DT Contest: The 2009 Finale
 

Wow, we’ve reached the end of the Third Annual Derby Trail Contest. As your host, it has been a pleasure - thank you for letting me run this fun and informative contest - and thanks to all of those that pointed out my mistakes without pointing out my math sucks :rolleyes:

Just a reminder, if the horse you picked earlier in this contest win the Derby, you will get a "10 times the earlier race payoff" bonus... for example, if Friesan Fire wins the Derby, jms62 will get a $156.00 bonus (10 x $15.60, Friesan Fire's pay-off from the Risen Star) and he will most likely beat Scav and win this game :eek:

Also, we are playing for prizes, they are:

1st Place: A Trophy AND BRAGGING RIGHTS!
2nd Place: Horse Racing prize package
3rd Place: Tom Chapman "The End of an Era" Bay Meadows Poster

Last year the Derby bonus ended up making the difference as TheSpyder pulled out the win. Second place went to Dunbar (only $2.20 behind Spyder ) and third place went to Hoist Her Flag – congrats to all of them! :tro:

Finally, I also will be posting a Triple Crown contest. That one is very easy, pick the winner and a three horse exacta box for each of the three TC races... you can either post your picks here or there - I'll keep track of them where ever you post them!

Good luck everyone!

CHURCHILL DOWNS: Kentucky Derby (Grade I)
RACE # 11 DISTANCE: 1 1/4 Miles
PP’s: DRF BRIS
Prg. # Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Equip. Med. ML
1 West Side Bernie Elliott S Breen Kelly J 126 LA 30-1
2 Musket Man Coa E M Ryan Derek S 126 LA 20-1
3 Mr. Hot Stuff Velazquez J R Harty Eoin 126 L 30-1
4 Advice Douglas R R Pletcher Todd A 126 LA 30-1
5 Hold Me Back Desormeaux K J Mott William I 126 LA 15-1
6 Friesan Fire Saez G Jones J Larry 126 LA 5-1
7 Papa Clem Bejarano R Stute Gary 126 L 20-1
8 Mine That Bird Borel C H Woolley, Jr. B L 126 LA 50-1
9 Join in the Dance Decarlo C P Pletcher Todd A 126 LA 50-1
10 Regal Ransom Garcia Alan bin Suroor Saeed 126 L 30-1
11 Chocolate Candy Smith M E Hollendorfer Jerry 126 L 20-1
12 General Quarters Leparoux J R McCarthy Thomas R 126 L 20-1
13 I Want Revenge Talamo J Mullins Jeff 126 LA 3-1
14 Atomic Rain Bravo J Breen Kelly J 126 LA 50-1
15 Dunkirk Prado E S Pletcher Todd A 126 LA 4-1
16 Pioneerof the Nile Gomez G K Baffert Bob 126 LA 4-1
17 Summer Bird Rosier C R Ice Tim A 126 LA 50-1
18 Nowhere to Hide Bridgmohan S X Zito Nicholas P 126 Blk-On LA 50-1
19 Desert Party Dominguez R A bin Suroor Saeed 126 L 15-1
20 Flying Private Albarado R J Lukas D Wayne 126 LA 50-1

Here we go-

Pioneerof the Nile

thanks for hosting the contest DC!
Ron

DC

Thanks again for another great contest. My results this year have been horrid, but it has been alot of fun.

One last wild swing:

Derby Winner: Regal Ransom

Ex Box:
Regal Ransom
IWR
Friesen Fire

Not a steller effort this year so I might as well go all in.

West Side Bernie


Westside Bernie/Desert Party/Dunkirk exacta box

IWR, Alt: Freisan Fire

Pioneerof the Nile to wear the roses.

Thanks for a great contest.

Paul

Friesan Fire (Alt. I Want Revenge)

Pioneer of the Nile
alt Friesan Fire

Friesan Fire

(alt. pioneer of the nile)

I Want Revenge Alt-Hold Me Back

thanks for the contest and all your hard work DC, it's been fun!

KYDBY
Pioneer of the Nile
alt Hold Me Back

TC Contest
Pioneer of the Nile/Hold Me Back/Musket Man

good luck to all!

Thanks to Derby Cat for the hard work in managing this. I don't post as much as I would like to and this was a great opportunity to stay in touch with the races leading up to the Derby.
Anyway, my pick to win has been Pioneerof the Nile (since January) and my alternate pick is General Quarters.

Fresian Fire Alt. Mr. Hot Stuff

Thank you DC for taking the time to run the contest.

Why are some picking exacta's and such?

Aren't we just supposed to pick a winner and an alternate? :confused:

DUNKIRK alt---POTN




DC: you did an admirable job once again with the contest! Thanks for your
service!:)

read derbycats post in full.

i want revenge

i didn't choose an alt, didn't expect a scratch.

changing to musket man.

Desert Party

Ahh.. But I don't read before I type either :)

Thanks.

Thanks DC for running the contest!!


