Virtual Kentucky Derby = NBC 5/2

[cal828]

I'm old, but even Secretariat's win was before I became seriously interested in horse racing. At first, when considering this virtual race, I thought well, the winner has to be Secretariat, after all he is recognized as the fastest horse ever in the KD, but what would happen, if Secretariat had been confronted by horses that were nearly as fast in the same race such as Monarchos, the 2nd fastest? As we all know, pace has a lot to do with it. Have to say, I don't have a clue. The only thing I know for sure is that the stars of today are not nearly as good as those of the past. You sometimes hear people say that things today aren't nearly as good as they "used to be" or "in the good old days" and you wonder the truth of that, but you don't have to wonder about horse racing.

[RUFFIAN]

Based upon my personality

I am going to go with WHIRLAWAY

[casp0555]

Barbaro...for personal and sentimental reasons his win in the Derby and subsequent tragedy is what drew me into the sport full time. Up until then, I was a Triple Crown only fan.....

[Roamin42]

My choice is Secretariat. Hard to go against a record holder. of all TRIPLE CROWN races

[JolyB]

https://connect.xfinity.com/appsuite...988&height=596

Here are the post positions and ML odds for the Virtual Derby. 7-2 on Secretariat looks mighty attractive to me.

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by JolyB

https://connect.xfinity.com/appsuite...988&height=596

Here are the post positions and ML odds for the Virtual Derby. 7-2 on Secretariat looks mighty attractive to me.

Hmmmmm, tried to connect to the link and it popped up "Forbidden".

[JolyB]

Sorry about that. It worked for me. Let me try a different way:


PP Horse Odds Winning year
1 Affirmed 5-1 1978
2 Assault 20-1 1946
3 Secretariat 7-2 1973
4 Sir Barton 20-1 1919
5 Seattle Slew 5-1 1977
6 American Pharoah 6-1 2015
7 Gallant Fox 20-1 1930
8 Citation 4-1 1948
9 War Admiral 8-1 1937
10 Whirlaway 6-1 1941
11 Count Fleet 6-1 1943
12 Justify 15-1 2018
13 Omaha 20-1 1935