Weekend Winners Club

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Saturday May 5, Churchill Downs. It turns out there aren’t a great many people that want to see 80 different factors, much less analysis of such factors, for the Kentucky Derby. So we made a Derby for Complete Dummies chart!
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If your head is already exploding from hearing terms like Preps, Speed Figures, Sire, Pace, Pedigree, distance, etc, then you are officially a Derby Dummy! and this was written especially for you!
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This chart actually does have some numbers on it, the Performance Figures, as well as odds, which you will be betting on, and names of sires, jockeys, and trainers, just so you can see the basics of what the hell it is that we’re assigning scores to.
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After that, we made it even more complicated than just checking a box, and gave them grades of A or B, or no grade, because knowing that you’re a Dummy, we still want to stretch that noodle a bit and make you ponder.
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So we took the things we wrote entire articles about this week: Sirelines, trainers, jockeys, speed figures, and Prep races, and just assigned a score of A or B in each category, to each horse.
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To further complicate things for your feeble mind, we devised a complex scoring system by giving each A: 6 points and a B: 3 points. That will be sure to rattle your noggin later.
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But the great thing about it is that all your Derby contenders get this simpleton score based on 5 general categories, rather than 80. And it leaves you with 5 A ranked horses and 4 B’s, out of 20.
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After that, your thoroughbred-challenged mind will need to make a decision, based on what horse name or jockey you think is cuter, or however you want to do it. Click on pic to enlarge.
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A-LIST: AUDIBLE, GOOD MAGIC, JUSTIFY, MAGNUM MOON, VINO ROSSO
B-LIST: BOLT D’ORO, ENTICED, MENDELSSOHN, SOLOMINI, NOBLE INDY
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Good Luck!
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UPDATE MAY 6: ACTUAL KENTUCKY DERBY RESULTS
1. JUSTIFY
2. GOOD MAGIC
3. AUDIBLE
4. INSTILLED REGARD
5. MY BOY JACK
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If you still want to go the overly complicated route, you definitely want the full Derby Grid below.
Get the full 2018 Kentucky Derby Grid Here with over 80 different factors including pedigree, performance, and historical criteria!
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