3rd Derby Future Book Wager

[ShadowRoll]

Some fairly interesting 50-1 shots here.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by ShadowRoll

Some fairly interesting 50-1 shots here.

Battaglia is all over the place. I never understand his line-making with this thing at all.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Battaglia is all over the place. I never understand his line-making with this thing at all.

I never understood their choices, either- Adriano's connections SPECIFICALLY stated it is unlikely he goes- why not use the slot on someone else?

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by philcski

I never understood their choices, either- Adriano's connections SPECIFICALLY stated it is unlikely he goes- why not use the slot on someone else?

Generally agree with that, but as it happens, Don Adam now leaning towards running Adriano. That is as of yesterday via some first hand info...

Motion isn't worried about the horse handling the dirt. He's worried about him becoming unglued because of the commotion. He told me off the air that he doubts the colt can handle the Derby atmosphere.

[ShadowRoll]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Generally agree with that, but as it happens, Don Adam now leaning towards running Adriano. That is as of yesterday via some first hand info...

Motion isn't worried about the horse handling the dirt. He's worried about him becoming unglued because of the commotion. He told me off the air that he doubts the colt can handle the Derby atmosphere.

Holy cow...now that's valuable inside info!

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Generally agree with that, but as it happens, Don Adam now leaning towards running Adriano. That is as of yesterday via some first hand info...

Motion isn't worried about the horse handling the dirt. He's worried about him becoming unglued because of the commotion. He told me off the air that he doubts the colt can handle the Derby atmosphere.

Hmmm... interesting. Motion's a damn good trainer and probably knows what's best for his horse- it's amazing more unruly types don't fall apart in the paddock at the Derby, which makes ME come unglued!!!

I guess I feel since like the DFW could be such a great thing with a little bit of work, that we've discussed ad nauseum, that in its current state it's fairly irrelevant.

[Dunbar]

Originally Posted by philcski

I guess I feel since like the DFW could be such a great thing with a little bit of work, that we've discussed ad nauseum, that in its current state it's fairly irrelevant.

I don't remember those discussions, Phil. Can you give me a quick recap?

This year's pool total for Pools 1 & 2 is the smallest since the first year, 1999. I'm not sure why that is, other than some platforms like YouBet not taking the wager. Is it really so much harder to bet it now than it was in 2000? Or is Churchill Downs promoting it less than they did in the early years?

I'm a little worried Churchill is going to drop it entirely.

--Dunbar

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Dunbar

I don't remember those discussions, Phil. Can you give me a quick recap?

This year's pool total for Pools 1 & 2 is the smallest since the first year, 1999. I'm not sure why that is, other than some platforms like YouBet not taking the wager. Is it really so much harder to bet it now than it was in 2000? Or is Churchill Downs promoting it less than they did in the early years?

I'm a little worried Churchill is going to drop it entirely.

--Dunbar

Basically the thought is how useless having only 23 single entries is, and how easy it would be to include ALL TC nominated horses, which would provide the value required of a future bet. Right now there isn't anything to gain by betting into this future pool other than pride.

[Benny Leger]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Battaglia is all over the place. I never understand his line-making with this thing at all.

neither does he