One of the word’s foremost authority on Sigma Derby crawls down into the Neon gutter and tells Burt, Dan, and Matt all about the “Sport of Plastic Kings.” Ski has ridden the rail for over 50,000 Sigma Derby races and shares his insight on the tiny galloping horses. He schools the boys on its history, why it’s so much damn fun, where you can still play it, and what its future looks like.
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Unlike the bare infields at the long gone MGM Grand and Frontier tracks, the D’s infield is lively and demonstrates that the horses are treated well with shade, places to lie down, and the companionship of other plastic horses when not running.
Ski shows us his impressive Sigma Derby 10th Anniversary t-shirt. We can only dream of having a shirt this nice.
The austere infield of the old MGM Grand Sigma Derby machine. It’s as though you could wait for Godot inside the track. Don’t go looking for this track, it broke in 2017 and never came back.
The range of emotions among the competitors in the Big Empire’s Sigma Derby Handicapper’s Challenge go from resignation to joy to intense fury. Note the impressive Champion’s trophy in the foreground.
The year he took the title, Bob Black partook of the many rewards available to the champion in the Big Empire Sigma Derby Handicapper’s Challenge. He took the title in 2007 at the Frontier Hotel.
The D’s last living Sigma Derby machine requires constant care and feeding, as do the little ponies on its track.
The Sigma Derby runs on 80s technology and parts that, when they fail, are near impossible to replace. The horses, though, are forever young.
During repairs, the D track is removed and set to the side. No plastic horses were injured.
Burt Cohen psyches himself up for the start of the race at the D, the very last Sigma Derby in existence. When working well, buy does the Sigma Derby work, to bring smiles and laughter, if not riches.
