Other years, other Derby lists.....

[my miss storm cat]

I love reading the early top 10, 20, whatever lists.

I've decided to stay away from those for now... probably cause of my stellar early picks in the past.

Who were some of yours..... you know, who were you reeeeeally wrong about?

I'll start. I had futures on such illustrious runners as Itsallaboutthechase , Really Indian, and Flashy Bull (hey, at least he went on to win something).

The Wood..... flashbacks of looking for Pavo and Deputy Glitters. Camera didn't pan that far back either time, I'm sorry to say.

Last year it was all about Great Hunter and, closer to the Derby, Zanjero.

Aaaah well.

Who wants to go next?

[miraja2]

Last year I was a big fan of both Great Hunter and Notional a few months out.
My most ridiculous recent prediction would have to be in 2004 when I was convinced the week before the race that Friends Lake was going to run a big one.
I am still ashamed of that one.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

I love reading the early top 10, 20, whatever lists.

I've decided to stay away from those for now... probably cause of my stellar early picks in the past.

Who were some of yours..... you know, who were you reeeeeally wrong about?

I'll start. I had futures on such illustrious runners as Itsallaboutthechase , Really Indian, and Flashy Bull (hey, at least he went on to win something).

The Wood..... flashbacks of looking for Pavo and Deputy Glitters. Camera didn't pan that far back either time, I'm sorry to say.

Last year it was all about Great Hunter and, closer to the Derby, Zanjero.

Aaaah well.

Who wants to go next?

saarland. he ended my infatuation with late closer's. it turns out the jock sends the horse close to the finish line regardless if it's a 6f or 12f race. so passing all those tired horses late but not winning keeps happening even as the distance increases.

read the footnotes. one good race in january apparently doesn't make you a great overlay in the derby.

[IrishofNDMan]

When I first got into horse racing a few years back it was Friends Lake, thein I liked High Fly, and most recently it was Sharp Humor and Scat Daddy. Not that good of luck for me.

[IrishofNDMan]

Originally Posted by miraja2

Last year I was a big fan of both Great Hunter and Notional a few months out.
My most ridiculous recent prediction would have to be in 2004 when I was convinced the week before the race that Friends Lake was going to run a big one.
I am still ashamed of that one.

I liked Friends Lake, but it was the first Derby I actually bet on and the first day I bet horse racing as it was my 18th Birthday, so I have an excuse.

[SniperSB23]

I dug my earliest picks the last two years up from another forum. Not so terrible. Not sure what I was thinking with Sorceror's Stone.

2/6/06
1. Stevie Wonderboy
2. Lawyer Ron
3. Barbaro
4. Corinthian
5. Great Point
6. Brother Derek
7. Bob and John
8. Sorceror's Stone
9. Private Vow
10. Bluegrass Cat


1/2/07
1. Street Sense
2. Any Given Saturday
3. Great Hunter
4. Tiz Wonderful
5. Nobiz Like Shobiz
6. Stormello
7. Grasshopper
8. Zanjero
9. Pirates Deputy
10. Green Vegas

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by IrishofNDMan

When I first got into horse racing a few years back it was Friends Lake, thein I liked High Fly, and most recently it was Sharp Humor and Scat Daddy. Not that good of luck for me.

I was in that club too.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Derby picks of the past.....oh, well...here goes nothing;

Spend a Buck '85 - long time between winners with this one
Badgerland '86 - one of many Lukas also-rans
Bet Twice '87 - runner-up twice...went off him in Belmont!
Forty Niner '88 - always liked this one
Easy Goer '89 - if only he had another pilot other than "patient" Pat
Summer Squall '90 - one race too early
Hansel '91 - see above
Technology '92 - original choice was AP Indy, but we know what happen
Union City '93 - another Lukas runner...brokedown in Preakness
Brocco '94 - got sucked in that California form
Talkin' Man '95 - got sucked into his Gotham victory
Unbridled's Song '96 - what could have been with better connections & no sore foot
Pulpit '97 - didn't want anything to do with the Derby distance
Halory Hunter '98 - liked him even more going into the Preakness, but never made it
General Challenge '99 - entrymate with Excellent Meeting (the filly) two for the price of one.....NOT!
Fusaichi Pegasus '00 - the streak is finally broken, went down in flames next start
Point Given '01 - SHOULD have been a Triple Crown winner!
Saarland '02 - by default that year...wasn't hot about anybody
Ten Most Wanted '03 - on the band wagon too soon
Read the Footnotes '04 - ??????????????
Afleet Alex '05 - got caught on the "dead" inside, game little bugger!
Barbaro '06 - R.I.P.
Street Sense '07 - w/ Hard Spun, my FIRST "cold" exacta

[blackthroatedwind]

Badgerland was 100 the best in the 1986 Derby ( and, no, I didn't bet him ).

