Not sure if we are doing the kentucky derby picks again this year, but thought it would be fun to start a thread on it. Here are my picks for this saturday…
Gayego (By a neck)
Colonel John
Pyro
Cool Coal Man
Recapturetheglory
Big Brown
Court Vision
Z Fortune
Eight Belles
Adriano
Bob Black Jack
Monba
Cowboy Cal
Tale of Ekati
Denis Of Cork
Big Truck
Smooth Air
Z Humor
Visionaire
Anak Nakal
Preaknes:
1.Colonel John
2.Pyro
3.Big Brown
Belmont:
1.Pyro
2.Gayego
3.Recapturetheglory
Yay! Can’t wait to watch the race! I’m going to be working my job at the restaurant and we’re featuring Mint Julips. So that will be fun, I’ll probably have one myself after work.
Yeah, sorry, life’s been crazy lately. Here are the rules again.
Final Furlong will be holding 2 contests: one for the Kentucky Derby and one for the Triple Crown
Note: All prizes are FF money, so to win a prize, you must be an active member of FF.
For the Kentucky Derby, there will be 2 options (you may complete one/both):
Pick the winner of the Kentucky Derby (optional: also pick the winning margin). For everyone who correctly picks the winner, you will receive $10,000. If you pick the correct winner and the correct margin, you will receive $50,000.
Pick the entire Kentucky Derby finish order. Anyone who correctly identifies the full order of finish will receive $5,000,000.
For the Triple Crown, there will also be 2 options (you may complete one/both):
Pick the winner(s) of each of the TC races: Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes. Anyone who correctly picks the winner(s) will receive $100,000.
Pick the top 3 finishers (in correct order) of each of the TC races: Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes. Anyone who correctly picks the top 9 horses (top 3 in each race) will receive $1,000,000.
Picks must be posted here by noon EST on Saturday, May 3 (Derby day) to qualify.
For the Triple Crown contest, if any of your pick(s) get scratched or otherwise do not run, you will have 24 hours from the notice of retirement (on BloodHorse/DRF websites) to alter your choices for any future race(s).
Derby
1 Colonel John 2 1/2 lengths
2 Big Brown
3 Pyro
4 Gayego
5 Z Fortune
6 Monba
7 Denis of Cork
8 Court Vision
9 Eight Belles
10 Tale of Ekati
11 Adriano
112 Visionaire
13 Cool Coal Man
14 Recapturetheglory
15 Smooth Air
16 Bob Black Jack
17 Cowboy Cal
18 Anak Nakal
19 Big Truck
20 Z Humor
Derby
1 Big Brown 1 1/2 lengths
2 Colonel John
3 Pyro
4 Recapturetheglory
5 Eight Belles
6 Gayego
7 Big Truck
8 Cool Coal Man
9 Denis of York
10 Z Fortune
11 Monba
12 Court Vision
13 Tale of Ekati
14 Adriano
15 Visionaire
16 Smooth Air
17 Bob Black Jack
18 Cowboy Cal
19 Anak Nakal
20 Z Humor
Derby
Eight Belles- by 1/2
Big Brown
Colonel John
Pyro
Denis of Cork
Z Fortune
Visionaire
Tale of Ekati
Recapturetheglory
Monba
Smooth Air
Cool Coal Man
Court Vision
Adriano
Big Truck
Anak Nakal
Cowboy Cal
Z Humor
Gayego
Bob Black Jack
Derby:
Colonel John by 2 1/4
Big Brown by a length
Gayego
Eight Bells
Smooth Air
Pyro
Recapturetheglory
Cool Coal Man
Monba
Visionaire
Adriano
Tale of Ekati
Court Vision
Z Humor
Cowboy Cal
Denis of Cork
Big Truck
Z Fortune
Anak Nakal
OMG poor Eight Bells!!! To run her 1st race against the boys, get 2nd and then break both front ankles in her finish gallop.
Well at least she went out in the best race of her lie.
The horse that I think has the best chance of beating Big Brown is Denis of Cork. He was running on very strongly at the end of the Derby and this race is 1/4 mile longer.
