2018 Bensell Triple Crown Challenge

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Sat May 19, 2018 12:39 pm

That’s a good idea. Change my $2 Justify to win to a 5-7 exacta $1 both ways.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat May 19, 2018 11:47 pm

This is what I should have bet:

a $1 trifecta with Justify, Bravazo and Tenfold paid $148.30

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri May 25, 2018 9:58 am

Updated results next week, but just so you know, Justify can trace pedigree to Secretariat on both sire and dam sides.

(Granted, a shitload of worse horses can too!)

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri May 25, 2018 10:07 am

Kentucky!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri May 25, 2018 10:09 am

rass wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 10:07 amKentucky!

Wow. What a softball I lobbed.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat Jun 02, 2018 6:28 am

Meanwhile in the wonderful world of quarterhorses...

Greatest Horse Name Ever

I once bet on a horse at Woodbine named "Chicken On A Stick Baby" (It won.) The above name is far, far funnier.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:25 am

No word on if Bofa Deez Nuts will run in Belmont.

Player - Funds remaining after Preakness (Minimum Bet for Belmont)
Rass - $58.2 ($38) - Cashed $38.20
Sabo - 56.2 ($38) - Cashed $9.60 at Preakness
Ljam - 35.20 ($26) - Cashed $15.20
Duff - $28.6 ($24) - Cashed $8.60
BSF -$26.80 ($22)
WLU_lax - 20.20 ($20) - Cashed $0
Pruitt - $20 ($20)
Brian - $20 ($20)
Sancarlos - $20 ($20)
AB - $20 ($20)

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:26 am

I guess post time draw is today. I don't know that I will be around much between now and saturday, so if someone can post that when it shows up, great. Then everyone just bet like usual.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:46 am

I thought I hit the show horse at the Preakness.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:50 am

BSF21 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:46 am I thought I hit the show horse at the Preakness.

Ah..you did. Will update.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:11 am

BSF21 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:46 am I thought I hit the show horse at the Preakness.

Aren't you on your honeymoon?

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:29 am

Putting it all on a win for the triple crown

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 12:18 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:11 am
BSF21 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:46 am I thought I hit the show horse at the Preakness.
Aren't you on your honeymoon?

Not taking one right away. Wish we could have.

Post by **Sabo** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:48 pm

Post positions for the Belmont Stakes:

Gate 1: Justify

Gate 2: Free Drop Billy

Gate 3: Bravazo

Gate 4: Hofburg

Gate 5: Restoring Hope

Gate 6: Gronkowski

Gate 7: Tenfold

Gate 8: Vino Rosso

Gate 9: Noble Indy

Gate 10: Blended Citizen

https://www.si.com/horse-racing/2018/06 ... crown-odds

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Jun 06, 2018 9:42 pm

$4 w/p on 7

$2 triactor box - 1,7,8

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 11:25 am

rass wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 7:57 am Everything on Justify to win.

Post by **brian** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 11:30 am

$20 on Hofburg to win.

Post by **Sabo** » Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:24 pm

$6 exacta box on 1, 3, 4 ($36)
$2 to show on 7 ($2)

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Sat Jun 09, 2018 8:09 am

1$ tri box on Justify, Hofburg, Bravazo and Tenfold(24$)

Leftovers on Noble Indy to Win.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Sat Jun 09, 2018 2:13 pm

All for the Triple Crown.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Jun 09, 2018 3:00 pm

Ten to win noble indy. Five dollar exacta box justify and tenfold.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Jun 09, 2018 3:25 pm

All of it on Hofburg to win.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:55 pm

Wire to fucking wire. Just like the ‘84 Tigers.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:58 pm

Not secretariat but that is a badass horse. Was waiting for a horse to challenge and just dusted them all.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Jun 09, 2018 7:46 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:55 pm Wire to fucking wire. Just like the ‘84 Tigers.

The Guillermo Hernandez of horses.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat Jun 09, 2018 8:04 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:58 pm Not secretariat but that is a badass horse. Was waiting for a horse to challenge and just dusted them all.

Smith merely nudged him once or twice.

