Other years, other Derby lists.....

[blackthroatedwind]

Smarty Jones was the lightning bolt that randomly hits....the year that every idiot was right.

I'm not saying that you had to be an idiot to like him, though the two are far from mutually exclusive, but that he was the horse that every idiot liked. Fortunately, they are right occasionally as well.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Smarty Jones was the lightning bolt that randomly hits....the year that every idiot was right.

I'm not saying that you had to be an idiot to like him, though the two are far from mutually exclusive, but that he was the horse that every idiot liked. Fortunately, they are right occasionally as well.

Tapit, in my mind, will always be the most overrated horse in internet forum history.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Tapit, in my mind, will always be the most overrated horse in internet forum history.

He was an embarrassingly bad selection....on my part and anyone's. I must have been overcompensating psychologically for the depression I would have suffered had Michael Dickinson won the Derby.

[FATPIANO]

1. 1979-THE BID
2. 1980-GENUINE RISK
3. 1981-Cure the Blues
4. 1982-Laser Light
5. 1983-Current Hope
6. 1984-SWALE
7. 1985-Proud Truth
8. 1986-FERDINAND
9. 1987-Bet Twice
10. 1988-Foty Niner
11. 1989-SUNDAY SILENCE
12. 1990-Summer Squall
13. 1991-Best Pal
14. 1992-Pine Bluff
15. 1993-SEA HERO
16. 1994-GO for Gin
17. 1995-THUNDER GULCH
18. 1996-Louis Quartorze
19. 1997-SILVER CHARM
20. 1998-Victory Gallop
21. 1999-Prime Timber
22. 2000-More Than Ready
23. 2001-Point Given
24. 2002-Came Home
25. 2003-FUNNY CIDE
26. 2004-SMARTY JONES
27. 2005-Bandini
28. 2006-Cause to Believe
29. 2007-Scatt Daddy