Yeah, it's not a handicapping skills contest, but where else can you get tickets -- and a nice lift -- to the Derby?
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Originally Posted by todko
It's a stupid contest really -- doesn't reward handicapping skills at all. The winner gets you the same points whether he's 50-1 or 2-1. And your stuck with the original horses plus a few add-ons. Last year I had the same 5 horses activated from late March to the Derby -- all my others were injured and I think one or two were even dead by Derby.
It's a management issue too. The activation feature is bizarre. You have to pay attention to it and "activate" 5 horses and deactivate others before each weekend. You can have a horse in your stable win and if you forgot to activate the horse you don't get any points. With all the other things going on this time of year who wants to worry about things like this?
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