[King Glorious]

I know I really liked Circular Quay last year. I liked Bandini a few years ago. I was on Point Determined and Cause to Believe a couple of years back. I was all over Smarty Jones and Lion Heart as my exacta in 2004.

Actual raceday picks:
86-Snow Chief
87-Cryptoclearance
88-Winning Colors
89-Sunday Silence
90-Summer Squall
91-Corporate Report
92-Arazi
93-Prairie Bayou
94-Holy Bull
95-Serena's Song
96-Grindstone
97-Pulpit
98-Indian Charlie
99-Excellent Meeting
00-Fusaichi Pegasus
01-Congaree
02-Came Home
03-Empire Maker
04-Smarty Jones/Lion Heart (I predicted a dead heat cause I couldn't seperate them)
05-Bandini
06-Cause to Believe
07-Curlin

[NoChanceToDance]

Scat Daddy was mine. I thought he was excellent value last year, and I thought he was good thing to hit the board.

[Sightseek]

Bellamy Road was the biggest heartbreaker...although I'm still naming my first child after him.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

war emblem ..got a tip from someone on this board didnt play em.argg

funny cide

barbero killed this one in pools and on the day

closing argument..giacomo

cavoneer

capt bodgit

impeachment......

[blackthroatedwind]

Pretty impossible to remember, but....

1976 Honest Pleasure
1977 Seattle Slew
1978 Affirmed
1979 Spectacluar Bid
1980 Probably Plugged Nickle and definitely not Genuine Risk
1981 No idea but not Pleasant Colony
1982 Don't even remember the race....I was probably on the Dead Tour
1983 See above
1984 see above
1985 Proud Truth
1986 No idea but definitely not Ferdinand
1987 Alysheba-Bet Twice
1988 Forty Niner
1989 Easy Goer
1990 No idea but not Unbridled
1991 Hansel
1992 Anyone but Arazi
1993 Someone that hasn't finished yet
1994 Go For Gin - Strodes Creek ( if I never win another Derby I will remain profitable because of this year )
1995 I hated Thunder Gulch but have no idea who I liked
1996 Someone that hasn't finished yet
1997 Silver Charm was the cinch of the century
1998 Definitely not even close
1999 Menifee
2000 FuPeg
2001 Who else....Dollar Bill
2002 Medaglia D'Oro
2003 Maybe Empire Maker but probably someone that finished 12th
2004 Tapit ( and definitely not Smarty Jones )
2005 Bellamy Road
2006 I used Barbaro but wasn't a big fan....whoever I liked was probably 16th
2007 Any Given Saturday - Street Sense

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

2004 Tapit ( and definitely not Smarty Jones )

THUD!

[The Bid]

What are you naming your first child? Bellamy - Bell or Amy?

You could name them after Bellamy creatively and name it Dud-ly

[blackthroatedwind]

Smarty Jones was the lightning bolt that randomly hits....the year that every idiot was right.

I'm not saying that you had to be an idiot to like him, though the two are far from mutually exclusive, but that he was the horse that every idiot liked. Fortunately, they are right occasionally as well.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Smarty Jones was the lightning bolt that randomly hits....the year that every idiot was right.

I'm not saying that you had to be an idiot to like him, though the two are far from mutually exclusive, but that he was the horse that every idiot liked. Fortunately, they are right occasionally as well.

Tapit, in my mind, will always be the most overrated horse in internet forum history.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Tapit, in my mind, will always be the most overrated horse in internet forum history.

He was an embarrassingly bad selection....on my part and anyone's. I must have been overcompensating psychologically for the depression I would have suffered had Michael Dickinson won the Derby.

[philcski]

My actual picks (at least the ones I remember)... Derby has been good to me for sure

'88 Private Terms
'89 Sunday Silence
'90 Pleasant Tap
'91 ?? no idea
'92 Pine Bluff
'93 ?? no idea but definitely not Sea Hero
'94 Holy Bull
'95 Thunder Gulch funny story: I had been betting at the same OTB down the block from my house for probably 3 years and they never asked for my ID until I tried to cash this ticket, had maybe $25 on his nose. I was 17 at the time, so my dad had to cash it for me. Before that he'd just send me down with our money and bets and they never said a thing.
'96 ?? I think Editors Note
'97 Silver Charm
'98 Victory Gallop
'99 Steven Got Even (did he finish yet?)
'00 ?? I think my top 3 all finished last
'01 Congaree
'02 Saarland (I liked Buddha till he scratched)
'03 Peace Rules
'04 Smarty Jones
'05 Afleet Alex
'06 Barbaro
'07 Street Sense