PAPA CLEM

The dart landed on Desert Party :rolleyes:


Triple Crown Contest"
Desert Party
Papa Clem
Chocolate Candy

POTN
Alt. Friesan Fire

Since I need a price I'll go with Desert Party (Alt. Chocolate Candy)

Thanks for doing all of the work this is fun, when I remember to submit picks.

since I think it's my only chance I'll take

Advice
Alt Desert Party

TC contest

Desert Party/Regal Randsom/IWR

Thanks so much for taking the time to do this

Regal Ransom

Regal Ransom, Hold Me Back, Dunkirk

Mr. Hot Stuff

thanks for the contest

Advice, alt Summer Bird

Thanks DC!

Great Job DC as always Thanks!
 

Friesan Fire
alt- Dunkirk

Good Luck All!

Desert Party, alt. Musket man

Thanks, DC. Come home safe, everyone.

Kentucky Derby

#14 Atomic Rain
Alt - #7 Papa Clem

Friesan Fire

Regal Ransom
Thanks for running the contest again DC!

Was waiting to see the weather...

Picking.... #6 Friesan Fire...

Thanks DC for a wonderful contest>> Again !!!

Thanks for the contests again DC

Papa Clem

ex: Papa Clem, Regal Royal, Fresian Fire.

Thanks for the contest Derby. It was great, as usual.

Kentucky Derby

Dunkirk

ex bx Friesan Fire, Dunkirk, Desert Party

Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands
Dunkirk (alt Pioneerof the Nile)

Congratulations to Scav!
 

After thirty-two races played during the last four months, we have a winner. Congratulations to the 3rd Annual DerbyTrail Contest Champion, SCAV!!! :tro: :$: His relentless pursuit of the trophy has paid off, he defeated runner up Thunder Gulch by eleven dollars. jms62 took 3rd place with mes5107 filling out the superfecta.

Winners of the 2008 Derby Trail Contest:
1st Place: Scav
Prize: Trophy AND BRAGGING RIGHTS!

2nd Place: Thunder Gulch
Prize: Horse Racing prize package

3rd Place: jms62
Prize: Tom Chapman "The End of an Era" Bay Meadows Poster

Prize winners, please PM your name and mailing address and I’ll get the prizes out to you ASAP.

Thanks to all of you who stuck it out and played every week. It was fun to run the contest again this year, thanks for being a part of it! Let's do it again in 2010!


# DT Member Derby TOTAL
1 Scav $0.00 $226.80
2 Thunder Gulch $14.80 $215.80
3 jms62 No Pick $212.60
4 mes5107 $0.00 $211.00
5 2 Dollar Bill $0.00 $206.20
6 Cal828 No Pick $206.00
7 pweizer $14.80 $201.40
8 hi im god No Pick $187.20
9 PeteMugg $0.00 $181.20
10 Rontheman1964 $0.00 $178.60
11 Many Others $14.80 $171.90
12 Stickhorse No Pick $167.20
13 dellinger63 $0.00 $159.10
14 booner $0.00 $154.70
15 GBBob No Pick $154.20
16 AngelSita $0.00 $149.10
17 my miss storm cat $0.00 $146.50
18 rileyoriley $14.80 $142.60
19 herkhorse $0.00 $136.70
20 Immanuel Kant $0.00 $129.40
21 3kings $0.00 $125.40
22 Ninetoone No Pick $124.80
23 Dunbar No Pick $122.70
24 Danzig $12.00 $122.50
25 tiznowthegreat No Pick $120.00
26 DerbyCat No Pick $115.90
27 golfer $0.00 $115.70
28 dpkovalesky No Pick $115.20
29 ryonker $14.80 $114.10
30 Hickory Hill Hoff $0.00 $112.60
31 timmgirvan $0.00 $112.40
32 MaTH716 $0.00 $106.90
33 TheSpyder $0.00 $101.30
34 pgiaco $0.00 $99.50
35 miraja2 No Pick $96.90
36 ironprospect No Pick $95.80
37 viscount26 $0.00 $95.40
38 mclem0822 $0.00 $91.20
39 declansharbor $0.00 $90.10
40 dylbert $0.00 $88.40
41 MLC $14.80 $86.80
41 Lava No Pick $78.80
43 cowgirlintexas $0.00 $78.80
44 Heels1989 $0.00 $77.80
45 Swedejxn $0.00 $73.50
46 otisotisotis No Pick $73.30
47 Holland Hacker $0.00 $72.30
48 Gaines2b No Pick $42.90
49 NTamm1215 No Pick $28.20
50 Bigsmc No Pick $15.40
51 Bogey No Pick $7.60
51 Chalky No Pick $7.60
51 pmacdaddy No Pick $7.60
54 AeWingnut No Pick $6.60
55 Nascar1966 No Pick $4.30
56 Saucon17 No Pick $2.60
56 wapete No Pick $2.60
58 CannonShell No Pick $0.00
58 Dean Smith No Pick $0.00
58 geeker2 No Pick $0.00
58 moke0043 No Pick $0.00
58 Oaklawnfan No Pick $0.00
58 pointman No Pick $0.00
58 Pperfectfan No Pick $0.00
58 SuffolkGirl No Pick $0.00
58 The Devil No Pick $0.00

Thanks DC for running it!