Most exciting 2 minutes in all of sport!

Wear them hats, and drink them Mint Juleps.

So who you gots?

My pick be #3

1. Lookin At Lee 25-1 (Lanerie, 20-1)

2. Thunder Snow 17-1 (Soumillon, 20-1)

3. Fast and Accurate 33-1 (Hill, 50-1)

4. Untrapped 60-1 (Santana Jr., 30-1)

5. Always Dreaming 9-2 (Velazquez, 5-1)

6. State of Honor 46-1 (Lezcano, 30-1)

7. Girvin 20-1 (Smith, 15-1)

8. Hence 17-1 (Geroux, 15-1)

9. Irap 35-1 (Gutierrez, 20-1)

10. Gunnevera 9-1 (Castellano, 15-1)

11. Battle of Midway 38-1 (Prat, 30-1)

12. Sonneteer 37-1 (Desormeaux, 50-1)

13. J Boys Echo 42-1 (Albarado, 20-1)

14. Classic Empire 7-1 (Leparoux, 4-1)

15. McCraken 6-1 (Hernandez Jr., 5-1)

16. Tapwrit 30-1 (Ortiz, 20-1)

17. Irish War Cry 5-1 (Maragh, 6-1)

18. Gormley 24-1 (Espinoza, 15-1)

19. Practical Joke 33-1 (Rosario, 20-1)

20. Patch 13-1 (Gaffalione, 30-1)

Will be watching it on tv

Patch! the one eyed horse! https://www.washingtonpos...87520d4734

I'll also go for Gormley, only because Victor Espinoza is the jockey (American Pharoah).

i'll take 5, 6 15 and 16

McCraken

Rooting for Gunnevera. Great story.

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number 5 whoo hoo!

XxAxX said:

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number 5 whoo hoo!

you rocked it!

It was a really sloppy track.

If I had the money I would of betted on McCracken, Gormley and Patch. But they lost So I am glad I did not have the money.

Maybe next year.

PennyPurple said:

It was a really sloppy track.

Yeah that was definitely a factor, as it definitely helped those on the inside posts.

Outside post position certainly hurt the favorite, Classic Empire in the #14 slot, and popular pick Patch had virtually no chance from the #20 slot. Too much slip-sliding away.

That's why I did bet the #1 Looking At Lee across the board exacta, which got me $336 payout. But damn, that $16,594 trifecta woulda been nice!

Pokeno4Money said:

PennyPurple said:

It was a really sloppy track.

Yeah that was definitely a factor, as it definitely helped those on the inside posts.

Outside post position certainly hurt the favorite, Classic Empire in the #14 slot, and popular pick Patch had virtually no chance from the #20 slot. Too much slip-sliding away.

That's why I did bet the #1 Looking At Lee across the board exacta, which got me $336 payout. But damn, that $16,594 trifecta woulda been nice!

$336 ain't bad. Yeah the 16k trifecta woulda been real nice.

Pokeno4Money said:

PennyPurple said:

It was a really sloppy track.

Yeah that was definitely a factor, as it definitely helped those on the inside posts.

Outside post position certainly hurt the favorite, Classic Empire in the #14 slot, and popular pick Patch had virtually no chance from the #20 slot. Too much slip-sliding away.

That's why I did bet the #1 Looking At Lee across the board exacta, which got me $336 payout. But damn, that $16,594 trifecta woulda been nice!

i'm actually kind of disappointed that the People in Charge didn't postpone the race, wait until the mud dried, and let the horses run safely. racing is a hard enough situation to put a horse into, then top it off with slime underfoot? seems cruel in a way....

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XxAxX said:

Pokeno4Money said:

Yeah that was definitely a factor, as it definitely helped those on the inside posts.

Outside post position certainly hurt the favorite, Classic Empire in the #14 slot, and popular pick Patch had virtually no chance from the #20 slot. Too much slip-sliding away.

That's why I did bet the #1 Looking At Lee across the board exacta, which got me $336 payout. But damn, that $16,594 trifecta woulda been nice!

i'm actually kind of disappointed that the People in Charge didn't postpone the race, wait until the mud dried, and let the horses run safely. racing is a hard enough situation to put a horse into, then top it off with slime underfoot? seems cruel in a way....

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Very cruel. Ambivalent about this "sport". The truth for the animals is manipulation & sacrifice.

XxAxX said:

Pokeno4Money said:

Yeah that was definitely a factor, as it definitely helped those on the inside posts.

Outside post position certainly hurt the favorite, Classic Empire in the #14 slot, and popular pick Patch had virtually no chance from the #20 slot. Too much slip-sliding away.

That's why I did bet the #1 Looking At Lee across the board exacta, which got me $336 payout. But damn, that $16,594 trifecta woulda been nice!

i'm actually kind of disappointed that the People in Charge didn't postpone the race, wait until the mud dried, and let the horses run safely. racing is a hard enough situation to put a horse into, then top it off with slime underfoot? seems cruel in a way....

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I trust those running the show knew the conditions were safe. Horses can and do run in the mud quite often, even in pouring rain. Jockeys are the ones who have it bad, with all that slop getting kicked up into their face.

Trust me, if it wasn't safe the trainers and owners wouldn't allow the race to be run. They aren't just horses, they're multi-million dollar moneymakers.

Nothing to do with mud. It's the drugs and euthanasia. Insurance policies, and as you said millions of dollars at stake. RIP Barbaro et al.

purplepoppy said:

Nothing to do with mud. It's the drugs and euthanasia. Insurance policies, and as you said millions of dollars at stake. RIP Barbaro et al.

commercializing animals. i wonder if his humans have built Always Dreaming a horse-castle yet? with a waterfall, sweet clover and lots of company with soft beds of grass to lie on. or even silk if he preferred. after all, he did the work. aren't those his winnings?

XxAxX said:

purplepoppy said:

Nothing to do with mud. It's the drugs and euthanasia. Insurance policies, and as you said millions of dollars at stake. RIP Barbaro et al.

commercializing animals. i wonder if his humans have built Always Dreaming a horse-castle yet? with a waterfall, sweet clover and lots of company with soft beds of grass to lie on. or even silk if he preferred. after all, he did the work. aren't those his winnings?

Yes, they did show a really cool picture of last year's winner Nyquist lounging at his beautiful retirement farm!

When they are put out to stud, they are living the good life!!!

purplepoppy said:

XxAxX said:

commercializing animals. i wonder if his humans have built Always Dreaming a horse-castle yet? with a waterfall, sweet clover and lots of company with soft beds of grass to lie on. or even silk if he preferred. after all, he did the work. aren't those his winnings?

Yes, they did show a really cool picture of last year's winner Nyquist lounging at his beautiful retirement farm!

kind of like The Hunger Games isn't it? only, with horses competing instead of humans. and, the horses don't always get to retire when they win the Big One.