Kentucky Derby picks {just for fun}

[thesoxwin]

Here are the horses in the 138th Run for the Roses, The Kentucky Derby. Make some picks, just for fun, on who you think will win, place and show. {first, second , third} Good Luck!! I'll have my picks up by race time, need to do some research.
Here are some Derby Facts.. http://www.louisville.com/content/countdown-derby-fifteen-fun-facts-1-horse-sense-horse-racing


1) Daddy Long Legs (O’Brien/O’Donoghue) 30-1
2) Optimizer (Lukas/Court) 50-1
3) Take Charge Indy (Byrne/Borel) 15-1
4) Union Rags (Matz/Leparoux) 9-2
5) Dullahan (Romans/Desormeaux) 8-1
6) Bodemeister (Baffert/Smith) 4-1
7) Rousing Sermon (Hollendorfer/Lezcano) 50-1
8) Creative Cause (Harrington/Rosario) 12-1
9) Trinniberg (Parboo/Martinez) 30-1
10) Daddy Nose Best (Asmussen/Gomez) 15-1
11) Alpha (McLaughlin/Maragh) 15-1
12) Prospective (Casse/Contreras) 30-1
13) Went the Day Well (Motion/Velazquez) 20-1
14) Hansen (Maker/Dominguez) 10-1
15) Gemologist (Pletcher/Castellano) 6-1
16) El Padrino (Pletcher/Bejarano) 20-1
17) Done Talking (Smith/Russell) 50-1
18) Sabercat (Asmussen/Nakatani) 30-1
19) I’ll Have Another (O’Neill/Gutierrez) 12-1
20) Liaison (Baffert/M. Garcia) 50-1
Also eligible (can run if there is a scratch by 9 a.m. Friday)
My Adonis (Breen/Trujillo) 50-1

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[pfb8888]

1- (1)daddylonglegs - best name too
2- (6)bodemeister - bafferts in there somewhere
3- (5)dullahan - desormeaux deserves respect

 

[thesoxwin]

4. Union Rags (Matz/Leparoux) 9-2
6. Bodemeister (Baffert/Smith) 4-1
15. Gemologist (Pletcher/Castellano) 6-1

This is the Derby and with 20 horses in the race, anything can happen!
Taking this exacta box on TVG. Gemologist has a chance, but no horse have ever won the Derby out of the 15 pole. Gemologist out of Mr Prospector who sired or has descendants to:

• Real Quiet (1995) 1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes
  
• Unbridled (1987) 1990 Kentucky Derby
• Mine That Bird (2006) 2009 Kentucky Derby
• Conquistador Cielo (1979) 1982 Belmont Stakes
• Hansel (1988) 1991 Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes
• Smarty Jones (2001) 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stake

and a bunch of others. The 5 horse Dullahan's dam Mining My Own was sired by Smart Strike, which is the son of......Mr Prospector. Good luck is anyone is betting or even watching the Derby, I know that Horseracing has lost alot of fans in the last 15 years, but it is real exiting to watch.

My father was a Massachusetts breeder back in the 80's and 90's. He had about 25 horses at one time, and we used to bolt to the races once or twice a week.

 

[Pothole]

Another Santa Anita wonder horse, $11k yearling, so much for breeding. Then again, it's a Canadian horse.

 

[thesoxwin]

Yeah, I'm not exactly sure what Leparoux was thinking aboard Union Rags. Starting the race in 20th {and staying there most of the race} and letting the leaders way out, isn't a good mix for a win.

Played a couple of Exacta boxes, but most involved Union Rags. None had the winner, but three had the second [Bodemeister] third [Dullahan] place horses. Oh well, I'll now wait until the Preakness.

 

[pfb8888]

betting on horse racing is the most -ev bet in the world.... unless you know a guy.... who knows a guy