Posted on 05/07/2005 8:24:28 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
1 - Sort It Out Trainer - Bob Baffert
2 - Andromeda's Hero Trainer - Nick Zito
3 - Sun King Trainer - Nick Zito
4 - Noble Causeway Trainer - Nick Zito
5 - Coin Silver Trainer - Todd Pletcher
6 - High Limit Trainer - Bobby Frankel
7 - Flower Alley Trainer - Todd Pletcher
8 - Greater Good Trainer - Bob Holthus
9 - Greeley's Galaxy Trainer - Warren Stute
10 - Giacomo Trainer - John Shirreffs
11 - High Fly Trainer - Nick Zito
12 - Afleet Alex Trainer - Tim Ritchey
13 - Spanish Chestnut Trainer - Patrick Biancone
14 - Wilko Trainer - Craig Dollase
15 - Bandini Trainer Todd Pletcher
16 - Bellamy Road Trainer - Nick Zito
17 - Don't Get Mad Trainer - Ron Ellis
18 - Closing Argument Trainer - Kiaran McLaughlin
19 - Going Wild Trainer - D. Wayne Lukas
20 - Buzzards Bay Trainer - Jeff Mullins
Aw thanks for the link. I didn't know about the little girl until today. I just read his race record yesterday and like him. All the more to hope he wins now.
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Yeah - and the little girl's story isn't the only tearjerker... one of the owners is also fighting cancer and was expected to live till 2002. He's expected to be at the race today.
Yay! I was hoping to find a Derby thread. :O) My emotional pick is Afleet Alex. I start crying every time they talk about the little girl who died of cancer, and I think it is so cute that they are using the horse to help raise money for cancer.
My favorite otherwise is Bellamy Road.
Of course there would be a thread!
LYRICS
The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home
Tis summer, the darkies are gay
The corn top's ripe and the meadow's in bloom
While the birds make music all the day
The young folks roll on the little cabin floor
All merry, all happy and bright
By 'n by hard times come a-knocking at the door
Then my old Kentucky home good night
Weep no more, my lady
Oh, weep no more, today
We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home
For the old Kentucky home far away.
They hunt no more for the 'possum and the coon,
On meadow, the hill and the shore,
They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon,
On the bench by that old cabin door.
The day goes by like a shadow o'er the heart,
With sorrow where all was delight.
The time has come when the darkies have to part,
Then my old Kentucky home, good night.
The head must bow and the back will have to bend,
Wherever the poor folks may go
A few more days and the trouble will end,
In the field where sugar-canes may grow.
A few more days for to tote the weary load,
No matter, 'twill never be light
A few more days till we totter on the road,
Then my old Kentucky home, good night.
Heck, I cry during some of the breeding farm commercials ;~D
"Smarty was the first favorite to win in a long time"
Actually, Fusaichi Pegasus was the favorite too, so both of them were the first favorites to win in a long time.
If I bet, I would not pick a favorite, no payoff. It will be hard to beat Bellamy Road's 120 Beyer speed rating, but I do give BANDINI my confidence. He will win or place, and he's at 6-1 now. His sire is the great "stud muffin" Fusaichi Pegasus and he's been improving each time out. Solid trainer, respectable jock.
My "going out on the limb" longshots are High Fly, Greeley's Galaxy, Noble Causeway and Wilco. Wilco's only chance is his jock, Corey Nakatani, who knows how to bring a longshot in, I've seen it a hundred times. Remember last year that "Birdstone," a big longshot, spoiled Smarty Jones' triple crown bid. So don't count Wilco out.
High Fly is underrated, but has Zito as trainer and the great Jerry Bailey as his jock. Can't count out Noble Causeway. Last race he was 2nd by only a length and a half. And he's trained by Nick Zito, and has one of the best jocks in the world on his back, Gary Stevens.
Greeley's Galaxy (at 15-1) we know little about because he didn't race as a 2 yo, but he won the Illinois Derby by a stunning 9 1/2 lengths and he has a 106 beyer.
If you have to pin me down, here are my bets:
WPS on Bandini and Greeley's Galaxy
Trifecta Box: Bandini, Afleet Alex and Bellamy Road
Exacta: Bandini, High Fly
Place and show on both High Fly and Noble Causeway
I wouldn't know the real lyrics from the changed ones ;~D
I just googled it because I wondered what it said!
There's a lot of bets been placed on the thread.... I don't know how I am gonna pay these :~D
Uh-huh.
I like Bellamy Road's face. I think he looks majestic. I think Greeley's Galaxy has a cute face. He has the same coloring as the Kentucky Oaks winner.
OK - NBC coverage beginning now.
They sing "people" now.
I have this song on my cell phone to play when it rings
Go Afleet Alex.
Ahh.... well I guess that doesn't surprise me :~D
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