Derby Update

[taylovesthebeatles]

There seriously wasn't a horse named Beethoven before now? I find that kind of hard to believe...

Can you explain to those of us (like me) who are just now reading these posts this year what the different numbers mean? Thanks!

[klinkman]

The Paulick Derby Index is similar to a top 25 poll for college sports. It should be a table, but it loses the formatting when I copy and paste it. The first number is the horse's rank, then the horses name, then the number in () is the number of first place votes. The next number is the total number of points, which is how they are ranked, and the final number is that horse's ranking last week.

The idea of it is to use a similar methodology to college sports polling to create a good general picture of what horses are likely to do well in the Derby.

[knowledge]

My pick to win Dunkirk by 2 1/2

[klinkman]

I'm not at all sold on Dunkirk. I'm not convinced he'll finish top 2 in the Florida Derby, and without that he won't have enough graded earnings to qualify for the Derby. We'll know soon though.

[klinkman]

Quick Update-Beethoven has been injured and will not run today. He appears to be off the derby trail.

[taylovesthebeatles]

Quick Update-Beethoven has been injured and will not run today. He appears to be off the derby trail.

Aww, sadface. I guess Beethoven did roll over. Hopefully he'll be okay!

(Yes, I know I am a terrible person.)

[klinkman]

Dunkirk finished 2nd to Quality Road. Will 150k graded earnings be enough?

I think Quality Road is my number 1 for the derby right now. Dunkirk might still be top 10, he ran a strong race.