Actually the term “Lead pipe cinch” originated at the racetrack
My friend had a horse some years back, he was running well at Woodbine at around the $25 000 class range, then he decided to run him up at Fort Erie in a $3000 race against a bunch of donkeys to make some easy money
The betting public assumed the horse was broken down since he took such a dramatic drop in class and were cautious
Anywho, my friend unloads on him, something like $50 000, and the horse easily becomes the heavy chalk at odds of under even money
I was reluctant to bet so much on the horse, but my friend assured me he was a “Lead pipe cinch”, so i joined the cause and dumped on him
The race starts…our horse stumbles out of the gate, gets stepped on, bumped into the rail, where the jockey loses his whip, and we are left to watch our jockey basically punching the horse in the head coming down the stretch since he had no whip
The horse did not take too kindly to the swift head blows and finished off the board lol
And that was a lead pipe cinch
Dallas
Playing at home, the big favorite, an extra weeks rest, playing a team they already beat twice this year in 2 games, the NFL’s winningest team of all time, Americas team, etc etc
Lead pipe cinch lol
BTW, New England is a lead pipe cinch to win the Super Bowl