2007 Thread Of The Year Nominations
 

I was just reading a thread and there was a comment about it being one of the funniest ever and got to thinking there's been some real doozies over 2007 so.....would anyone want to nominate a thread for "THREAD OF THE YEAR". I would expect the professional posters would remember some good ones (that were not deleted).

What is your choice? Can be funy, informative, whatever. You know, kinda like horse of the year, picture of the year, only this will be thread of the year.

Any takers?????

http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/sho...414#post294414

Wow, we think a lot alike...

The Original "Sumwon Thread" -

http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/sho...hlight=auction

Wow, yeah, that was an awesome day, and it's my vote for thread of the year, too. Good suggestion! How far we have come! :)

Any nominated thread that does not contain a contribution from PG1985 must immediately be tossed in my opinion. He has to be included.
Off the top of my head, the one where he asked us all if we thought Nobiz like Showbiz was unbeatable is a classic.

I don't know if those threads exist anymore.

My personal favorite was toward the end when he said he stayed he stayed up all night capping because "the great ones never quit..."

It was all entertaining in a strange way, kind of like watching a train wreck...

I'm still laughing out loud.

Here it is in all it's glory....

Above quote from this thread....
http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/sho...eat#post182681

i'll agree with that, pg definitely has to be considered. one of my favorites is when we first caught him posting fake bets. the thread may be gone now but first he posted that he was done for the day, broke. two minutes later he posts that he had just made some big pick three play. but earlier in the day he said he doesn't bet online so i asked him how in the world he got the pick three bet in so fast. his answer? there is an OTB just behind his back yard and he ran over and back very fast.

Didn't that turn into him wanting to meet someone at the OTB and settle things because they only lived 10 minutes apart? Pillow, Dahoss or someone else?

Nice work Bigs.... That one is burned into my mind forever.

Cant imagine Hossy causing any controversy...

yep, it was dahoss, pg said to meet him at some bar to he could show him the ticket. i can't stop laughing remembering all that stuff.

I believe it was Dahoss. He insisted he would show him the tickets.

Where on earth has DaHoss been?

I think the thread of the year is this one:
http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10951

This 11 page PG1985 thread is a classic. With contributions from all-time greats GRITS, Java Gold, kentuckyrosesinmay, and the man himself, PG1985.....this one is hard to top.
Although reading through it was a bit humbling (why did I like Notional so much?) it is still amusing. The topic is top 5 derby horses and the highlights include:

Java Gold: "Cobalt Blue...who cares about the rest...Java out."
PG1985: "i have a super sleeper, but i have no clue where he is ?"
kentuckyrosesinmay: "I will be very surprised in Street Sense is even in the starting gate."
kentuckyrosesinmay: "Both horses aren't nearly as pretty moving as they were as two year olds. You can pick stuff like this out if you know what you are looking for. Both looked sore to me, especially Street Sense. He doesn't even look like the same horse because he hits the ground so quick now. Any Given Saturday also hits the ground a little quicker than he did as a two year old."
King Glorious: "Only two horses have a chance to win the Derby. The exacta will be Notional and Circular Quay. Haven't decided the order but they are sure to be 1-2."
kentuckyrosesinmay: "Not all horses who are sore will walk sore. Bute hides a lot of things....That's why the people that I am associated with feel the horse's legs at the two year old sales."
kentuckyrosesinmay: "I can tell an enourmous amount about a horse by watching videos of the horses without even being around them. It ties into why they make videos of the horses at the two year old sales."

All of these are just from the first 4 pages of this highly entertaining thread.

Bless you for pointing out these classics.....I will fall asleep with a smile on my face tonight...:D

Tons of people at Street Sense as their top choice at the time of that thread. I wonder how many of them wagered on him.

Top 5 derby horses...

LMAO!! What a classic.

Who can forget?

http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/sho...&postcount=129

what a hoot! that top five derby horse thread had everything in it.
a worthly nomination, people were hitting on all cylinders on that one.

At some point PG85 explained away the fact that he sandwiched a trip to the OTB between two posts he made six minutes apart. "I can see the OTB from my back yard!"

Tough when you go off script.

One of the more impressive threads is Pillows running football thread.

The Ky Roses thread I have never seen before, but it is hilarious

Wow. That's a funny thread.

i found that one, it pretty good.

http://derbytrail.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10399

Top 5 Derby Horses wins hands down for Topic of the Year. I think the post of the year may be in it as well:

KRIM - I'm going to college to be a cardiologist.
Pillow Pants - Don't you go to a junior college?
BTW - They're small hearts.

such genius in one so young.

nothing like dry humor. i love it.

God, that one was phucking BRILLIANT.

this was the most exciting thread for the year and most fun to follow. it had the GREATEST effect on ALL of us .

One of my favorites
 

Going back a little further in the vault, this one I found highly amusing:

The Geogewashington Tirad

http://derbytrail.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7244

Enjoy,

Spyder

That one is from 2006. Does that disqualify it from "thread of the YEAR" consideration?

I know, just missed by a little over a month but always found it very funny.

Spyder

My favorite threads were the ones that prompted me to sign up in the first place. All the ones that led to the departure of a "certain" poster. He seemed to know everything, and it was funny to read people ripping him on it. It reminded me of the Thoroughbred Times forum, which was the funniest reading EVER, in the halcyon days of 2003-2005.

As as aside, my all time favorite internet threads involved the horse LAST MINUTE DETAIL, his connections, and the run up to that years Classics. NOTHING will ever be funnier than that.

Bonus points for anyone that can name the horse that "Majority Whip" owned that was scheduled to face Last Minute Detail in the "Great Match Race" at Saratoga that same summer.

The BBB Classic
 

Fearless Leader is right about all-time great threads.....he is referring specifically to two threads from 2004 on the now aborted DRF Forum that I only wish I could post here ( one started off being about Value Plus I think ) that were more outrageous than you can believe. The key combatants were a " bloodstock agent " named Dan Frattinger who had been instrumental in the purchase of Last Minute Detail, who spent 15 seconds on the Triple Crown, and ended his career running for a nickel at Penn National. Last Minute Detail's owner, a guy named Jerry Little who I subsequently met and is a nice man, also joined in the fray....as well as one of actual Triple Crown aspirant Master David's owners ( who, coincidently, ended his career running for a tag at Delta Downs ). Those threads deserve a spot in the Smithsonian.

Was anyone here on that board ( aside from Morty )?

that was on espn, before this site came up. there were some raucous threads over there near the end.

Break my legs? I don't know who he is, I just remember loving the similar sarcastic discourse described above...just like the Thoroughbred Times... checked this out one day and saw the same, I just knew I had to follow along and subsequently join.