Filed under: Fun Stuff, Sports | Tags: Kentucky Derby, Barbaro, 100 Grand, horse racing
It’s the time of year again … the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby!
Two years ago we started a little tradition of having an open contest to pick the winner of the Derby. The first year Timothy Allen Brown was the big winner - he picked Barbaro (RIP). Last year we didn’t have a winner due to a lack of participants.
Here’s how it works. Leave a comment claiming your horse. If you correctly pick the winner of Saturday’s race, you will receive 100 Grand!
Here is this year’s field and current odds of winning:
1) Cool Coal Man (20-1)
2) Tale of Ekati (15-1)
3) Anak Nakal (30-1)
4) Court Vision (20-1)
5) Eight Belles (15-1)
6) Z Fortune (15-1)
7) Big Truck (50-1)
8 ) Visionaire (20-1)
9) Pyro (6-1)
10) Colonel John (4-1)
11) Z Humor (30-1)
12) Smooth Air (20-1)
13) Bob Black Jack (20-1)
14) Monba (15-1)
15) Adriano (30-1)
16) Denis of Cork (20-1)
17) Cowboy Cal (20-1)
18 ) Recapturetheglory (20-1)
19) Gayego (15-1)
20) Big Brown (3-1)
*Note: Obviously the prize is not $100,000. Do you honestly think that if I had an extra $100,000 laying around I’d just hand it over? It’s a candy bar you dummies.
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1. i plan on winning again. in return for the candy bar i’ll send you an obama sticker.
2. how dare you not link my name!
3. how do i get rid of the “possibly related posts”. i got one that’s “adult” and be needin’ to get it away!
oh, and my pick is OBVIOUSLY big brown
Comment by timothy allen brown May 2, 2008 @ 2:46 pmIn your dashboard, select “Design” and then select “Extras.”
And you’re right, I should have linked your name. I fixed it.
Comment by Shane Bertou May 2, 2008 @ 2:48 pmPyro
Comment by Corey Lanier May 2, 2008 @ 3:11 pmShane,
on a completely unrelated note to horseracing, have you seen this?!:
http://sgrwebster.com/2008/05/02/michael-sweet-of-stryper-joins/
Comment by sgrwebster May 2, 2008 @ 5:33 pmRecapturetheglory (20-1)
Comment by Mom2ryan May 2, 2008 @ 7:49 pmAlright, I waited for the first four picks. If no one is taking the “experts” favorite, I guess I will.
Colonel John.
Comment by Shane Bertou May 2, 2008 @ 10:27 pmI want that candy bar, I’m going with Monba!
Comment by Kurt May 3, 2008 @ 4:56 amI want Smooth Air…
Comment by Matt J May 3, 2008 @ 9:09 amin honour of the Pedro the Lion tune, I’m taking Big Truck
Comment by sgrwebster May 3, 2008 @ 10:34 am@sgrwebster: Dude, are you Canadian?
Oh and, D’oh!, the race is Saturday not Sunday. Everyone still has a couple hours to claim a horse!
Comment by Shane Bertou May 3, 2008 @ 1:22 pmYou know what, I saw a headline today that said Boston had a new lead singer, but I was too disinterested to read further. I guess I should have!
Comment by Shane Bertou May 3, 2008 @ 1:23 pmBob Black Jack
and Josiah picks
Comment by Cheryl May 3, 2008 @ 1:30 pmEight Bellies
Visionaire
Comment by jim May 3, 2008 @ 3:54 pmAnak Nakal sounds kind of like food in arabic. and i like food.
Comment by jess May 3, 2008 @ 4:13 pmBig Brown it is!
Dude. You’re a freak with this! 100 Grand is on its way.
RIP Eight Belles. That’s two euthanised horses in the past three years. Not good PR for horse racing, for sure.
PETA uproar to follow …
Comment by Shane Bertou May 3, 2008 @ 5:28 pmIf anyone is wondering how we handled it with Josiah (he picked Eight Belles), when we saw his horse was down we told him she was tired from running so fast, and she needed a rest.
We left it at that.
Comment by Shane Bertou May 3, 2008 @ 5:47 pmoh protecting your children……..i don’t let mine watch the end of charolette’s web cause i think it is way too sad when she dies. so they think the end of the movie is wilbur winning the fair!
Comment by jess May 3, 2008 @ 6:11 pmCharlotte dies? What? Thanks for nothing Jess!
Comment by Shane Bertou May 3, 2008 @ 6:15 pmNot Canadian, Shane. Though we did honeymoon there. I just like the British spelling. Adds some colour, eh?
Big Truck - 19th place.
All right!
Comment by sgrwebster May 3, 2008 @ 6:44 pmi’m good. foxwoods is down the road…maybe i should go
Comment by timothy allen brown May 3, 2008 @ 6:45 pm[...] May 3, 2008 i won! Posted by timothy allen brown under sports | Tags: big brown, boston celtics, kentucky derby | the aptly named big brown (no relation) won the kentucky derby. i win a candy bar [...]
Pingback by i won! « contemplating life’s intricate disasters May 3, 2008 @ 6:53 pm@Timmay!: A few years back Foxwoods opened up their arena to the WNBA. That’s reason enough to NEVER cross their threshold!
@sgrwester: Please tell me you honeymooned in Toronto, Ottawa or Vancouver and NOT Niagara Falls!
Comment by Shane Bertou May 3, 2008 @ 7:30 pmI’m not sure why this didn’t post the first time. I’ll try again.
Comment by Jim E. May 5, 2008 @ 9:44 amhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/more/05/04/bc.rac.peta.eightbelles.ap/index.html?cnn=yes
Who called it?
Comment by Shane Bertou May 5, 2008 @ 10:54 amManitoulin Island, actually. (in Lake Huron).
One of our favourite (cheeky spelling!!!) places in the world.
Comment by SGRWebster May 5, 2008 @ 12:42 pmJust making sure you didn’t fall for the “Honeymoon Capital of the World” nonsense. The American side is - in my opinion - far superior to its extremely commercialized, far overpriced and over-rated Canadian counterpart.
Comment by Shane Bertou May 5, 2008 @ 12:47 pm