2019 Holybull.ca Kentucky Derby Contest
Phil has a question:
If Sal’s contest has come and gone can Phil’s be far behind.
The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
John Steinbeck
My Old Kentucky Home
A man who plays the races successfully must have opinions of his own and the strength to stick to them no matter what he hears.
Pittsbugh Phil
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
Marcus Aurelius
Pick the first 4 finishers and their place of finishing in the 2019 Kentucky Derby, Saturday May 4, 2019
Post time favourite will be substituted for any scratched horses unless you have already chosen the post time favourite or more than one of your choices is scratched, then second favourite will be substituted, unless you have already chosen the second favourite or more than one of your choices is scratched then the third favourite will be substituted, unless you have already chosen the third favourite or more than one of your choices is scratched then the fourth favorite will be substituted and so on. Phil feels like the old lady who swallowed the fly.
Points awarded:
1 – 57
2 – 33 1/3
3 – 13
4 – π
Tie Breaker: $1.00 payout for the 2019 Kentucky Derby Superfecta
Price is Right Rules: Closest without going over.
If a tie breaker is not submitted with your entry you will receive the default tie breaker: $π(Your winning selection Horse Number)²
10 bonus points awarded for the song that most aptly describes the horse you pick to win the 2019 Kentucky Derby.
E.G.
I Like It Like That
Can’t Stop Now
Sleep Now In The Fire
Running on Empty
Catch Us If You Can
Let’s Go
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
Margaret Thatcher
All entries must be received by Saturday May 4, 2019, 1:59:59 PM MDT.
E-mail your selections to: rumours@holybull.ca
Limit of 3 entries per e-mail address, no restrictions on any employment or familial ties. Phil heard that Sal will be entering this year.
Type – Holybull.ca 2019 Kentucky Derby Contest in Subject Line.
Include your choices in order of finish, your $1 Superfecta guess, your song to describe your winning horse or how your horse wins Phil respects and will reward irony, your stage name, favourite city in the state of Apathy, T-Shirt size if you plan on finishing first (Phil has only one size fits many left, but go through the exercise anyway) and mailing address.
First Prize – Rough Magic, 1 – 1 Litre – 2019 Woodford Reserve Kentucky Derby 145, $50 gift certificate to a restaurant within 100 km of either your favourite city in the state of Apathy or a city of Phil’s selection, A one size fits many Holybull t-shirt and a Sur Prize.
Second Prize – $50 gift certificate to a restaurant within 100km of either your favourite city in the state of Apathy or a city of Phil’s selection.
Third Prize – $20 gift certificate to a restaurant within 100km of either your favourite city in the state of Apathy or a city of Phil’s selection.
Contest open to all residents of the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Burgundy, Free State, Gauteng, Provence, Saskatchewan, Javakheti, Manitoba, Mpumalanga, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, states of Alabama, Amusement, Alaska, Anticipation, Apathy, Arizona, Arkansas, Elation, California, Contentment, Colorado, Complacency, Connecticut, Despondence, Delaware, Paranoia, Florida, Empowerment, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Euphoria, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Exasperation, Louisiana, Lethargy, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Misery, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Tranquility, New Jersey, Bewilderment, New Hampshire, Lethargy, New Mexico, Fear, New York, Emancipation, North Dakota, Ohio, Enlightenment, Oregon, Panic, Pennsylvania, Exhiliration, Rhode Island, Satisfaction, South Carolina, Serenity, South Dakota, Torpidity, Tennessee, Frustration, Texas, Entanglement, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Bewilderment, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Oblivion, Southeastern (Dông Nam Bo) Region, territories of Northwest, Nunavut and Yukon, especially the campus city of Whitehorse, and all of Georgia.
Contestants from other regions may apply for Phil’s Philal Bull.
2019 145th Kentucky Derby
KENTUCKY DERBY – GI, $3,000,000, 3yo, 1 1/4m, Post Time: 6:46 p.m. ET 4:46 MDT
| 019 6:50 PM EDT |
| Post |
Horse |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Odds |
| 1 |
War of Will |
Tyler Gaffalione |
Mark Casse |
20-1 |
| 2 |
Tax |
Junior Alvarado |
Danny Gargan |
20-1 |
| 3 |
By My Standards |
Gabriel Saez |
Bret Calhoun |
20-1 |
| 4 |
Gray Magician |
Drayden Van Dyke |
Peter Miller |
50-1 |
| 5 |
Improbable |
Irad Ortiz Jr. |
Bob Baffert |
6-1 |
| 6 |
Vekoma |
Javier Castellano |
George Weaver |
20-1 |
| 7 |
Maximum Security |
Luis Saez |
Jason Servis |
10-1 |
| 8 |
Tacitus |
Jose Ortiz |
Bill Mott |
10-1 |
| 9 |
Plus Que Parfait |
Ricardo Santana Jr. |
Brendan Walsh |
30-1 |
| 10 |
Cutting Humor |
Corey Lanerie |
Todd Pletcher |
30-1 |
11 |
Haikal |
Rajiv Maragh |
Kiaran McLaughlin |
30-1 |
12 |
Omaha Beach |
Mike Smith |
Richard Mandella |
4-1 |
| 13 |
Code of Honor |
John Velazquez |
Shug McGaughey |
15-1 |
| 14 |
Win Win Win |
Julian Pimentel |
Mike Trombetta |
15-1 |
| 15 |
Master Fencer |
Julien Leparoux |
Koichi Tsunoda |
50-1 |
| 16 |
Game Winner |
Joel Rosario |
Bob Baffert |
5-1 |
| 17 |
Roadster |
Florent Geroux |
Bob Baffert |
6-1 |
| 18 |
Long Range Toddy |
Jon Court |
Steve Asmussen |
30-1 |
| 19 |
Spinoff |
Manny Franco |
Todd Pletcher |
30-1 |
| 20 |
Country House |
Flavien Prat |
Bill Mott |
30-1 |
| 21 |
Bodexpress |
Chris Landeros |
Gustavo Delgado |
30-1 |
Bodexpress moves into Post 20 and 13 – 19 move in one post position. Numbers remain the same.
Horses 13 – 21 move in one Post Position.
Void where fun is prohibited by Bull.
Cabin Rules apply.
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