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Biggie wrote: ↑Fri May 02, 2025 3:18 am
The only problem is that you don’t know what the fuck you are doing.

Except for the fact that I have been betting horses/dogs since 1988.

1- Sandman



2- Sovereignty

3- Journalism

SFP PICKS:

Journalism
Final Gambit
Coal Battle


Disclaimer....subject to be updated prior to 5 pm May 3

SFP wrote: ↑Fri May 02, 2025 4:58 pm 1. Citizen Bull (20-1) Baffert Horse/ Fast pace will burn out.
3. Final Gambit (30-1) TURF HORSE SO NOPE!
5. American Promise (30-1) LUKAS HORSE SO MAYBE!
6. Admire Daytona (30-1) Japanese Horse so NOPE!
8. Journalism (3-1) SOLID PICK! Breaks out of gate great in smaller fields
17. Sandman (6-1) Will set pace and probably get passed by Journalism in the stretch
18. Sovereignty (5-1) Solid top 3 pick


SFP PICKS:

Journalism
Sovereignty
Sandman


Disclaimer....subject to be updated prior to 5 pm May 3.

You're welcome.

Luxor Cafe

Burnham Square

American Promise


Yo ho ho

Steve Jobs wrote: ↑Sat May 03, 2025 1:08 am Luxor Cafe

Flipped a coin between Luxor & Baeza...for show money.

Last year's race was incredible.

Soverignty

Baeza

Luxor

Now Ruth Buzzi croaked, I feel lucky so here goes

Citizen Bull

Render Judgemet

Journalism

And thanks to HPG for the pics I was able to get my jerk on finally.

Luckily before I saw the Sam pic.

PSUFAN

Uncle Fester

ReverendFreshmaker

Sovereignty
Luxor Cafe
Burnham Square

I’ll go chalk with:

1. Journalism
2. Sandman

And a longshot:

3. Flying Mohawk

Kluba wrote: ↑Sat May 03, 2025 8:30 pm Sovereignty
Luxor Cafe
Burnham Square

I applaud the effort required to make picks on your own.

Rodriguez
Burnham
Tiztastic

Rootbeer wrote: ↑Sat May 03, 2025 9:13 pm

Kluba wrote: ↑Sat May 03, 2025 8:30 pm Sovereignty
Luxor Cafe
Burnham Square

I applaud the effort required to make picks on your own.

My insider is dead or something.

This is the separate $100 bet with Pickle. And I said that I would be actually making the bets online, well I'm not because I am sick as a dog now and I just don't feel it. But this is my hypothetical $100 Derby bet.


$10 w/p/s Journalism ($30)
$5 w/p/s American Promise ($15)
$5 w/p/s Sovereignty ($15)
$4 s Sandman ($4)

$1 trifecta box ($24)
Journalism
American Promise
Sovereignty
Sandman

$1 exacta box ($12)
Journalism
American Promise
Sovereignty
Sandman

$10 w/p/s Journalism ($30)
$5 w/p/s Coal Battle ($15)
$5 w/p/s Final Gambit ($15)
$4 s Publisher ($4)

$1 trifecta box ($24)
Journalism
Final Gambit
Coal Battle
Publisher

$1 exacta box ($12)
Journalism
Publisher
Coal Battle
Final Gambit


GOOD LUCK
My Picks

Thanks to everyone for playing!
Thanks to Roux for running it!

Good times for everyone!

The results are official.

Errrrr, unless you see that I screwed up the scoring, in which case it will be corrected.





Huge props to HPG and Kubla, who finished in a dead heat to win. Roach came in third place.



Kluba $17.96
Sovereignty $17.96
Luxor Cafe
Burnham Square

HighPlainsGrifter $17.96
Soverignty $17.96
Baeza
Luxor

Roach $11.20
Sandman
Sovereignty $7.50
Journalism $3.70

The Seer $8.38
Journalism
Sandman
Baeza $8.38

Roux $5.58
Journalism
American Promise
Sovereignty $5.58

Smackie Chan $4.94
Burnham Square
Journalism $4.94
American Promise

Peter Duncan $3.70
Citizen Bull
Render Judgemet
Journalism $3.70

SFP $0.00
Journalism
Final Gambit
Coal Battle

Steve Jobs $0.00
Luxor Cafe
Burnham Square
American Promise

bungle clone $0.00
PSUFAN
Uncle Fester
ReverendFreshmaker

Biggie $0.00
Journalism
Sandman
Flying Mohawk

Rootbeer $0.00
Rodriguez
Burnham
Tiztastic

Here it is again!

Rack Roux

bungle clone wrote: ↑Sun May 04, 2025 1:14 am


Rack Roux

You just missed Roux in chat but if you swing into the 'Town I have some tunage you might like.

Smackie Chan wrote: ↑Sun May 04, 2025 2:14 am You just missed Roux in chat but if you swing into the 'Town I have some tunage you might like.

