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Location: Montana | Warriors Mom - 2015-04-30 2:06 PM Theses are my picks!.... El Kabeir (30-1)--Calvin Borel Dortmund (3-1)--Martin Garcia Firing Line (12-1)--Gary Stevens These should be 1, 2, 3 and its gonna be a toss up on which one it is...I do not believe American Pharoah will have a dog in the race a horse has never won the Kentucky Derby from the far outside....he may have heart, speed, and breeding but I think the post is gonna get him. I may be wrong....I have yet to pick a winner since early 90's! lol .... I am so a QH girl.
Umm, Big Brown won from post position 20 in 2008, but I do see that no starters from 17 post have won (which technically American Pharaoh will be starting from) but there has been winners from post 18. There is always a first for everything. If you go by statistics on post positions since 1975, Firing Line coming from post 10 should win, with Dortmund after that, and Danzig Moon after that.
I'm still going to stick with Dortmund and Carpe Diem, and hopeful for American Pharaoh. Some horses can over come the odds. |
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Location: Washington. (The DRY side.) | I didn't even know ANYTHING about any of them until yesterday. Still don't know who is "supposed to win", nor the odds on any of them.
That said, I'm not "betting". But my "picks" are Itsaknockout and Ocho Ocho Ocho.
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Location: Texas | komet. - 2015-04-30 10:10 PM Some of those were pretty scrawny looking babies.. 
Rough around the edges for sure! I assumed all race babies were born shiny with long legs and glitter in their manes...  |
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| just placed my bets Frosted and Mr. Z both to show love the odds!!!!
Edited by jbhoot 2015-05-02 2:50 PM
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Location: Northeast Nebraska | El Kabeir has been scratched with a hoof abcess.
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Location: Gainesville, TX | GoGaited - 2015-05-01 6:56 PM
El Kabeir has been scratched with a hoof abcess.
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Well durn it. He was one of my favorites.
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Location: Gainesville, TX | Trainer: Cassidy, James M Jockey: Trujillo, Elvis Trainer: Pletcher, Todd A Jockey: Velazquez, John R Trainer: Pletcher, Todd A Jockey: Castellano, Javier Trainer: Weaver, George Jockey: Franco, Manuel Trainer: Casse, Mark E Jockey: Leparoux, Julien R Trainer: De Kock, Michael F Jockey: Soumillon, Christophe Trainer: Terranova; Ii, John P
Jockey: Borel, Calvin H
Trainer: Baffert, Bob Jockey: Garcia, Martin Trainer: Gaines, Carla Jockey: Bejarano, Rafael Trainer: Callaghan, Simon Jockey: Stevens, Gary L Trainer: Pletcher, Todd A
Jockey: Geroux, Florent
Trainer: Maker, Michael J Jockey: Mena, Miguel Trainer: Pletcher, Todd A Jockey: Saez, Luis Trainer: Romans, Dale L Jockey: Desormeaux, Kent J Trainer: Mclaughlin, Kiaran P Jockey: Rosario, Joel Trainer: Amoss, Thomas M Jockey: Talamo, Joseph Trainer: Lukas, D W Jockey: Vazquez, Ramon A Trainer: Baffert, Bob Jockey: Espinoza, Victor Trainer: Violette; Jr, Richard A Jockey: Ortiz, Jose L Trainer: Moquett, Ron Jockey: Smith, Mike E Trainer: Zito, Nicholas P Jockey: Nakatani, Corey S Trainer: Stewart, Dallas
Jockey: Hernandez; Jr, Brian J
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Location: Texas | Who is the total under dog this year? |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | Currently Framento by the odds. I haven't read all the underdog stories. |
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Location: Flat Rock,IL | I would loved to be there!. May all of them have a safe trip. |
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Location: Kansas and loving it | We have another scratch! International Star! Oh man! |
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Location: Kansas and loving it | rockette - 2015-04-30 2:31 PM
Better get to reposting! We just had a defection and an add on. Now every horse will shift one stall in making AP break from gate 17 and Frosted from gate 14. Now I am miffed.
