Your Past Derby Picks
 

How many winners thru the years have you picked? I had Thunder Gulch, Fu Peg, Silver Charm, Smarty Jones, Big Brown, Monarchos, Go For Gin, Grindstone, Lil E Tee and Barbaro. Not to bad 10 Winners since 1992. First Derby was the Lil E Tee's win in 1992 and been betting it since I scored with him. I almost had the Super when Monarchos won but damn Inky got by Congoree in the last jump. Had the tri but the Super would've been great.

Could be an entertaining tread,

All my picks have been alittle short of the winners circle

Buzzard's Bay was the one that got away.

Barbaro. End of list.

So whats the pick this year?:p

I play a 5 horse exacta box every year plus all kinds of other bets depending on funds

One of these years I'll hit a nice one on the First Saturday In May

If' it's wet I'm going Prappy o Prado and Ice Box. Still looking for my Dry track winner. I don't think Lucky or Candy Hits the board in this one. Maybe 4th at best for either of them. It's going to be somebody long this year for sure.

Barbaro, Street Sense, Smarty Jones, almost forgot Big Brown too.

Winners:

FuPeg

Runners-Up:

Empire Maker
Lion Heart
Bluegrass Cat
Pioneerof The Nile

Very few, Thunder Gulch,Monarchos and Unbridled come to mind.

The losers seem to stand out more...Lost Mountain,Badgerland,a horse with flower in its name(not flower alley) send flowers or somthing like that, 3 or 4 years back there was a horse with "super" in the name that raced mostly at Calder,Screen King, the list seems endless.

I had Unbridled, Barabaro, Street Sense, Big Brown and Last year was my best year by pure luck as I back wheeled Pioneer of the Nile in the exacta for $1.

Hoping to catch somer more of that Derby magic again. I must admit that I am totally confused in looking at the field and the guess work involved in horses transitioning from different surfaces. Hopefully I'll come up with something now that the PPS are available and the Post Positions have been drawn.

My worst/most embarassing picks: Monba, Bandini, Dollar Bill

2001 tri Invisible Ink, Congaree, Point Given...you may wonder why I left off Monarchos ? I 've been wondering myself ever since.

Taylor's Special, Chief's Crown, Mogambo, Gulch, Winning Colors, Sunday Silence, Thirty Six Red, Best Pal, Technology, Diazo-Corby entry, Brocco, Thunder Gulch, Editor's Note, Silver Charm, Real Quiet, Prime Timber, Captain Steve, Point Given, Perfect Drift, Buddy Gil, Lion Heart, Sun King, Barbaro, Street Sense, Pyro, and Friesan Fire.

Charismatic & Big Brown.

Got off of Street Sense for Circular Quay a few years ago.

In reality, I suck on Derby day. Maybe this is the year I do something other than get drunk and lose.

This is my 20th....

Hansel 10th
AP Indy- scratch Lil E Tee 1st
Sea Hero 1st
Strodes Creek 2nd
Thunder Gulch 1st
Editors Note got lucky as he was coupled with Grindstone who won
Silver Charm 1st
Cape Town 5th I think
Cat Thief 3rd
The Deputy- Awful
Point Given 5th
Perfect Drift 3rd
Empire Maker 2nd
The Cliff's Edge 5th
Afleet Alex 3rd
Barbaro 1st
Circular Quay 10th
Colonel John-6th I think
Pioneer of the Nile 2nd
Lookin at Lucky ????

I had Monarchos, Congaree, and Ink but I keyed everything below Point Given who I didn't think could lose.

Sea Hero and Charismatic.

I miss the 90's. Hoping whatever we call this decade is better than whatever we called the last decade.

seattle slew
alydar
general assembly
genuine risk
proud appeal
laser light
slew o'gold
swale
chief's crown
snow chief
alysheba
private terms
easy goer
summer squall
fly so free
devil his due
rockamundo
holy bull
timber country
skip away
silver charm
favorite trick
vicar
fupeg
congaree
private emblem(wrong emblem!)
peace rules
smarty jones
bellamy road
lawyer ron
hard spun
eight belles
musket man



i'm showing my age i guess....

