2018 Breeders' Cup Points Results

[Plenilune]

Churchill Downs R10 Longines Breeders' Cup Turf G1

2 Enable [GB]
5 Magical [IRE]
11 Sadler`s Joy

13 DonGuido AXX 10 113
13 cal828 AXX 10 95
13 Plenilune ACX 15 83
13 RUFFIAN-333-DC ACX 15 82
13 Roamin42 BXX 3 80
13 JolyB AXX 10 72
13 Real Quiet ACX 15 61
13 ElPrado AXX 10 58
13 cruzan200246 XXX 0 52

[Plenilune]

Churchill Downs R11 Breeders' Cup Classic G1

14 Accelerate
4 Gunnevera
1 Thunder Snow [IRE]

Scratched: 15 16

BC 2018 Champion is DonGuido with the only three digit score! cal828 is a solid second. Plenilune coasts under the wire in third. Roamin42 and RUFFIAN-333 hit the wire together in fourth.

1 DonGuido AXX 10 123
2 cal828 XXX 0 95
3 Plenilune CXX 3 86
4 Roamin42 CXA 5 85
4 RUFFIAN-333-DC BXX 3 85

14 JolyB CXX 3 75
14 Real Quiet BXX 3 64
14 cruzan200246 AXX 10 62
14 ElPrado XXB 1 59

[JolyB]

Congrats Don Guido on a very convincing victory. Finishing with three consecutive winners puts the exclamation point on it.

Clearly, the cream rises to the top when it matters.

[Real Quiet]

Congrats Don. If I'm correct that's 4 Breeders Cup points wins in 7 years. You da man.

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by Real Quiet

Congrats Don. If I'm correct that's 4 Breeders Cup points wins in 7 years. You da man.

I was thinking 3 or 4 Gallivan Cups. You have 2, right? Was the other one JB or Ruff, or ??? can't recall.

We should keep a record of this for posterity sake.

[Real Quiet]

Originally Posted by DonGuido

I was thinking 3 or 4 Gallivan Cups. You have 2, right? Was the other one JB or Ruff, or ??? can't recall.

We should keep a record of this for posterity sake.

I think you have four now. I was one behind. I thought RYonker won the other one but I was wrong. My apology's to Ruffian who did win in 2016.

[Real Quiet]

Originally Posted by DonGuido

I was thinking 3 or 4 Gallivan Cups. You have 2, right? Was the other one JB or Ruff, or ??? can't recall.

We should keep a record of this for posterity sake.

I think you have four now. I was one behind. I thought RYonker won the other one but I was wrong. My apology's to Ruffian who did win in 2016.

2012 Don
2013 Don
2014 RQ
2015 Don
2016 Ruffian
2017 RQ
2018 Don

I am not sure when the Gallivan Cup started. I know that as a group that I have kept scoring for we are in our tenth year. I know the forum was around before I scored but I played in it.

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by Real Quiet

I think you have four now. I was one behind. I thought RYonker won the other one but I was wrong. My apology's to Ruffian who did win in 2016.

2012 Don
2013 Don
2014 RQ
2015 Don
2016 Ruffian
2017 RQ
2018 Don

I am not exactly sure when the Gallivan Cup started. I know that as a group that I have kept scoring for we are in our tenth year. I know the forum was around before I scored but I played in it.

So we started here in November of 2014 but the Format and the Gallivan Cup contest goes back to the Final Turn Forum. And if my memory serves me any where near close I joined the FTF around 2001. I posted now and then on the Vinery Forum before that but got in trouble for being to radical trying to ho d my own with the "Galthouse" boys (I think that's what there group was) and got banned from the forum. Phil Schoenfeld posted then also who is now a trainer in Maryland and doing pretty well for himself. Patty and I all him Pa-fill.

Anyway Final Turn promoted the first Gallivan Cup Award for the end of the year BC in honor of Glen Glenners. Patty and I met Glenners and spent some time with him at Churchill I think the year before he died. Very pleasant man, wheel chair bound and a very knowledgeable handicapper. When FT left her forum I took over the "lead" and boltsterd the Gallivan Cup up and with help from players over the years, including you, made some tweaks and changes to the "rules" for the better but always gave proper credit to Final Turn for the original contest "rules".

So this has been going on for awhile. When I first started, I knew nothing about this sport (but loved the pure beauty and athleticism of the horses and jockeys) but absorbed all I could from the best players. Along with my incredible horse racing "savant" wife over these few years, I'm starting to feel more comfortable in the gate, points picks for sure but lagging at the wagering window. Picking horses, wagering on them is truly the most mind boggling thing I have ever been involved with and that includes helping design the Superconducting Super Collider in the 90's, but long time defunct, right here in Waxahachie, Texas.

I've also learned not to be so damned competitive and that's a good thing or maybe it's simply an age thing. Thanks for who you are and what you and JB and Plen as well all the players for sticking together as much as we can.
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It was the "Galthouse Gang" that got me banned from Vinery. Newsflash, this hit me in the frontal lob as I was driving home.