Top 10 Derby Times

[bigmack]

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u70/macktime/2_20_08_22_19_00.png

1973 Secretariat 23/2 47/2 111/4 136/1 159/2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyqllleV6WA

2001 Monarchos 22/1 44/4 109/1 135 159/4+
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UMhYwri-go

1964 Northern Dancer 22/2 46 110/3 136 200
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZLdc441S5k

1985 Spend A Buck 23 45/4 109/3 134/4 200/1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-MRD9QutB8

1962 Decidely 22/3 45/4 109/3 134/4 200/1
(Video anyone)

1967 Proud Clarion 22/1 46/3 110/4 136 200/3
(Video anyone)

2000 Fusaichi Pegasus 22/3 45/4 110 135/4 201/1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfKYJBF9ltE

1996 Grindstone 22/4 46/1 110/1 135/1 201/1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRMqKbjnDRk

2002 War Emblem 22/4 46/1 110/3 135/4 201/1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQIKY41ZCI4

2003 Funny Cide 22/4 46/2 110/3 135/4 201/1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MN7pscnulA

And the most impressive 1/4 goes to..........

[JPinMaryland]

Gay Bit, 1944. Do the math:

http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2006/derby_history/derby_charts/pdf/1944.pdf

[cj]

Big Red's last of 23 flat or so isn't too shabby.

[bigmack]

Big Red's last of 23 flat or so isn't too shabby.
His final time beats Gay Bit by 25.

Gay Bit :D

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u70/macktime/66-1.jpg

[Bruddah]

That is such a beautiful horse and picture. After all these years, he's still awe inspiring.

[Fred]

Secretariat's odds were not 2-5. I think he paid 5 something. Reason: He lost his race prior to the Derby to his stablemate Angle Lite. Does anyone know Sham's Derby time?


Freddy

[jognlope]

Yeah Monarchos didn't get much credit for it either.

[rastajenk]

I don't see anything from this year's bunch that seems capable of cracking that list. But then I surely wouldn't have predicted War Emblem and Funny Cide in February of their years. I notice four straight years of Top 10's (2000-2003), none since;; kind of has the effect of making the older ones stand out even more than they already do.

I wonder if Derby Day track doctoring strategies are being affected by having more starters prepping on synthetics.