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Tips for the Kentucky Derby, Saturday 1st May 2004, from the Friedman Family (Martin, Carol, & Zev) in Sydney, Australia.

#3 Lion Heart (Martin)
#18 Tapit (Carol)
#15 Smarty Jones (Zev)

Cheers,
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Several scratchings.. Wimbledon, St. Averil, Eddington, Rock Hard Ten. Race likely will run in the mud. I have listed a new link to the past performances(at the beginning of this thread)that now has riders and post positions.

Regards,

Glenn

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Glenn,

Am I reading it correctly? I can't believe it says the prizemoney is $1m? With the exchange rate, that's around $1.4m over here, and while that's certainly good, we've got several races worth more. I would have thought a race like the Derby would be worth at least 3 or 4 million. Is the Derby the biggest race in America simply because of it's prestige and not the prizemoney, or is there perhaps a big $ bonus to any horse that goes on and wins the Triple Crown?



[ This Message was edited by: sportznut on 2004-05-01 07:12 ]

Ah, very astute, Sportz. There is a 5 Millon bonus for winning the Triple Crown. There are also bonuses for winning other races then the Kentucky Derby. The purse money you read is correct. It's more about prestige and the value of a KD winner in the breeding barn. We have many races with larger purses, but this is THE one to win. Aussie racing has many large purses, and I am very impressed with them. Good luck, I am staying with my original selections, with Lionheart, 10-1 in the morning line, winning.

Regards,

Glenn

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[ This Message was edited by: TheAvenger on 2004-05-01 09:19 ]

No / Barrier Horse Jockey Latest Odds
1 Limehouse Jose Santos 30-1
2 Song of the Sword Norberto Arroyo, Jr. 30-1
3 Lion Heart Mike Smith 10-1
4 Action This Day David Flores 30-1
5 Wimbledon Jerry Bailey SCRATCHED
6 Friends Lake Richard Migliore 15-1
7 Minister Eric Pat Day 30-1
8 Master David Alex Solis 12-1
9 St Averil Tyler Baze SCRATCHED
10 Imperialism Kent Desormeaux 15-1
11 The Cliff's Edge Shane Sellers 4-1
12 Borrego Victor Espinoza 20-1
13 Birdstone Edgar Prado 50-1
14 Read The Footnotes Robby Albarado 12-1
15 Smarty Jones Stewart Elliot 9-2
16 Castledale (IRE) Jose Valdivia, Jr. 15-1
17 Pollard's Vision John Velazquez 20-1
18 Tapit Ramon A. Dominguez 8-1
19 Pro Prado John McKee 30-1
20 Quintons Gold Rush Corey Nakatani 20-1

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Does anyone know if sky racing is showing the race? Just so I know whether to not lose sleep by getting up at 5am.. lol

Well the wet track and I do mean wet has changed my mind a little not that I can bet on it anyway don't have access to any accounts which allow me to.

I like Friends Lake, Borrego and Birdstone hard to pick one out really but my first 2 would be my top picks.

I like Borrego as my 3rd pick. I used him in exactas and tris, and a small win bet as well.

Glenn

The win pool is $18,500,000 with 48 minutes to post. A very heavily bet race.

Glenn

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Smarty Jones 4/1 fav at moment not long before start time. On FOX where I am. Some American Sports channel.

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