2008 Kentucky Derby

Any Horse Racing fans out there? Tomorrow (May 3rd) is the Kentucky Derby. Anyone have any bets for this year's winner?

PREDICTED KENTUCKY DERBY ODDS

Finally, time to give everyone a glimpse at what my Derby odds look like, followed by how they might appear come post time:

1) Big Brown, 3-1, 3-1
2) Colonel John, 7-2, 4-1
3) Pyro, 7-1, 7-1
4) Denis of Cork, 12-1, 10-1
5) Monba, 13-1, 15-1
6) Gayego, 13-1; 12-1
7) Court Vision, 16-1; 15-1
8) Cowboy Cal, 18-1, 30-1
9) Z Fortune, 18-1, 16-1
10) Visionaire, 20-1; 22-1
11) Tale of Ekati, 20-1, 14-1
12) Smooth Air 30-1; 30-1
13) Bob Black Jack, 32-1, 24-1
14) Adriano, 34-1, 25-1
15) Eight Belles, 37-1; 19-1
16) Recapturetheglory, 40-1; 28-1
17) Cool Coal Man, 40-1; 35-1
18) Z Humor, 45-1, 40-1
19) Big Truck, 50-1, 45-1
20) Anak Nakal, 60-1, 50-1

Tomorrow? Already? I thought it wasn't until like....oh, it is May. First Saturday in May.

Looking at those names I'll cheer for...they all suck. Hopefully there's a triple crown winner in there. I'm tired of stupid Affirmed, he's dead anyways.

My prediction:
WIN: Big Brown
PLACE: Eight Belles
SHOW: Dennis of Cork
4th: Tale of Ekati

Big Brown looks like Barbaro(RIP)..

Horses make good dog food

Catbox!

I hope a horse wins the Triple Crown but I doubt it will happen this year

gs78 wrote:

Catbox!

TRIVIA:

Who was the last Kentucky Derby winner to be eaten by a dog? Did the dog win any races?

Big Brown wins!

Eight Belles, a long-shot, placed (that means 2nd place for those that don't know horse racing lingo).

Eight Belles is off to the dog food factory though - she was euthanized after the race.

If Eight Belles would have won, she'd have been just the 4th filly to win the race.

Show (third place) goes to Denis of Cork.

Big Brown wins Kentucky Derby
2nd place finisher Filly Eight Belles euthanized after massive injuries
Last Updated: Saturday, May 3, 2008 | 6:43 PM ET

Race favourite Big Brown came on strong down the backstretch to take the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville on Saturday.

Big Brown, coming in at 2.5-to-1 odds, won despite drawing the unfavourable 20th and last post in the stacked 1¼-mile race, which took place on a clear day at Churchill Downs. The thoroughbred is now unbeaten in four races in its career.

Veteran rider Kent Desormeaux rode Big Brown to victory, his third Derby win. He also won with Real Quiet in 1998 and two years later with Fusaichi Pegasus. The winning trainer was Rick Dutrow.

Filly Eight Belles finished second but pulled up injured after the end of the race. She broke both front ankles and was immediately euthanized.

"There was no possible way to save her," on-call veterinarian Dr. Larry Bramlage said. "She broke both front ankles. That's a bad injury."

Eight Belles was trying to join Regret, Genuine Risk, and Winning Colors as the only females to win.

Denis of Cork finished third.

The next outing in horse racing's Triple Crown is the Preakness Stakes on May 17, followed by the Belmont Stakes on June 7. It has been 30 years since a horse has won the crown, with Affirmed winning all three races.

Fourth place went to Tale of Ekati, owned by diamond mine magnate Chuck Fipke, who was hoping to have the third Canadian-owned horse ever to win the Kentucky Derby.

Sprinter Bob Black Jack, which has set track records over short distances, led for much of the first half of the race but fell back to 16th.

That's too bad about Eight Belles...

catbox_9 wrote:

My prediction:
WIN: Big Brown
PLACE: Eight Belles
SHOW: Dennis of Cork
4th: Tale of Ekati

Damn! I hope you placed a bet on that! That's a superfecta!

catbox_9 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

My prediction:
WIN: Big Brown
PLACE: Eight Belles
SHOW: Dennis of Cork
4th: Tale of Ekati

Damn! I hope you placed a bet on that! That's a superfecta!

A $1 bet on that would've paid $29,368.90
A $1 bet on the first 3 (trifecta) would've paid $1,722.80
A $1 bet on the first 2 (exacta) would've paid $70.80

catbox_9 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

My prediction:
WIN: Big Brown
PLACE: Eight Belles
SHOW: Dennis of Cork
4th: Tale of Ekati

Damn! I hope you placed a bet on that! That's a superfecta!

A $1 bet on that would've paid $29,368.90
A $1 bet on the first 3 (trifecta) would've paid $1,722.80
A $1 bet on the first 2 (exacta) would've paid $70.80

You better place a bet on the next race!

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

My prediction:
WIN: Big Brown
PLACE: Eight Belles
SHOW: Dennis of Cork
4th: Tale of Ekati

Damn! I hope you placed a bet on that! That's a superfecta!

A $1 bet on that would've paid $29,368.90
A $1 bet on the first 3 (trifecta) would've paid $1,722.80
A $1 bet on the first 2 (exacta) would've paid $70.80

You better place a bet on the next race!

Too bad I cheated and made that prediction after the race. The cheap in Vegas wouldn't take my bet after the race was over

Catbox!

Wow this race was a total heart breaker Congrats to Big Brown. That filly ran with the boys and beat them. Horrible to see such a gorgeous animal down on the track and trying to get back up. I have been watching horse racing for a long time and don't recall seeing an injury quite like this at the finish. I hope they do a complete investigation. By the time she went down, she should have been fine. Very strange.

That was sad!

catbox_9 wrote:

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

My prediction:
WIN: Big Brown
PLACE: Eight Belles
SHOW: Dennis of Cork
4th: Tale of Ekati

Damn! I hope you placed a bet on that! That's a superfecta!

A $1 bet on that would've paid $29,368.90
A $1 bet on the first 3 (trifecta) would've paid $1,722.80
A $1 bet on the first 2 (exacta) would've paid $70.80

You better place a bet on the next race!

Too bad I cheated and made that prediction after the race. The cheap in Vegas wouldn't take my bet after the race was over

CHEATER