2007 Derby Throwout Contest

[Sam]

Okay... I'm reviving a contest intro'd on the old alt-sport-horse-racing group by a much beloved and dearly missed old friend *whines... where is my Sydneyman* and that I took over when he left us. Thought y'all might have as much fun with it as that old group had.

The object of the game is to pick horses that finish up the track. The better your horses do, the more humiliated you will be on the scoresheet.

(1) Contestants must eliminate 10 Derby starters from contention, regardless of final field size.

(2) You MUST also name a first alternate throwout, a second alternate throwout, and a third alternate throwout.

(3) All 10 of your throwout horses and all three of your alternates MUST come from the field as comprised after the post position draw.

(4) Post your entry (just once -- no adjustments, reconsiderations, or amendments) to this thread no later than 3 am Eastern time Saturday (12am Pacific time).

(5) State your 10 tossouts, state your first alternate, state your second alternate, state your third alternate. Save any additional remarks (optional, including the swearing) for placement beneath your selections.

(6) If one of your 10 tossers is scratched (before Saturday, or on raceday itself), your first alternate will be substituted, and so on. If more than three of your throwouts are scratched, that is your good luck.

(7) If one of your contenders is scratched, that is your bad luck. So you might wish to wait until Friday before posting your one and only contest entry.

(8) If one of your throwout horses wins the Derby, you will be assessed 15 points. It's 10 points for place, 8 points for show, 6 points for running fourth, 4 points for finishing fifth, and 2 points for beating all but five horses. A perfect score is zero -- unless, of course, the field dwindles to 15, in which case a perfect score would be 2.

(9) I will post a summary of throwouts Saturday morning, in plenty of time for anyone who wishes to take the list to the track and bet on them

(10) By Sunday morning I will post complete annotated contest results.

(11) A dead heat, and a split purse, is possible.

(12) Except there is no purse.

Let the games begin.

pssst.... Rogue, can I get a sticky?

[Sam]

Here's the field, just in case y'all have missed it.

PP Horse ML Trainer Jockey

1 Sedgefield 50-1 Darrin Miller Julien Leparoux
2 Curlin 7-2 Steve Asmussen Robby Albarado
3 Zanjero 30-1 Steve Asmussen Shaun Bridgmohan
4 Storm in May 30-1 Bill Kaplan Juan Leyva
5 Imawildandcrazyguy 50-1 Bill Kaplan Mark Guidry
6 Cowtown Cat 20-1 Todd Pletcher Fernando Jara
7 Street Sense 4-1 Carl Nafzger Calvin Borel
8 Hard Spun 15-1 Larry Jones Mario Pino
9 Liquidity 30-1 Doug O'Neill David Flores
10 Teuflesberg 30-1 Jamie Sanders Stewart Elliott
11 Bwana Bull 50-1 Jerry Hollendorfer Javier Castellano
12 Nobiz Like Shobiz 8-1 Barclay Tagg Cornelio Velasquez
13 Sam P. 20-1 Todd Pletcher Ramon Dominguez
14 Scat Daddy 10-1 Todd Pletcher Edgar Prado
15 Tiago 15-1 John Shirreffs Mike Smith
16 Circular Quay 8-1 Todd Pletcher John Velazquez
17 Stormello 30-1 Bill Currin Kent Desormeaux
18 Any Given Saturday 12-1 Todd Pletcher Garrett Gomez
19 Dominican 20-1 Darrin Miller Rafael Bejarano
20 Great Hunter 15-1 Doug O'Neill Corey Nakatani

I've not done this in about 4 years... I'm going to get my ass kicked

[Ill-bred]

My tossers!

Sedgefield
Storm in May
Imawildandcrazyguy
Hard Spun
Liquidity
Teuflesberg
Bwana Bull
Sam P.
Tiago
Stormello

Aleternates 1-3: Cowtown Cat, Zanjero, Great Hunter

[kimberley mine]

Sedgefield
Zanjero
Storm In May
Imawildandcrazyguy
Cowtown Cat
Liquidity
Teuflesberg
Bwana Bull
Sam P
Circular Quay

1st alt Dominican
2nd alt Hard Spun
3rd alt Street Sense (oh yes I did!)

[Contrast]

My Tossers:

Sedgefield
Curlin
Imawildandcrazyguy
Hard Spun
Liquidity
Bwana Bull
NoBiz Like Showbiz
Great Hunter
Tiago
Any Given Saturday

Alts: 1st - Zanjero 2nd - Storm in May 3rd - Dominican

[Bill from WA]

1) Dominican

2) Imawildandcrazyguy

3) Cowtiwn Cat

4) Storm In May

5) Any Given Saturday

6) Sedgefield

7) Sam P

8) Circular Quay

9) Great Hunter

10) Stormello

Alt 1) Scat Daddy

Alt 2) Teuflesberg

Alt 3) Curlin

Bill

[Danzig]

Toss:
Sedgefield
Zanjero
Storm In May
Imawildandcrazyguy
Liquidity
Teuflesberg
Bwana Bull
Sam P.
Stormello
Dominican

Alternates:
1. Cowtown Cat
2. Great Hunter
3. Tiago

[Danzig]

I'll contribute $20 to the purse.

[zinn21]

Tossers


Scat Daddy
Bwana Bull
Sedgefield
Teuflesberg
Imawildandcrazyguy
Zanjero
Liquidity
Great Hunter
Storm in May
Sam P

Alternates in order

Dominican
Cowtown Cat
Nobiz Like Shobiz

[Sysonby]

Toss:

Sedgefield
Zanjero
Storm in May
Imawildandcrazyguy
Cowtown Cat
Liquidity
Bwana Bull
Teuflesberg
Sam P
Stormello

1st alternate: Dominican
2nd alternate: Tiago
3rd aletrnate: Any Given Saturday

[geowarrior]

Sedgefield
Zanjero
Storm in May
Imawildandcrazyguy
Liquidity
Bwana Bull
Sam P.
Stormello
Any Given Saturday
Dominican

Alt 1 Scat Daddy, Alt 2 Curlin, Alt 3 Nobiz Like Shobiz

[jagger]

Toss
Scat Daddy
Any Given Saturday
Curlin
Stormello
Storm in May
Sedgefield
Imawildandcrazyguy
Cowtown Cat
Teuflesberg
Sam P.

ALTERNATES
1. Dominican
2. Liquidity
3. Zanjero


Fun thread, Sam. Thanks

[jagger]

Bill,

I am pretty surprised by two of your picks. Great Hunter (post position?) and Circular Quay. Your new system at work?

[Kari]

I'll try it.

Throwouts:

Sedgefield
Storm in May
Zanjero
Imawildandcrazyguy
Hard Spun
Liquidity
Teuflesburg
Bwana Bull
Sam P.
Stormello

Alternates:
1)Cowtown Cat
2)Dominican
3)Great Hunter

[madelyn]

My Throwouts:

Sedgefield
Zanjero
Storm in May
Imawildandcrazyguy
Cowtown Cat
Teuflesberg
Bwana Bull
Sam P.
Tiago
Stormello

Alt 1 - Circular Quay
Alt 2 - Dominican
Alt 3 - Liquidity

PS, THANKS Sam, could be fun. I LOVE that no one has thrown out Street Sense so far.. Derbies in the past were not always weighted with a horse like that.