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| I am at a loss this year. No real stand outs to me. What's yours ? |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 557
Location: Kansas and loving it | Paradise woods for the Oaks and Gormley or Gunnervera for the Derby. |
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Location: Kentucky | McCraken for Derby.... I haven't picked for Oaks yet. Going to be a cold, wet day! Pick a mudder. |
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Expert
Posts: 3147
| Coin toss is right-Always Dreaming. |
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 Total Germophobe
Posts: 6437
Location: Montana | I'm for Classic Empire and Always Dreaming. Will it be muddy for Derby Day too? That always changes everything. |
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  The Original Cyber Bartender
Location: Washington | Wide open race IMHO. P.P threw a few out.
I am sticking with Gunnevera. He is a dark horse, but he seems to know how to run. His connections are not blue blood, but what the heck we need some new blood.
Rain is in the forecast, and an off track also adds into the "throw a dart" mentality for picking.
As always I simply want them all to come home safely.  |
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"Heck's Coming With Me"
Posts: 10794
Location: Kansas | 20 horses makes it a free for all. I hate this.
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
Posts: 5271
| There really haven't been any newsworthy picks that I've seen.
I like McCraken based on name. I like Classic Empire as his sire sired American Pharoah. I like Patch as the feel good story.
This is why I don't bet. I simply watch and then root for the winner to go on the the Triple Crown! lol |
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Total Germophobe
Posts: 6437
Location: Montana | I read last night that Girvin has a quarter crack and has been out of race training for the past week. They have him shod and supposedly ready, but I think it will probably work against him. |
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Expert
Posts: 1956
Location: Ky | OK, what do y'all say now with all the mud? I haven't kept up with much this year. We normally have a big Derby party at Eliis Park but my wife is running the River Run half marathon from Henderson to Evansville in the am and then we have to go to Bowling Green for a wedding tomorrow afternoon.
I'm planning on dropping by Eliis Park while they are running and making a few bets on the Derby but really no clue as to who to bet.
I like the name McCracken since I was born in McCracken County but that's it. I'm about 125 miles west of Louisville and we have had 3 inches of rain since yesterday afternoon and it's raining now. I'm sure Louisville is getting all and more since it follows right up the Ohio River. |
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Location: So Cal | Hence if we were going off of looks, Patch would be a cool story but probably unlikely from the 20 and in the mud... no major standout to me, and then the weather makes it even more wide open to whoever has a good trip. |
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 My Heart Be Happy
Posts: 9159
Location: Arkansas | Just praying everyone comes across the line safe and sound  |
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My Heart Be Happy
Posts: 9159
Location: Arkansas | Sooooo---how did it go?? Worked today and forgot all about it. . . |
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Always Dreaming
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Lookin At Lee
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Battle of Midway
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Classic Empire
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Practical Joke
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Tapwrit
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Gunnevera
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McCracken
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Irish War Cry
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Hence
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Untrapped
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Girvin
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Patch
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J Boys Echo
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Sonneteer
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Fast and Accurate
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Irap
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State of Honor
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Thunder Snow (DNF) - started bucking at the beginning of the race and pulled up. Reports say he was unhurt.
Edited by myhuey 2017-05-06 10:21 PM
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 BHW Resident Surgeon
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | So Thunder Snow was flown all the way from Dubai to do that? That has to suck. 5 will get you 10 that heads are gonna be rolling. |
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Proud to be Deplorable
Posts: 1929
| Bear - 2017-05-07 8:18 AM
So Thunder Snow was flown all the way from Dubai to do that? That has to suck. 5 will get you 10 that heads are gonna be rolling.
LOL they must not have mud over there. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | My pick is the Winner  |
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Veteran
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| Yeah, I felt bad for TS. I hope they re-group and re-train and not really punish him. |
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