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Old 01-14-2008, 09:12 PM
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When I first got into horse racing a few years back it was Friends Lake, thein I liked High Fly, and most recently it was Sharp Humor and Scat Daddy. Not that good of luck for me.
I was in that club too.
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Old 01-14-2008, 09:28 PM
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I know I really liked Circular Quay last year. I liked Bandini a few years ago. I was on Point Determined and Cause to Believe a couple of years back. I was all over Smarty Jones and Lion Heart as my exacta in 2004.

Actual raceday picks:
86-Snow Chief
87-Cryptoclearance
88-Winning Colors
89-Sunday Silence
90-Summer Squall
91-Corporate Report
92-Arazi
93-Prairie Bayou
94-Holy Bull
95-Serena's Song
96-Grindstone
97-Pulpit
98-Indian Charlie
99-Excellent Meeting
00-Fusaichi Pegasus
01-Congaree
02-Came Home
03-Empire Maker
04-Smarty Jones/Lion Heart (I predicted a dead heat cause I couldn't seperate them)
05-Bandini
06-Cause to Believe
07-Curlin
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Old 01-15-2008, 06:50 AM
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Scat Daddy was mine. I thought he was excellent value last year, and I thought he was good thing to hit the board.
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Old 01-15-2008, 08:38 AM
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Bellamy Road was the biggest heartbreaker...although I'm still naming my first child after him.
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Old 01-15-2008, 08:59 AM
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war emblem ..got a tip from someone on this board didnt play em.argg

funny cide

barbero killed this one in pools and on the day

closing argument..giacomo

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impeachment......
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Old 01-15-2008, 09:12 AM
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Pretty impossible to remember, but....

1976 Honest Pleasure
1977 Seattle Slew
1978 Affirmed
1979 Spectacluar Bid
1980 Probably Plugged Nickle and definitely not Genuine Risk
1981 No idea but not Pleasant Colony
1982 Don't even remember the race....I was probably on the Dead Tour
1983 See above
1984 see above
1985 Proud Truth
1986 No idea but definitely not Ferdinand
1987 Alysheba-Bet Twice
1988 Forty Niner
1989 Easy Goer
1990 No idea but not Unbridled
1991 Hansel
1992 Anyone but Arazi
1993 Someone that hasn't finished yet
1994 Go For Gin - Strodes Creek ( if I never win another Derby I will remain profitable because of this year )
1995 I hated Thunder Gulch but have no idea who I liked
1996 Someone that hasn't finished yet
1997 Silver Charm was the cinch of the century
1998 Definitely not even close
1999 Menifee
2000 FuPeg
2001 Who else....Dollar Bill
2002 Medaglia D'Oro
2003 Maybe Empire Maker but probably someone that finished 12th
2004 Tapit ( and definitely not Smarty Jones )
2005 Bellamy Road
2006 I used Barbaro but wasn't a big fan....whoever I liked was probably 16th
2007 Any Given Saturday - Street Sense
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Old 01-15-2008, 09:14 AM
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2004 Tapit ( and definitely not Smarty Jones )


THUD!
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Old 01-15-2008, 10:06 AM
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2004 Tapit
I'm sorry but this one really surprised me.

You just moved up in my book.
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Old 01-15-2008, 12:39 PM
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1994 Go For Gin - Strodes Creek ( if I never win another Derby I will remain profitable because of this year )
Why didnt you like Holy Bull!?
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Old 01-15-2008, 02:33 PM
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1976 Honest Pleasure
You're old.
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