Ladies And Gentlemen!

Derby Day is upon us. Time for a little wagering.

The Rules:  Put up your 3 best guesses for win (1st), place (2nd) and show (3rd) in the comments. Enter up to 3 picks per person. All guesses timestamped before 6 pm this Saturday will be in the running. (FYI Post time for the race is 6:04 PM and the broadcast is on NBC)

The Winner: the commenter that chooses all three money horses in the correct order or the closest to getting all three. In the case of a tie I'll do a random drawing for the winner.

The Prize: Cheap Derby souvenir plus my secret Benedictine spread recipe. And, of course, the glory.

Here are the contenders as of tonight:

1    Cool Coal Man
2    Tale Of Ekati
3    Anak Nakal
4    Court Vision
5    Eight Belles
6    Z Fortune
7    Big Truck
8    Visionaire
9    Pyro
10    Colonel John
11    Z Humor
12    Smooth Air
13    Bob Black Jack
14    Monba
15    Adriano
16    Denis of Cork
17    Cowboy Cal
18    Recapturetheglory
19    Gayego
20    Big Brown

The odds are always changing but right now Big Brown is the favorite. Current odds and lots of details here if you want to do research. But, again, betting the Derby takes way more luck than skill so go for it. It's just fun to have a horse to root for. Good luck!

Comments

[LetterB]

I will start, but of course I am not eligible for the fabulous prize.

1. Eight Belles (can't resist a filly)
2. Denis of Cork
3. Monba

[kara]

ooo! I'll play! But if I win I don't want no trinket. I want the baby girl.

1. Big Truck
2. Eight Belles
3. Big Brown

[Robin]

1. Gayego 2. Cowboy Cal 3. Adriano

[braine]

W Gayego
P Big Brown
S Adriano

[TX Poppet]

Hubs looks at the horses as they parade to the gate and picks the winner correctly every year for the last twenty years. He claims if he ever put money on his horse he'd jinx his lucky streak. I just keep busy making and imbibing in mint juleps and saying Ooo, Pretty Horses!

[Deanna]

1. Colonel John
2. Big Brown
3. Cowboy Cal

[LetterB]

Oooh it's getting closer! Great article about how race will be run here: http://tinyurl.com/4338jb Joe Drape is my boyfriend.

[Ohio Philosopher]

1. Denis of Cork
2. Adriano
3. Big Truck

I'm picking solely on the basis of name, mind you, having done not a whit of research. There's no way I can lose!

[DadaMama]

1. Big Brown
2. Denis of Cork
3. Eight Belles

[lea]

one for me, one for mark...

1. big brown
2. pyro
3. 8 belles

1. colonel john
2. big brown
3. gayego