I'll Start This Thread - How Did You Do Derby Day
 

I hit the exacta and made a little profit but did not wager much

I wanna read, as I'm sure others do, the good, bad and ugly:eek:

Last thought from me - toss Smiley Borel at your on risk:eek:

I said I was going to bet $100 on CD races today.

I bet $10 across the board on Atta Boy Roy - won

I bet $10 across the board on General Quarters - won

I bet $5 across the board on Super Saver - won

I Bet a $1 superfecta box for $24. - lost

I bet $99, and I won $429. A VERY good day for me.

Obviously, replying to this should come with redboard immunity. I swung and missed on the late pk4. I bet 40$ across on Icebox. I put together a 60$ tri ticket and hit that. I netted over 1300$ on the day. I'll take it. Never tried a shot at the super. Wish I would have.

I lost $400. That's par for the day.

Sounds pretty good. Congrats!

Hit the modest tri in the Eight Belles and it was downhill after that. Started a Pick 3 with Mona de Momma, but Atta Boy Roy ended that. Ice Box nipped me out of the exacta in the Derby.

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I've been the Queen of second place the past two days.

I dont think i cashed a ticket at CD. Only had Ice Box on top in derby. But most important to me for you Calder followers was--TANNERSVILLE WINS!
A family owned horse now 3 for 3.

I bet a $2 exacta box on Super Saver, Stately Victor, Mission Impazible, Awesome Act and Paddy O'Prado. Ice Box snuck up and ruined everything for me. I also dutched with $20 wins on Stately Victor and Mission Impazible. Pffft.

My brother, on the other hand, who refuses to learn how to even read the goddamned PPs and just picks horses out of the air based on his own system of one of the favorites with some middle-odds horses and a few bombs, boxed five horses in a $.50 tri and brought home $584 and change on his lone Derby bet.

On a day like today, with a wide-open field of 20 in the slop, I'm not sure his system is any worse than those of us who handicap and bull$hit ourselves into believing we have a handle on it.

Ah, but I'm still happy for him...

Had the tri in the Humana but had Informed Decision not nipped Free Flying Soul it would have really paid. Other than that a lot of nothing in the Pick 4's which left me a loser for the day.

Me too. Anybody know or venture a guess as to what the Super Saver/Paddy O'Prado exacta would've paid? I'm guessing $200ish for a buck?

If Paddy and Ice Box were reversed I would be in pretty damn good shape :o

$121 for a buck

I think I saw Steve Byk (or a guy disguised as Steve Byk) along the rail as they were leading the horses from the paddock to the track on NBC. Camera went right past his face. National TV, baby!

Never came close in any leg of the multi's leading into the derby and had 5 horses in the derby including Super Saver. None of the other four users hit the board which rendered a boatload of small tri and exacta boxes useless.

Par for the course.

Did terrible on the across the board bets- Stately Victor and the filly and one I'm too embarrassed to even mention. But on the exacta box I used those three plus Super Saver and Ice Box, so I came out a gigantic $25 ahead. Which, on a total wager of $50 is just fine with me. And glad I didn't try any trifectas as I had something against Paddy, because I'm a moron.

That said, there is nowhere more hilarious than an NYC OTB on Derby Day. Oodles of Upper West Siders who clearly never wager, pouring in and loudly demanding, "Four dollars on Dublin! What? No, I don't know the number! What number? Four! Four dollars!" Oh, good times.

I lost every bet

but this one hurt the most

1 super

1,12/1,2,4,8,12,13,14,16/1,2,4,8,10,12,13,14,16,17,18/1,2,4,8,9,10,12,13,14,16,17,18,20

this was a family play where they all pitched in and told me to make a play at this, every one was like pick a baffert and pick a pletcher. But i was like lets go with both baffert horses in case Conveyance goes crazy and wins, but they were all like noo go with Super Saver, i was like I liked him early in the week but he sucks and how can Borel win another one...pshhhh. I talked them out of Super Saver, they talked me out of Awesome Act as the 2nd horse to use on top with lucky, and we ended up on Conveyance as our 2nd horse to use on top. BLAH!!!

note I was at a family, friends thing and 30 people pitched in for the play. Also thought it would be fun since avg super payouts are like 200k for a dollar

Didn't really care for Paddy O'Prado at all. But I played the 10-2-4 tri box because I'm a big Dr Pepper drinker. Ended the day about $500 up.

