Random post-Derby thoughts

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

what does that have to do with any of this, Gales? the horse would've still come across the wire in 2nd place.

it has to do with the integrity of the game and who is making these decisions
for the millions of $ that were in the pool

we as players deserve better from the stewards, bad stewards , no explanation from CD on this is laughable

as for the horse being fast or slow / good or bad , let him take his shot again on sat - hopefully it will be a fast dirt track and not a slopfest, after sat there answer about this horse maybe eaiser to figure out

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I said they're were 19 bet againsts in the Derby ... of which none would get within six lengths of a pair of subsequent scratchers.

Musket Man and POTN were the most honest grinding horses in the race .. but both are slowpokes .. they became my 3rd and 4th choices after scratches because they seemed logical to plug up for a piece and fire. While others might be hit or miss.

It was a bad Derby without IRW, QR, The Pamp, and OF.

The winner remains impossible.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I said they're were 19 bet againsts in the Derby ... of which none would get within six lengths of a pair of subsequent scratchers.

Musket Man and POTN were the most honest grinding horses in the race .. but both are slowpokes .. they became my 3rd and 4th choices after scratches because they seemed logical to plug up for a piece and fire. While others might be hit or miss.

It was a bad Derby without IRW, QR, The Pamp, and OF.

The winner remains impossible.

Okay, DrugS.

I have a problem in using SLOW when the SLOW horse beats the FAST horse both times they met. Now, this probably isn't a problem for BEYERITES but I'm not buying it. So, no matter how FAST IWR is, he still hasn't beating POTN yet. And probably never will given his injury.

Anything else is just rhetoric.

[PeteMugg]

I don't have all the info in front of me, I'm having trouble remembering how many 10f races QR and IWR have won thus far.

Any chance they might have staggered home on a track like that? All but MTB did. I didn't consider either to be locks to hit the board. It's easy to say they are great when they didn't even make the gate.

Where did the horses these two beat finish in the derby?