Ok so I know a few of you don't believe horseracing is a sport, but all things aside I would like valid and reasonable picks on the outcome of the race today. Who's going to win, place, show? ... I place bets with my family and for a few years I've been winning... I must continue my winning streak.

Here's who I'm thinking right now,
Win: Brother Derek
Place: Lawyer Ron
Show: Sweetnorthernsaint

5/6/2006 11:29:49 AM

i am pissed i have to work this afternoon. i miss the PC, canes game, and the derby. Freakin sucks

Win - Brother Derek
Place - Sweetnorthernsaint
Show - Barbaro

[Edited on May 6, 2006 at 11:37 AM. Reason : ]

5/6/2006 11:30:47 AM

i love names for horses

5/6/2006 11:36:00 AM

win: barbaro
i don't know about the rest.

where can i bet some money?

5/6/2006 11:38:51 AM

one thing i hate about the derby: the 23 hours of complete coverage leading up to a two minute race

5/6/2006 12:29:07 PM

Win: Lawyer Ron
Place: Sinister Minister
Show:Sweetnorthernsaint

5/6/2006 12:33:00 PM

Seaside Retreat

5/6/2006 12:35:26 PM

bet online bodog.com

5/6/2006 12:38:21 PM

for some reason I was thinking seaside retreat, too!

5/6/2006 12:48:18 PM

i always like bob baffert's horses

but im fond of sweetnorthernsaint


but my picks in the derby dont win

5/6/2006 12:56:47 PM

I now don't believe Lawyer Ron will win because his dosage Index is higher than 4 (4.14) and the last time a horse with an index that high won in the derby was in like 1929.

5/6/2006 12:59:54 PM

what time is the race?

5/6/2006 1:11:18 PM

i think 6?

5/6/2006 1:12:36 PM

win: lisa lesli
place: sheryl swoops
show: rebecca lobo

5/6/2006 1:27:32 PM

Quote :

"I now don't believe Lawyer Ron will win because his dosage Index is higher than 4 (4.14) and the last time a horse with an index that high won in the derby was in like 1929."

what is a dosage index?

5/6/2006 1:28:58 PM

^^i see what you did there.

[Edited on May 6, 2006 at 1:31 PM. Reason : ^]

5/6/2006 1:31:01 PM

I put my picks in this....you can win $1,000,000....might as well try. You have to put your top four.

http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2006/

My picks are :

1st : Steppenwolfer
2nd : Sweetnorthernsaint
3rd : Bluegrass Cat
4th : Sinister Minister

[Edited on May 6, 2006 at 3:51 PM. Reason : $$$$$$$$$$$]

5/6/2006 3:50:13 PM

i got sinister minister

5/6/2006 4:57:50 PM

Lawyer Ron. I put down on him at 4-1 and now he's 10-1. Very strange.

Rationale: You don't spend $1 million plus to buy a horse for it to finish in second place. Lawyer Ron was sold earlier this week for $1 million plus.

5/6/2006 5:09:48 PM

ok, I've revised mine:

Win: Sweetnorthernsaint
Place: Showing Up
Show: Point Determined


ITS ALMOST TIME!!!

5/6/2006 5:10:08 PM

Dosage Index - http://www.answers.com/topic/dosage-index

Basically, it's all the information on the horse's pedigree in mathematical form to determine its ability to go certain distances in an amount of time.

5/6/2006 5:12:27 PM

Superfecta Selections
1st Place: Steppenwolfer
2nd Place: Seaside Retreat
3rd Place: Brother Derek
4th Place: Barbaro

Alternate Selections
Alternate 1: Bob and John
Alternate 2: Deputy Glitters

Tiebreaker: $8,355,786


WILD GUESSING PRETTY MUCH PLUS WHAT THE TV HAS SAID

[Edited on May 6, 2006 at 5:19 PM. Reason : FDH]

5/6/2006 5:19:08 PM

sinister minister is going to win

5/6/2006 5:26:04 PM

Steppenwolfer

"You don't know what we could find
Why don't you come with me little girl
On a magic carpet ride
You don't know what we could see
Why don't you tell your dreams to me
Fantasy will set you free
Close your eyes girl
Look inside them
Let the sound take you away...

5/6/2006 6:07:43 PM

is it over yet?

5/6/2006 6:10:01 PM

warmup lap

5/6/2006 6:10:50 PM

Quote :

"sinister minister is going to win"

5/6/2006 6:11:49 PM

sinister minister flew out into the lead. there's some horse getting killed. it's dead last, and the pack is moving away.

sinister minister just moved into second.

where are you barbaros! get your ass up there.

5/6/2006 6:15:41 PM

CRASH!

5/6/2006 6:15:58 PM

yeeeeeeeesssssssssssss barbaro!!!! get going bitch!

5/6/2006 6:16:08 PM

HOLY SHIT! HE WHOOPPED THEM ALL. HE WONT BY LIKE 15 YARDS.

I SHOULD'VE BET MONEY. FUCKING BITHC!!!!!!

5/6/2006 6:16:44 PM

unfortunately, shoulda/woulda/coulda doesn't win money in horse racing !

also, it's interesting that the lady who owns barbaro also owns showing up. lucky lady!

5/6/2006 7:19:47 PM

i picked bluegrass seacat or whatever the fuck his name was

5/7/2006 1:41:26 AM

props to superchevy for callin that shit

5/7/2006 2:04:47 AM

thanks.

with my luck, barbaro would've lost had i bet.

[Edited on May 7, 2006 at 12:57 PM. Reason : ]

5/7/2006 12:57:30 PM

he might actually have a shot at the 3 for 3

i heard that this was his first race in over five weeks or something like that, in which case he'll be well-rested... i presume anyways, since i know the equivalent of jack squat about horses

i think it'd be cool to see a horse win it though, the closest one i remember was 'real quiet' losing it by a nose back in the mid-nineties i think

5/7/2006 2:07:44 PM

last one to win the triple crown was affirmed in 78 i think

it's a pretty big deal now

5/7/2006 2:29:53 PM

whatever that horse from Philly was two years ago was close wasnt it?

i knew a shitload of people who won money riding that one

5/7/2006 2:36:01 PM

real quite won two races i think, and another won two races recently

5/7/2006 2:40:26 PM

i think it was smarty jones two years ago, lost the last one (but was in the lead for most of the race).
there was some cinderella story, too.

[Edited on May 7, 2006 at 6:13 PM. Reason : http://www.horse-races.net/library/smarty_pr.html]

5/7/2006 6:09:53 PM

Quote :

"real quite"

You mean real quiet???

5/7/2006 6:11:16 PM