I'd much rather say I hit this trifecta due to my handicapping savvy. But what the hell, luck works too.

I lost my a ss.

I thought - Calvin is going to be on that rail and it's dead. Knowing that you need to get your bets down early... I had Ice Box, Paddy O'Prado, Conveyance and Mission Impazible boxed several times. Exacta and Trifecta and a few Supers and 1 Super High 5. I was convinced that Conveyance was going to run somewhere in the Superfecta. Speed was quitting but only fading to 3rd or 4th.


Saw Paddy O'Prado get leaned on early and didn't see him again until Super Saver had it won. Why didn't Willie have his horse tire on the rail when I needed him to.

:wf

Asked Steve on air for 3 horses that would hit the board in the Derby.....he gave out Paddy, Ice Box and Super Saver and one I forget.

Note to self.......

Ask question off air next year. Price likely to be better!!:D

[redboard immunity]Atta Boy Roy saved me early - 60.00 win (1:07 flat 3 back???!!) and cashed the ex and tri in the derby in multiples... Got crushed on the undercard and in the late DD .... all in all about 800.00 to the good for the day[/redboard immunity]

Finally hit one of those Kentucky Derby future wagers, a Super Saver with the field exacta box in the 1st pool.....other than that; had the Oaks/Derby double and a few other small winning wagers......lost about $30 on the day!

No winners today??? :rolleyes:

I do hope he keeps posting, though. I genuinely enjoy his work. He's like my favorite wrestler, The Honky Tonk Man. Yeah, he's perceived as a "villain," but he's a rascally, comic villain. I'm convinced everyone secretly likes him.

But, can we smash him with his guitar??? :D

Hmm? Super Saver not mentioned in top 5 in todays selections, must have changed mind later.

Bet $150 on various $1 & $2 exotics...couple $5 Win Bets ....and hit the Exacta for $152 or somethin like that..Came out +$2.00 today!!!!

What should I buy my wife?

Only if he doesn't KO you with his manager's megaphone first!

$2 win ticket on Borel for next years derby

I had a great day. I only bet the Derby. I had the $2 triple. I loved Super Saver and Paddy O'Prado. I really liked Ice Box off of his last race so I used him too. I also had the $2 Exacta. The real killer was I just missed the Super. I had two other horses in the 4th spot. I did have a hunch about Make Music For Me based on something I read on these boards so I did use him but not on the right ticket. I can't complain but it would have been sweet to hit a Derby Super.

Do you mind if I just compile a stack of these gems in my sig?

sorry you got beat up today Joseph - hang in there, take a few weeks off, but don't ever change.

So......why the time off from wagering??? the season is just getting started!

:confused: I thought you did well today????? :zz:

speak for yourself

It's been a long day RHT85.....time to finish off the bottle you've been drowning your sorrows in and go to bed......or take that "time off" you mention about 10 posts ago! ;)

good luck to you to. you need it.

How did I do on Derby Day?

Great.

How did I do on the Derby?

Epically terrible.

Crushed the Derby. Top choice won... 2 of my top 4 ran 2nd and 3rd. Had a very hectic day and got to CD when they were going to the gate for the 8th. Would have had the tri there. Played the pick 3 into the Derby, singled that rat Court Vision because of his soft turf form ALL/3/2,4,20. Of course he gets beat a head. Would have had to go pretty deep to get to General Quarters, though. Wasn't impossible but certainly tough.

If I had dough to actually bet out at this Derby... would have been a life changing score... but I can't complain.

I went back and listened again to the archives and am mistaken about SS. He gave out Sidney and not SS but did pick Ice and Paddy. My bad...