Golden Gate: Candy's Bro... alt. Cover Magic

It's always nice when the local favorite wins at Golden Gate Fields - Congrats to Bwana Bull and those that picked him for the contest. He won without Russell Baze aboard who was still hurting from the four horse pile-up in the 8th race - for those that didn't see it, a horse that Jason Lumpkins was on broke down at the 3/8 pole and took out three other horses with him... other than Jason's horse, everyone got up a little more sore but none the worse for wear... RIP American Ivy, an Art Sherman horse :( (CORRECTION to original post in italics)

Everyone, give Miraja2 a round of applause - he's picking winners like a kindergartener picks his nose :D In only his 2nd week in the contest, AngelSita has a hold on 2nd place and Paisjpq is a strong 3rd. I'm holding steady at 20th and have decided that I will be mirroring the top 3's picks as closely as possible :D :eek:

Here are the results of the California Derby and the current standings:

# Derby Trail Member GG-R9 TOTAL
1 Miraja2 $4.30 $145.70
2 AngelSita $11.80 $106.80
3 Paisjpq $2.40 $90.50
4 Hickory Hill Hoff $11.80 $79.90
5 Swedejxn $11.80 $77.10
6 Mclem10011 $0.00 $72.80
7 Eurobounce NP $66.00
8 DaHoss9698 $4.30 $55.50
9 PeteMugg $2.60 $52.70
10 Sightseek $2.60 $50.80
11 Buffymommy $11.80 $47.30
12 Merasmag $11.80 $44.30
13 BT $2.60 $43.20
14 Ninetoone $2.60 $37.40
15 2 Dollar Bill $2.60 $35.10
16 Alydar $4.30 $31.20
17 Cal828 $11.80 $30.60
18 TitanSooner NP $27.90
19 nwaryas $4.30 $26.90
20 Derbycat $0.00 $26.60
21 SniperSB23 NP $25.90
22 GenuineRisk NP $24.60
23 Ramone44 $11.80 $21.20
24 Timmgirvan $0.00 $19.20
25 Saucon17 NP $17.60
26 PackerBacker7964 NP $12.80
27 CannonShell NP $12.30
28 Manila Rose $4.30 $10.80
29 Danzig188 NP $9.40
30 CeeJay NP $3.30
31 KirisClown NP $2.80
32 Thunder Gulch $0.00 $2.00

NP = No Pick

I'll post next weeks races by Thursday... looking at the schedule I see that there are quite a few good races to choose from. You can bet that the Holy Bull and Sham stakes will be included along with one or two others on Saturday!

Derby, you need to add a buck to everyone's total, if they got it right. I think it paid $11.80 instead of $10.80.

I was just thinking that the total was wrong, but I had the payouts as

6.60/3.00/2.20 = 12.80

I thought maybe it was just the ESPN results, but I looked at the results from equibase and they had the same payouts. Or am I doing drunk math again?

HA HA! And I only had ONE wine cooler (I am a cheap drunk). It is 11.80. :)

Layoff the vino. 6.60+3.00=9.60+2.20=11.80. Just kidding!!

congrats miraja... nice call...

CONGRATS Mira! Great job.

You are correct... I did the math after a few drinks and we all know that I make enough mistakes totally sober :o

Consider it fixed and thank you for your attentiveness! :D

Seriously, I only had one. :p

No need for applause. Typically when I have a good weekend (like I did this past weekend) I will follow it up with about 25 bad picks in a row. So it will be fun to watch how rapidly I fall from the top!