Anybody joining this? Winstar Fantasy Derby starting up...
 

http://fans.winstarfarm.com/derby_home.php

I know some of you have done "the run for the roses" contest that steve has a group on. I am thinking of trying one of them this year. Is it fun?

I started it yesterday, one of my friends won it last year but couldn't go. He works for the Giants and they started training camp.

Odd that their deadline is before the Triple Crown nominations are announced. Looks like several of their offerings would have to be supplemented. Not good to include those initially.

Is it hard to do? What exactly do you do in the game? I didn't see a tutorial (yet?)

You just pick some horses from the list and hope they turn out to be good enough to make it.

Im doing mine now, is it really totally free though? It says purchase buddy points?

Im not sure if there is any great strategy to this, I put about 3 minutes into picking my team. I might use Travis website later to find out where everyone is pointing. This is my squad....




Group 1WinStar Derby Hopefulsview all Group 1 horses Name Fantasy Earnings Trainer Record
(Starts / Win / Place / Show) Status
Cal Nation $0 Todd Pletcher 0-0-0-0 racing
Brethren $0 Todd Pletcher 0-0-0-0 racing
Group 2WinStar Stallion Progenyview all Group 2 horses Name Fantasy Earnings Trainer Record
(Starts / Win / Place / Show) Status
Machen $0 Neil Howard 0-0-0-0 racing
Tiz Blessed $0 Chad Brown 0-0-0-0 racing
Twinspired $0 Mike Maker 0-0-0-0 racing

Group 3Other Derby Contenders 1view all Group 3 horses Name Fantasy Earnings Trainer Record
(Starts / Win / Place / Show) Status
Jaycito $0 Bob Baffert 0-0-0-0 racing
Soldat $0 Kiaran McLaughlin 0-0-0-0 racing
Stay Thirsty $0 Todd Pletcher 0-0-0-0 racing
To Honor and Serve $0 Bill Mott 0-0-0-0 racing
Uncle Mo $0 Todd Pletcher 0-0-0-0 racing
Group 4Other Derby Contenders 2view all Group 4 horses Name Fantasy Earnings Trainer Record
(Starts / Win / Place / Show) Status
Heron Lake $0 Nick Zito 0-0-0-0 racing
The Factor $0 Bob Baffert 0-0-0-0 racing
Runflatout $0 John Sadler 0-0-0-0 racing
Da Ruler $0 Bob Baffert 0-0-0-0 racing
Travelin Man $0 Todd Pletcher 0-0-0-0 racing

I did my picks the other day. What the heck. Someone has to win.

Put your team up. I want to see.
These are the type of contests Doug S aka Vic S owns.
I might toss Uncle Mo. I have to go through the rules, I did not read anything on the contest. Im going to assume everyone uses him and if he stumbles at all maybe I can get lucky.

Vic wins with a combination of hard work and research, with a big splash of blinding good luck thrown in.

If I remember correctly, this contest didn't involve an over-abundance of skill.

Group 1 WinStar Derby Hopefuls view all Group 1 horses Name Fantasy Earnings Trainer Record
(Starts / Win / Place / Show) Status
Brethren $0 Todd Pletcher 0-0-0-0 racing
Cal Nation $0 Todd Pletcher 0-0-0-0 racing

Group 2 WinStar Stallion Progeny view all Group 2 horses Name Fantasy Earnings Trainer Record
(Starts / Win / Place / Show) Status
Tiz Blessed $0 Chad Brown 0-0-0-0 racing
Wine Police $0 Steve Asmussen 0-0-0-0 racing
Kathmanblu $0 Ken McPeek 0-0-0-0 racing

Group 3 Other Derby Contenders 1 view all Group 3 horses Name Fantasy Earnings Trainer Record
(Starts / Win / Place / Show) Status
Clubhouse Ride $0 Craig Lewis 0-0-0-0 racing
Uncle Mo $0 Todd Pletcher 0-0-0-0 racing
Soldat $0 Kiaran McLaughlin 0-0-0-0 racing
Dialed In $0 Nick Zito 0-0-0-0 racing
Turbulent Descent $0 Mike Puype 0-0-0-0 racing

Group 4 Other Derby Contenders 2 view all Group 4 horses Name Fantasy Earnings Trainer Record
(Starts / Win / Place / Show) Status
Crossbow $0 Kiaran McLaughlin 0-0-0-0 racing
Da Ruler $0 Bob Baffert 0-0-0-0 racing
Fort Hughes $0 Kiaran McLaughlin 0-0-0-0 racing
Toby's Corner $0 Graham Motion 0-0-0-0 racing
Rumor $0 Richard Mandella 0-0-0-0 racing

[/Group 1 WinStar Derby Hopefuls view all Group 1 horses
Name Fantasy Earnings Trainer Record
(Starts / Win / Place / Show) Status
Brethren $0 Todd Pletcher 0-0-0-0 racing
Cal Nation $0 Todd Pletcher 0-0-0-0 racing
Group 2 WinStar Stallion Progeny view all Group 2 horses
Name Fantasy Earnings Trainer Record
(Starts / Win / Place / Show) Status
Kathmanblu $0 Ken McPeek 0-0-0-0 racing
Machen $0 Neil Howard 0-0-0-0 racing
Willcox Inn $0 Mike Stidham 0-0-0-0 racing

Group 3 Other Derby Contenders 1 view all Group 3 horses
Name Fantasy Earnings Trainer Record
(Starts / Win / Place / Show) Status
Uncle Mo $0 Todd Pletcher 0-0-0-0 racing
Santiva $0 Eddie Kenneally 0-0-0-0 racing
Clubhouse Ride $0 Craig Lewis 0-0-0-0 racing
Rogue Romance $0 Ken McPeek 0-0-0-0 racing
Dialed In $0 Nick Zito 0-0-0-0 racing
Group 4 Other Derby Contenders 2 view all Group 4 horses
Name Fantasy Earnings Trainer Record
(Starts / Win / Place / Show) Status
Awesome Patriot $0 Bob Baffert 0-0-0-0 racing
The Factor $0 Bob Baffert 0-0-0-0 racing
Shackleford $0 Dale Romans 0-0-0-0 racing
Washington's Rules $0 Ken McPeek 0-0-0-0 racing
Heron Lake $0 Nick Zito 0-0-0-0 racing

Group 1

Fire With Fire $0 Bill Mott 0-0-0-0 racing
Brethren $0 Todd Pletcher 0-0-0-0 racing
________________
Group 2

Kathmanblu $0 Ken McPeek 0-0-0-0 racing
Tiz Blessed $0 Chad Brown 0-0-0-0 racing
Wine Police $0 Steve Asmussen 0-0-0-0 racing
________________
Group 3

Uncle Mo $0 Todd Pletcher 0-0-0-0 racing
Tapizar $0 Steve Asmussen 0-0-0-0 racing
Wilkinson $0 Neil Howard 0-0-0-0 racing
Jaycito $0 Bob Baffert 0-0-0-0 racing
Rogue Romance $0 Ken McPeek0-0-0-0 racing
________________
Group 4


Travelin Man $0 Todd Pletcher 0-0-0-0 racing
Albergatti $0 Steve Asmussen 0-0-0-0 racing
Toby's Corner $0 Graham Motion 0-0-0-0 racing
Rumor $0 Richard Mandella 0-0-0-0 racing
Runflatout $0 John Sadler 0-0-0-0 racing