We are all fully in Derby Fever mode right now as we try to break down the toughest 20 horse field in the world.
As we all look back, we have to look back harshest at our biggest Derby failures, and try our hardest to learn from those lessons.
Who were your biggest flops/not winners that you laid down some solid coin upon to only watch finish out of the winner's circle?
I have a plenty
:
2014: Intense Holiday
2013: Palace Malice, Normandy Invasion
2010: Dublin, Noble's Promise
2009: Summer Bird
2007: Hard Spun (ran his heart out, that one hurt)
2006: Jazil, Sweetnorthernsaint
2005: Afleet Alex (should be a Triple Crown winner
)
2004: Birdstone, Read The Footnotes
2001: Congaree
2000: More Than Ready
That is far enough...