With International Star out, American Pharaoh and Frosted move again. Kinda happy now. |
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Location: North Dakota | I CAN'T HANDLE THIS STRESS! I like Dortmund but I'm not sure. I'm actually betting money this year and going crazy. |
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Location: Kansas and loving it | When does NBC contract run out? I am hoping TVG or ABC can get it. I want to see all the horses, not Jon wierdo and Tara icky Lipinski. |
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| rockette - 2015-05-02 3:20 PM When does NBC contract run out? I am hoping TVG or ABC can get it. I want to see all the horses, not Jon wierdo and Tara icky Lipinski. I AGREE! What a disrespect to the race horses, trainers, and owners of those running in earlier races today as well as the Derby. I don't want to learn how to make a $2k mint juliep either. Show me the horses. Show me the background stories on the jockeys, the horses, the trainers, and the owners. Go behind the scenes in the paddocks, interview grooms, or heck just show me what it takes to pull off an event of this magnitude. I certainly do not need to know who wore the wrong darn outfit there! I would love for them to show some of the local stables. Heck I would be happy if they went to show me where they make the Bourbon, but not Johnie and Tara or the other wasteful reports.
I would like to see info on the pony riders, their horses, the outriders, their horses, and the vets on call. Talk about their ambulatory services there. Please speak to people who know something about the horses. Asking celebrities their picks is a waste of time. Josh Groban is a great singer, but I don't care which horse gets his bet. LOL
Off my soapbox, I think.
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Location: Kansas and loving it | sodapop - 2015-05-02 4:03 PM
rockette - 2015-05-02 3:20 PM When does NBC contract run out? I am hoping TVG or ABC can get it. I want to see all the horses, not Jon wierdo and Tara icky Lipinski. I AGREE! What a disrespect to the race horses, trainers, and owners of those running in earlier races today as well as the Derby.  I don't want to learn how to make a $2k mint juliep either. Show me the horses. Show me the background stories on the jockeys, the horses, the trainers, and the owners. Go behind the scenes in the paddocks, interview grooms, or heck just show me what it takes to pull off an event of this magnitude. I certainly do not need to know who wore the wrong darn outfit there! I would love for them to show some of the local stables. Heck I would be happy if they went to show me where they make the Bourbon, but not Johnie and Tara or the other wasteful reports.
I would like to see info on the pony riders, their horses, the outriders, their horses, and the vets on call. Talk about their ambulatory services there. Please speak to people who know something about the horses. Asking celebrities their picks is a waste of time. Josh Groban is a great singer, but I don't care which horse gets his bet. LOL
Off my soapbox, I think.Â
They need to watch the 1995 telecast. I used to watch every year until the VHS tape broke. They were asking the jockeys to describe the Kentucky Derby in one word. Eddie Delahousse said HISTORY. Then a montage of past Derby wins was showed, the owners and jockeys reactions to winning. I miss Jim McKay. |
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Location: Kansas and loving it | Wahoooooool! American Pharaoh! |
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Location: Texas | pinx05 - 2015-04-27 8:40 AM
1. Firing Line
2. American Pharoah
3. Dortmund i was so close!
 i hit edit instead of quote. Anyway, i was close. Good race! |
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Go Get Em!
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Location: OH. IO | CONGRATS BOB! |
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | It was a good race and fun to watch. I seldom go with the favorite in the Derby so my personal picks ran 2nd and 3rd. Not too bad. I don't actually bet any money...just make my picks and watch. From here on out I root for the derby winner. I want to see a Triple Crown winner so badly.
The pre-derby coverage on the other channel actually showed some of the other races on the card. But when it came time to switch channels...We got to see all of that nonsense and just about none of the sort of things true horse racing fans want to see.
One 30 second clip on the fashion/hats by the two silly figure skaters would have been plenty. All their other nonsense was just exactly that. I actually felt embarrassed for them. What was that guy wearing? His pajamas and the table centerpiece from last night's dinner party? Apparently I do not know anything about fashion....and if I wanted to know I'd have been watching the Style channel or something. Seriously |
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