Your best "top pick" Derby selection from the past

[Rileyoriley]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

I think I bet Riva Ridge to win.

Seems a lot of people here had Thunder Gulch. Horse paid $52 or so.

$51 for my $2 bet. I remember it well.

[packerbacker7964]

I remember Lukas saddled the other horses and left Jeff to saddle him. When he won though DWL had the reins leading him around like it was he who had trained him up to the Derby when infact his son Jeff had done all of the work prior to the Derby.

[Rileyoriley]

Is Jeff Lukas doing alright? Haven't heard about him in a long while.

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by packerbacker7964

I remember Lukas saddled the other horses and left Jeff to saddle him. When he won though DWL had the reins leading him around like it was he who had trained him up to the Derby when infact his son Jeff had done all of the work prior to the Derby.

PB,
Is that, perchance, a Joey Harrington Lions jersey being modeled in your avatar?

[VOL JACK]

I loved Real Quiet in '98. Bet Giacoma to W/P and boxed Giacoma and AA. in 05. Singled Barbaro last year in all my P4's.

[Zippy Chippy]

1994 Go for Gin

I was 18 and it was my first time going to the track. When my friends got off from work, we made a mad dash to the track and made it there with just a few minutes to post. Didn't have much time to handicap, but I saw Chris McCarron was the jockey and thought he had a better than average chance at winning. I put $2 across the board and raked in the cash two minutes later. I thought to myself, "Man! This is EASY!"

Haven't picked a Kentucky Derby winner since.

[Danzig]

my first winning pick was genuine risk. the two years before i had second-itis with alydar and general assembly. have had that in subsequent years as well...
other winners were swale, fupeg, smarty, unbridled....

i liked demons begone, he finished last--well, didn't actually finish....slew o'gold...snow chief, chief's crown....can't remember them all.

[Zaf]

I was lucky enough to hit:

Fusaichi Pegasus
Monarchos
Charasmatic

but I have been playing the race for over 20 years and usually don't fare well.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Hickory Hill Hoff

Is it me or does that picture of the Pope look evil???

The pope? i thought it was the emperor from star wars!!

[2Hot4TV]

Still trying to catch one.

Cavonnier.
I lost...

Ive really not bet it a whole lot though.

[knickslions2]

Alysheba
Strike the Gold
fusaichi pegasus
Monachos
Funny Cide
Smarty Jones

Had a nice run this century

[ARyan]

Originally Posted by knickslions2

Alysheba
Strike the Gold
fusaichi pegasus
Monachos
Funny Cide
Smarty Jones

Had a nice run this century

Alysheba was not that much better then Bet Twice in my opinion, and Bet Twice STOMPED Alysheba in the Belmont.

I am not quite convinced on Fu Peg.

As much as I love Funny Cide, he may not have even been the best 3yo, espically after May.

[GenuineRisk]

Off the top of my head, and not in order:

Sunny's Halo
Winning Colors
Sunday Silence
Go for Gin
Thunder Gulch
Smarty Jones.

And all but the last were due to my excellent "I liked the name best" method. Sigh...

I did for a while have a remarkable skill at picking the winner of the Belmont for the Derby and giving up on the horse just in time for the Belmont. (Editor's Note, Touch Gold, Victory Gallop). The Editor's Note one still hurts. I remember I spent that Belmont in an OTB right next to a theater where I was performing in "Of Mice and Men." Boy, Curly's Wife was cranky in the evening show that day...

[PPerfectfan]

I have had a few.
Silver Charm
Barbaro
Fu Peg
Lil E. Tee (no capping, my name is Elise Teer).lol

My best longshot was Closing Arguement. I loved him, all the "real" cappers were telling me I was crazy, but I put $20 across on him and made my money back..... Freaking Giamaco.lol