There was a horse named No More Flowers who ran in the Alysheba derby in 1987, maybe that's him?

no more flowers? was in alyshebas derby.

and maybe supah blitz for the other?


ohhh, ranger beat me to it! lol

Picks from the crib?

THAT'S THE ONE !
Funny how I remembered some of the bad picks (or at least part of their name) and forgot that I had Sea Hero until I saw others who had him.

lol

i wish....

Winners
1995 Thunder Gulch
1997 Silver Charm
2004 Smarty Jones
2006 Barbaro
2007 Street Sense
2008 Big Brown

Losers
1994 Holy Bull & Tobasco Cat
1996 Unbridled's Song -> I have never bet another horse in a bar shoe since.
1998 I don't remember- was too drunk in Atlantic City. I didn't win.
1999 Steven Got Even
2000 More Than Ready (4th)
2001 Congaree (3rd)
2002 Perfect Drift (3rd)
2003 Peace Rules (3rd)
2005 Afleet Alex (3rd)
2009 Regal Ransom

I'm new here but been betting the Derby since 1986, only 2 winners, FuPeg and Barbaro, runners-up Hard Spun, Lion Heart, Empire Maker (did have the exacta), Prairie Bayou, Casual Lies, Best Pal, Summer Squall, 3rd Indian Charlie, 4th Cryptoclearance, Dansil, Pulpit, unplaced Snow Chief, Afternoon Deelites, Valiant Nature, Worldly Manner, Point Given, Essence of Dubai, High Fly, Cool Coal Man, Freisen Fire.

My previous picks

3rds
Cat Thief
Congaree

2nds
Pioneer Ofthe Nile
Closing Argument
Hard Spun
Empire Maker


1sts
Smarty Jones
Big Brown

This year I think I should wheel in 2nd and 3rd position

Derby Picks -

09 General Quarters
08 Big Brown - winner
07 Curlin
06 Barbaro - winner
05 Giacomo - winner
04 Smarty Jones - winner
03 Empire Maker
02 Medaglia D'Oro
01 $ Bill (ouch)
00 War Chant
99 ?
98 Cape Town
97 Silver Charm - winner
96 Grindstone - winner
95 Tejano Run
94 ?
93 Sea Hero - winner
92 ?
91 Hansel
90 ?
89 Sunday Silence - winner
88 Winning Colors - winner

Going back further, can't remember. I know I didn't bet Seattle Slew, and I think I may have bet Alydar. I know I bet Secretariat.

The two horses I was absolutely sure couldn't lose were Point Given in 2001 and I Want Revenge last year. So.....one off the board the finish and one scratch.

My biggest longshot pick to come in was Funny Cide in '03.

My worst pick had to be Friends Lake the following year. I remember being very hopeful with both my WP bet on him that year, and also my exacta box with him and Borrego. I guess I was off by a bit with that one.

2009 - Desert Party
2008 - Denis of Cork
2007 - Any Given Saturday
2006 - A.P. Warrior
2005 - Giacomo (I'm really not lying)
2004 - The Cliff's Edge
2003 - Empire Maker
2002 - Perfect Drift
2001 - Congaree
2000 - FuPeg
1999 - Menifee

