Run For The Roses 2005 - 131st Kentucky Derby - Giacomo wins!

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[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

[Pharmboy]

The only positive in his past performance chart was two fastest workouts of the day.

[Exit148]

BTW --- Thanks for the opening page. Terrific!

[deadhead]

Giacomo wins!

[fatima]

I miss Smarty.Afleet Alex ran a great race.

[HairOfTheDog]

My pleasure... I'll do the same for the Preakness, unless someone else beats me to the gate.



...Or I get hit by a truck or something ;~D

[MissTargets]

grey horse you know.

I always pick the grays too. This time I wanted Afleet Alex to win.

[spectre]

Unbelievable!

[Tunehead54]

Hey PJ!

What's the "bet on the grey" theory? From the "De Camptown Races"?

Love to hear! ;-)

[battlegearboat]

I have a $20 EXB 12,16 that cost $40.00 (betting slip from the local track)

I have no idea if having the show horse AFLEET ALEX in the box means I'm in the money...

A little help here please...

[prisoner6]

Yuppers. AA looked good but may have been intimidated a bit by the crowd. BTW - I haven't had time to scroll through all the posts yet so maybe someone esle mentioned this - Am I the only one who thought there was more than a little bumping? Expecially when AA got boxed in and moved between horses several times.

prisoner6

[Lemondropkid31]

Monarchos was a grey

[jsh3180]

Breaks my heart to see George Steinbrenner lose again

hahahaha

hehehehe

[Exit148]

Aside from the race itself, it is nice to hear the beautiful Kentucky Home being played and sung. BUT------ why does the camera have to focus on those women. Not one was worthy of the moment! Was that a can of beer that one of them had---and took a swig???

[battlegearboat]

My thoughts too...

[AGreatPer]

I just re-ran the race slow motion. The race was clean.

[Pajamajan]

"The only positive in his past performance was the two fastest workouts of the day"

This morning, I was listening to all the handicappers say the West coast horses had no chance. Ha. I wish I would have put more than just two dollars on him. The payoff for the exacta was something like $9000 wow.

[HairOfTheDog]

Oh come on! I loved the teary woman downing her beer during the song.

[mommadooo3]

From what I read all week, there a few handicappers who figured Bellamy Road would burn out before the finish.

I'm curious as to the order of finish for ALL horses.

[Lemondropkid31]

When there are a lot of horses like that, bumping is going to be there no matter what you try to do. There was bumping in this race, but if you want to see bumping, try to see if you can find a tape of the Derby that Charismatic won. I think it was 1999? They had major bumping in that race. It was awful. General Challenge nearly fell on his face a couple times.

[battlegearboat]

...faster horses...younger women....