Your Past Derby Picks

[VOL JACK]

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.

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

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.

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.

[westcoastinvader]

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.

[westcoastinvader]

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.

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Mine...

2000 - Fusaichi Pegasus
2001 - Point Given
2002 - Perfect Drift
2003 - Peace Rules
2004 - Smarty Jones
2005 - Afleet Alex
2006 - Barbaro
2007 - Curlin
2008 - Denis Of Cork
2009 - Dunkirk
2010 - Stately Victor

[Indian Charlie]

The redboard thread.

[MaTH716]

Great thread, but I can't believe that there's absolutely no mention of Saarland. Am I the only idiot that had him that day?

[knickslions2]

My winners

Year Winner


2007 Street Sense
2006 Barbaro
2004 Smarty Jones
2003 Funny Cide
2001 Monarchos
2000 Fusaichi Pegasus
1997 Silver Charm
1995 Thunder Gulch
1991 Strike the Gold
1989 Sunday Silence
1987 Alysheba


Had PON last year but the bird stole it from me. My favorite winer is still Strike the Gold.

[cakes44]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

The redboard thread.

Oh yeah. How this for a redboard?

2002: Medaglia d'Oro
2003: Empire Maker
2004: Borrego(lost before the race when Goldberg picked him)
2005: Sun King
2006: Lawyer Ron(another Goldberg pick I believe...shouldn't have even watched)
2007: Street Sense
2008: Denis of Cork
2009: Friesan Fire

[Pedigree Ann]

The youngsters here forget how much easier it was to identify the good horses going into the Derby in the 1970s and 80s. They ran 4,5,6 races before the Derby - 3 at a minimum - and tended to have proper 2yo campaigns before that. After 10 or more starts, the wheat tended to be pretty obvious, and the chaff could be dismissed from consideration.