage to the ad campaign for one of the owner's beers, "I love you, man." After the Derby, Baffert says, he felt like the Robert Redford character in The Candidate...
...House at the wire by the bob of his nose. "Free House is a buddy of his from California," Baffert says. "Captain Bodgit he doesn't like very much. Gary told me he wouldn't have won had it not been for Captain Bodgit's late charge." In the winner's circle Baffert decided to wear the Preakness cup on his head. His wife Sherry says, "Bob's always been like that. I don't know if I'm married to a horse trainer or an entertainer...
Maybe they'll get to go with Mom and Dad and Silver Charm into the winner's circle. If that happens, does Baffert have anything special planned, along the lines of his Derby dance and Preakness pose? "Actually," he says, "I've been rehearsing with my daughter Savannah, who's the same age as Silver Charm. When the camera is on her, I've instructed her to smile and then scream, "Show me the money...