In 2002, seven friends from their days at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, are getting together for a few flutters on the horses. On this magical day they hit the Pick Six. It’s a lot of money. And their leader, Arnie Rison, convinces them to use some of their seven-figure payoff to buy race horses. Here they get lucky again: one of their buys turns out to be a stallion with sensational speed. A money-maker. When injury sidelines The Badger Express in 2005, he is worth a fortune more at stud fees. So Arnie instigates an agreement: if one of the significant seven dies, the others assume his share down to the last survivor.