TheSpyder – Winner of the 2nd Annual Derby Trail Contest! 
TheSpyder pulled off the upset victory, moving from 32nd place into the winners circle with help from the magical Derby Winner Bonus.
TheSpyder was one of only three DTers to pick Big Brown back in the Florida Derby – that pick earned
TheSpyder, Dunbar and
horseofcourse an extra $120 to their contest total. The place position went to
Dunbar, who finished only $2.20 behind the winner
Hoist Her Flag took the place position after leading for the past several weeks.
After 41 races in 18 weeks we have finally reached the end of the contest. Thank you to all that played this year, I hope you had as much fun as I did. Let’s do it again next year!
Winners of the 2008 Derby Trail Contest:
1st Place: TheSpyder
Prize: Trophy AND BRAGGING RIGHTS!
2nd Place: Dunbar
Prize: An item from the grab bag of our fearless leader, Steve Byk (I think, Steve – can you help me here?)
3rd Place: Hoist Her Flag
Prize: A race program from the final day of Bay Meadows, May 11th (and I'll get Russell Baze to sign it)
Prize winners, please PM your name and mailing address and I’ll get the prizes as to you ASAP.
Once again, thanks to all of you who stuck it out and played every week. Out of 78 total contestants only 20 of us played every week - now that is dedication!
FINAL STANDINGS
# DT Member * Derby * Bonus = TOTAL
1 TheSpyder $0.00 $120.00 $304.80
2 Dunbar $17.00 $120.00 $302.60
3 Hoist Her Flag $0.00 $0.00 $290.40
4 ryonker $0.00 $0.00 $286.60
5 Duvalier $11.60 $0.00 $278.90
6 horseofcourse $17.00 $120.00 $276.10
7 3kings $0.00 $0.00 $271.50
8 Scav No Pick $0.00 $262.50
9 wiphan $0.00 $0.00 $260.60
10 sundaysilenceforever $0.00 $0.00 $255.00
11 Hickory Hill Hoff $0.00 $0.00 $244.90
12 cboh11 $0.00 $0.00 $243.60
13 Gaines2b $0.00 $0.00 $242.00
14 otisotisotis $0.00 $0.00 $238.80
15 Holland Hacker $0.00 $0.00 $235.10
16 megahertz $0.00 $0.00 $232.90
17 Heels1989 $0.00 $0.00 $230.70
18 PeteMugg $0.00 $0.00 $228.70
19 MaTH716 $0.00 $0.00 $228.60
20 Bigsmc No Pick $0.00 $225.50
21 Many Others $0.00 $0.00 $222.40
22 mes5107 $0.00 $0.00 $214.60
23 Swedejxn $0.00 $0.00 $214.30
24 ed No Pick $0.00 $214.00
25 AngelSita $0.00 $0.00 $213.50
26 Cal828 $0.00 $0.00 $210.70
27 viscount26 $0.00 $0.00 $210.30
28 golfer No Pick $0.00 $201.00
29 Mumtaz $0.00 $0.00 $200.90
30 dylbert $0.00 $0.00 $200.00
31 tiznowthegreat $0.00 $0.00 $199.40
32 2 Dollar Bill $11.60 $0.00 $197.40
33 pweizer $0.00 $0.00 $197.40
34 herkhorse $0.00 $0.00 $191.20
35 GBBob $0.00 $0.00 $181.90
36 cowgirlintexas $16.60 $0.00 $174.70
37 Mclem10011 $0.00 $0.00 $166.00
38 pgiaco $0.00 $0.00 $165.90
39 DerbyCat $0.00 $0.00 $164.00
40 Oaklawnfan No Pick $0.00 $161.40
41 tiggerv $0.00 $0.00 $160.10
42 Ninetoone $0.00 $0.00 $159.00
43 Lava $0.00 $0.00 $157.80
44 rontheman1964 $0.00 $0.00 $156.80
45 Immanuel Kant $0.00 $0.00 $153.90
46 pointman $0.00 $0.00 $151.40
47 Pperfectfan $0.00 $0.00 $137.50
48 declansharbor $0.00 $0.00 $119.70
49 gamblin4ever No Pick $0.00 $119.40
50 GenuineRisk No Pick $0.00 $112.60
51 Saucon17 $17.00 $0.00 $112.30
52 hi im god No Pick $0.00 $110.00
53 my miss storm cat $0.00 $0.00 $100.00
54 FlaFemFatale No Pick $0.00 $87.80
55 Buffymommy $0.00 $0.00 $87.00
56 SniperSB23 $0.00 No Pick $69.60
57 G $0.00 $0.00 $68.40
58 CannonShell No Pick No Pick $49.30
59 smitty1278 No Pick No Pick $35.40
60 skyfire No Pick No Pick $31.00
61 Gate Dancer No Pick No Pick $24.40
62 DelKev No Pick No Pick $22.30
63 merasmag No Pick No Pick $18.00
64 nomad No Pick No Pick $17.40
65 jms62 No Pick No Pick $15.20
66 zippyneedsawin No Pick No Pick $11.50
67 TitanSooner No Pick No Pick $10.40
68 abe1947 No Pick No Pick $7.00
69 deltagulf No Pick No Pick $4.60
70 Ogygian No Pick No Pick $3.00
71 trifecta124 No Pick No Pick $2.90
72 geeker2 No Pick No Pick $2.20
73 Avery Smartman No Pick No Pick $0.00
73 DaHoss9698 No Pick No Pick $0.00
73 LuckyJoyce No Pick No Pick $0.00
73 NTamm1215 No Pick No Pick $0.00
73 Port Conway Lane No Pick No Pick $0.00
73 wac No Pick No Pick $0.00