NT

Gotcha beat.
High Echelon (1970)
Jim French
No Le Hace
Sham
Agitate
Diabolo
Bold Forbes
anybody but Slew (I dislike favorites)
Affirmed
Flying Paster and Golden Act
Rumbo
Don't remember
Gato!! (a son of My Own True Love, Cougar II)
Desert Wine
Fali Time
Chief's Crown
Broad Brush
Demons Begone (bled badly and pulled up on backstretch)- birth of first child
Private Terms
Sunday Silence - birth of second child
either Mister Frisky or Summer Squall
Best Pal or Hansel
Casual Lies (honestly and truly)
was in Chile for a year, didn't get to see Derby or any preps
can't remember
can't remember (notice what happens when you have young children? Your brain rots.)
Skip Away
Silver Charm rah!
no idea
don't remember
not crazy for anybody
Monarchos
no strong choice, but War Emblem was in my top 5
Peace Rules
didn't care for any of them
Afleet Alex
Lawyer Ron
Hard Spun
Colonel John
Pioneerof the Nile Yep, when in doubt I usually opted for the California horse, since I apprenticed at the CTBA.

I cant remember what I ate for breakfast, let alone what happened 40 years ago

Spend a Buck
Badgerland
Bet Twice
Forty Niner
Easy Goer
Summer Squall
Hansel
Technology (originally picked AP Indy! :mad:)
Union City
Brocco
Talkin Man
Unbridled's Song
Pulpit
Halory Hunter
General Challenge / Excellent Meeting (entry)
Fusiachi Pegasus
Point Given
Saarland
Ten Most Wanted
Read the Footnotes
Afleet Alex
Barbaro
Street Sense
Colonel John
Regal Ransom

War emblem was my one and only:$:

You messed up. Skip Away was 2nd in the Preakness and Belmont, not the Kentucky Derby.

I think you meant to put Cavonnier.

2005 (the first Derby I ever bet)
I had 10 Win-Place on Giacomo...
Had Giacomo and Alex on all tri tickets....no Closing Argument.

2006 I made a bundle tying up English Channel and Barbaro in multi's.

2007 Made the Biggest win bet I had ever made (at that point) on Street
Sense...($200) also had small exacta w/ Hard Spun.
Would have made over 8k if Brilliant stays up over Sky Conqueror.
In the Woodford Reserve the race b4 the derby.

2008 I keyed Big Brown on top and paired him with Denis of Cork in tri's &
Supers....but I didn't like 8 Belles at all...cashed nothing.

2009 I was thrown into a tailspin like every one else when the 2 big horses
were scratched...I played Hold Me Back......which has lead me to be
Prez of the Kent Dedumbeaux fan club.

YES! SUPAH
I missed this post when I replied to ranger.
Wasn't that Big Brown's derby ? Technically I get credit for BB and one or two others if I count dutch bets and exacta part wheels.
I wonder if there are any ethical issues redboarding 20 year old wagers:confused:

My father and I were watching that race from Laurel and we decided since I already had undervalued futures on Closing Argument and he had Giacamo and Alex futures we made a small tri and exacta backer with Bellamy Road on top of those three. Never considered even an exacta box with them.

I had Genuine Risk solidly "across the board" in a year when "across the board" was still a common wager.

God came to me in a dream and showed me that Plugged Nickel that was not going to win. I had already eliminated Rockhill Native.

God left me in my dream with "bet the filly."

I'm really not making this up. :-)

I had her SOLIDLY across the board.


I play the Derby differently than I play other races. I handicap strongly trying to find a reason for playing betting surprises in the Top 3 or 4.

And I usually make my Derby play my only play of the day. Except for one year when I was at Churchill when Groovy ran in an undercard race on Derby Day. I cleaned up then, too.


Since I attended the Santa Anita Derby this year and have pics and everything, I'd be thrilled if either of the two ML favorites did well. I'll probably buy $2 win tickets on each of them just to have for memorabilia with my Santa Anita stuff if they happen to win the Kentucky Derby.

But I won't be making plays that require them to finish in the Top 2.

I usually just try to make a fun play and then just sit back and enjoy the race, the nostalgia and the victory. I really don't care if I win or lose my Kentucky Derby wager.

I don't want $$ to ever get in the way of savoring a Kentucky Derby and a Kentucky Derby Champion.

I will only say with authority I did not toss MTB last year. After the late scratch of IWR just did a PON/all box. Where is geeker? He had the tri.