Dammit, sorry I missed it. We decided to binge Hell on Wheels. Not a horrible show, but I wouldn't go out of my way to recommend. Thanks for the thought!

bungle clone wrote: ↑Sun May 04, 2025 2:48 pm

Smackie Chan wrote: ↑Sun May 04, 2025 2:14 am You just missed Roux in chat but if you swing into the 'Town I have some tunage you might like.

Dammit, sorry I missed it. We decided to binge Hell on Wheels. Not a horrible show, but I wouldn't go out of my way to recommend. Thanks for the thought!

We have nothing in common.

Stanley Pickle Puffer:

SFP wrote: ↑Fri May 02, 2025 4:45 pm

Biggie wrote: ↑Fri May 02, 2025 3:18 am
The only problem is that you don’t know what the fuck you are doing.

Except for the fact that I have been betting horses/dogs since 1988.

Also Stanley Pickle Puffer:

Roux wrote: ↑Sat May 03, 2025 11:35 pm SFP $0.00
Journalism
Final Gambit
Coal Battle

37 years of total failure and ineptitude. The only thing you know how to do is suck. Cocks, life, betting horses...

Diego in Seattle wrote: ↑Sun May 04, 2025 3:52 pm

bungle clone wrote: ↑Sun May 04, 2025 2:48 pm

Smackie Chan wrote: ↑Sun May 04, 2025 2:14 am You just missed Roux in chat but if you swing into the 'Town I have some tunage you might like.

Dammit, sorry I missed it. We decided to binge Hell on Wheels. Not a horrible show, but I wouldn't go out of my way to recommend. Thanks for the thought!

We have nothing in common.

what? You mean about Hell on Wheels.? I'm not panning it. There are major points to the credit of the actors and the production is nice in terms of being a dramatization of the history of the railroad. It's ok.

bungle clone wrote: ↑Sun May 04, 2025 4:49 pm

Diego in Seattle wrote: ↑Sun May 04, 2025 3:52 pm

bungle clone wrote: ↑Sun May 04, 2025 2:48 pm

Dammit, sorry I missed it. We decided to binge Hell on Wheels. Not a horrible show, but I wouldn't go out of my way to recommend. Thanks for the thought!

We have nothing in common.

what? You mean about Hell on Wheels.? I'm not panning it. There are major points to the credit of the actors and the production is nice in terms of being a dramatization of the history of the railroad. It's ok.

First off, check out who played the character named Elam Ferguson.

Secondly, the character named Eva was pretty true to the actual woman. Interesting story.

Pickle, as to our $100 bets, you would have cashed $43.20 and I would have cashed $144.96.

Roux wrote: ↑Sun May 04, 2025 8:29 pm Pickle, as to our $100 bets, you would have cashed $43.20 and I would have cashed $144.96.

Yep! You won fair and square.

Final Gambit was the 3 horse and 5 came out of the gate and completely destroyed 3. Gambit was so far in last place out of the gate that he couldn't recover. I let the rain and the sloppy track mess with my picks. Looking forward to the next two races to redeem myself.

Thanks, Roux!

Question-shouldn’t Roach get $7.50 for Sovereignty?

Indeed you are right, I missed that, thank you for catching my mistake.

I will make the correction on the results, thank you again.

Diego in Seattle wrote: ↑Mon May 05, 2025 12:17 pm

Rack.

I'd be remiss if I didn't RACK the winners, HPG and Kubla.

HPG, though, is just cleaning up the around here again.

His new av should have a mint julep wytched in. Well, Kubla's too, for that matter.

bungle clone wrote: ↑Mon May 05, 2025 1:08 pm I'd be remiss if I didn't RACK the winners, HPG and Kubla.

HPG, though, is just cleaning up the around here again.

His new av should have a mint julep wytched in. Well, Kubla's too, for that matter.

If there's a tie-breaker, it'd go to HPG for having TWO horses in his picks that monied.

Horse racing rules provide for ties, called a dead heat, in which case the prize money from the win and show pools is used for the payouts.

HPG definitely had a good Derby in picking the winner and tying for first. But Roach was the only participant to get on the board with two horses.

Let me try that again.

I didn't understand the scoring.

Isn't first pick w/p/s, second pick p/s and third pick s? Or something?

Which would give me, you, Seer and SFP an additional $4.94 for Journalism and HPG an additional $8.38 for Baeza.

It would be, if the bet was "$2 across the board", which is actually three $2 bets: $2 to win, $2 to place, $2 to show. And so picking three horses, you actually would be making 9 bets. That's how Pickle and I bet in our hypothetical $100 bet.

But for the purposes of this contest, and how I did it last year, it is a single bet on a horse to win, a single bet on another horse to place, and a single bet on another horse to show.

It is easier to score that way, and as you pointed out, even then I messed it up.

If the horse you pick to win actually wins, then you get paid. But not if he places or shows.*

If the horse you pick to place comes in first or second, then you get paid. But not if he shows.*

If the horse you pick to show comes in first, second, or third, you get paid.*

*which is how it actually works at the track.

Thank you for the education.