Whatta beast!

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 12:58 pm

Watching with my wife live, I turned to her and said "why is that horse going so wide?" And for full disclosure, SHE thought that Restoring Hope was Justify, so she was all "Yeah WTF is Justify doing?!" And then got sorted out. I say all that to say it really was something I noticed in the moment and then kind of forgot about... Until, I'm seeing him all the way back in, looking like he was pinning another horse to the rail.

But then I totally stopped processing that, when the fucking guy in the white bib is making a go of it? I don't think enough was made of that horse's run, man. Gronkoski out of the gate... At like the first marker, he's easily like 12 lengths back. To the point that I was like "what the fuck is going on with that white horse? Jesus." And then promptly put it out of my mind and then HOLY SHIT was that horse making a late charge.

https://deadspin.com/did-justify-have-a ... 1826724994

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 11:12 pm

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Jun 12, 2018 10:20 am

That was a strange ride by that horse. Telling is the fact that its owner seems really pissed off at the jockey.

Can't imagine that something like this hasn;t happened before - would love to know what the owner said to Baffert after the race.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jun 12, 2018 11:32 am

Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 10:20 am That was a strange ride by that horse. Telling is the fact that its owner seems really pissed off at the jockey.

Can't imagine that something like this hasn;t happened before - would love to know what the owner said to Baffert after the race.

It happens all the time.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Tue Jun 12, 2018 11:38 am

And there's nothing technically illegal or against any written rules, apparently.

Reading around on this a bit, there was "allegedly" a concerted effort to keep a particular horse/owner from attaining the Triple Crown not that long ago.

Post by **brian** » Tue Jun 12, 2018 11:39 am

Rubbin' is racin', you libtard commie cucks.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jun 12, 2018 12:16 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 11:38 am And there's nothing technically illegal or against any written rules, apparently.

Reading around on this a bit, there was "allegedly" a concerted effort to keep a particular horse/owner from attaining the Triple Crown not that long ago.

Big Brown?

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Jun 12, 2018 1:01 pm

brian wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 11:39 am Rubbin' is racin', you libtard commie cucks.

Guaranteed that the suspicious move cost me the pool!

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Jun 12, 2018 2:36 pm

I can see why the owner of the blocking horse wouldn't like it. It worked to the benefit of his trainer, but not to him!

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:51 am

Report: Triple Crown Winner Justify Failed Drug Test Ahead Of Kentucky Derby

Bottom line: Justify shouldn't even have been allowed to run in the Derby.

What a farce.

The board reportedly took weeks to even tell Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert about the failed drug test, and then another four months to close its inquiry, which it did in hushed, suspect fashion:

It decided, with little evidence, that the positive test could have been a result of Justify’s eating contaminated food. The board voted unanimously to dismiss the case. In October, it changed the penalty for a scopolamine violation to the lesser penalty of a fine and possible suspension.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:55 am

Shocking that the powers that be decided that the good press of a triple crown winner was better than enforcing the rules!

(Also, a little interested to see how this affects Stud rates and yearling sales prices. Keeneland's sales are going now, but there may be none of his offspring in this year's sales.)

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:00 am

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:51 am Report: Triple Crown Winner Justify Failed Drug Test Ahead Of Kentucky Derby

Bottom line: Justify shouldn't even have been allowed to run in the Derby.

What a farce.

The board reportedly took weeks to even tell Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert about the failed drug test, and then another four months to close its inquiry, which it did in hushed, suspect fashion:

It decided, with little evidence, that the positive test could have been a result of Justify’s eating contaminated food. The board voted unanimously to dismiss the case. In October, it changed the penalty for a scopolamine violation to the lesser penalty of a fine and possible suspension.

SAY IT GOD DAMN IT

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:03 am

A_B wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:55 am Shocking that the powers that be decided that the good press of a triple crown winner was better than enforcing the rules!

(Also, a little interested to see how this affects Stud rates and yearling sales prices. Keeneland's sales are going now, but there may be none of his offspring in this year's sales.)

Kody Clemens fell to the third round, if that helps

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sat May 02, 2020 12:02 pm