Thank You Mine That Bird

[JJP]

Originally Posted by CSC

A bigger mystery is how he went off at only 50-1, as if we had enough of derby myths, no dirt wins, gelding, 81 beyer top, no name trainer(never heard of the guy until today), obviously someone bet him, should have been 100-1.

Would have thrown in the 2 prep rule but that has long been debunked.

I agree. He was 99-1 at William Hill in the U.K. But lets not forget the makeup of the crowd on Derby Day; many of whom cannot read a DRF or track program past performance. Let's not forget Rick's Natural Star was only 50-1 in the BC Turf a few years ago and actually had more win money than a Grade 1 winning Marlin.