DTers Road to the Roses Contest

txshorns02 · #1 02-01-2007, 12:51 PM

Does anyone know when/if the game is going to start back up?...I enjoyed playing it the last to years. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Brandan

lemoncrush · #2 02-01-2007, 12:55 PM

The website still isn't updated from last year, which seems odd. It says last years sign-ups started Feb 5th, and the contest started Feb. 11th.
Perhaps they decided to start a little later this year.
But I agree, it's a fun contest to play.

Gauchos0522 · #3 02-01-2007, 12:57 PM

I thought I read last year that they were not having the contest but I could be mistaken.

txshorns02 · #4 02-01-2007, 01:05 PM

o well...maybe some one will get the urge to try something like that here...i would but i do not have the time...i got to school full time and i work 30-35 hours a week...

Danzig · #5 02-01-2007, 04:50 PM

randy moss didn't get fired. wire2wire moved to espn dot com, but moss is still employed.

Cannon Shell · #6 02-01-2007, 10:21 PM

Being that Churchill fired its entire web site staff with the exception of a tech guy, I doubt there is anyone there to run the game

Danzig · #7 02-02-2007, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by merasmag

they all deserved to be fired...morons (except the one that helped me get in at the last minute 4 years ago, but i'm sure he was long gone)...as to danzig's response...lol...he has moved on to much better things, didn't u get the e-mail?

randy moss is on the espn horse racing page for the donn preview--on wire2wire on the web. so if he left, it's within the last couple of days. and i can't find anything on it.
anyone?

slotdirt · #8 02-02-2007, 08:37 AM

Edit to not in any fashion seem to be a personal attack....

ManilaRose · #9 02-07-2007, 02:22 PM

The Road to the Roses website is now up and it says coming soon. The official 2007 Oaks and Derby pages are now up as well.

zippyneedsawin · #10 02-07-2007, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ManilaRose

The Road to the Roses website is now up and it says coming soon. The official 2007 Oaks and Derby pages are now up as well.

thanks for the heads up, I'd had just given up on that.

lemoncrush · #11 02-13-2007, 01:27 PM

You can now go and build your stable!

It might be wise to wait until later in the week when entries are confirmed for the stakes races this weekend.

IrishofNDMan · #12 02-13-2007, 01:39 PM

can someone who has done this before fill me in a little, is it hard to manage and keep up on?

IrishofNDMan · #13 02-13-2007, 01:44 PM

has any member of this every won one of the prizes in the contest before?

SniperSB23 · #14 02-13-2007, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by IrishofNDMan

has any member of this every won one of the prizes in the contest before?

I won prizes in the Arlington Million one but haven't won anything in the Roadfortheroses contest.

lemoncrush · #15 02-13-2007, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by IrishofNDMan

can someone who has done this before fill me in a little, is it hard to manage and keep up on?

It requires much less thought and homework than the TVG contest.
You just pick 10 horses on the derby trail, 2 jockeys and 2 trainers.
Once you confirm your stable, those are the selections that you keep for the entire contest.
The only management required, is that you need to keep 5 horses active each week, so every Friday just make sure any horses you have running that weekend are on the active list in your stable.

Swap Fliparoo · #16 02-13-2007, 03:57 PM

Also there are two drafts later on; the first for 2 additional horses, the second for 2 or 3 or 4, i can't remember, it's changed over the years.

ManilaRose · #17 02-13-2007, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Swap Fliparoo

Also there are two drafts later on; the first for 2 additional horses, the second for 2 or 3 or 4, i can't remember, it's changed over the years.

Yeah, this year you can add 2 in the first and 3 in the second, or you can skip the first and add 5 in the second.

ddthetide · #18 02-13-2007, 04:00 PM

this is the fourth year i've played. never won anything but my goal is just score more points each year. last year was my best so far.

paisjpq · #19 02-13-2007, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by IrishofNDMan

has any member of this every won one of the prizes in the contest before?

someone that is a member here came in second or third last year...I can't remember who...maybe stevepopyak????

stevepopyak · #20 02-13-2007, 04:50 PM

My brother Ed took 3rd last year, he's also a DT'er but rarely posts. He actually had the lead going into the Derby and did have Barbaro and Prado, but failed to activate Bluegrass Cat or he probably would have won. The guys that passed him had the top 3 Derby finishers in their stable (and activated) and also Prado as their jockey and Matz as their trainer. Still got some nice prizes including a Gateway computer system and a bunch of Derby stuff. Good Luck.