Kentucky Derby Is Saturday, May 1st

[graybeard]

The 2010 Kentucky Derby takes place this Saturday at 6:14PM ET at Churchill Downs. For opening odds on all of the contenders, see below.
2010 Kentucky Derby Odds – Churchill Downs – Louisville, Kentucky – May 1, 2010
AMERICAN LION 14/1
AWESOME ACT 12/1
BACKTALK 60/1
CONVEYANCE 18/1
DEAN'S KITTEN 35/1
DEVIL MAY CARE 20/1
DISCREETLY MINE 30/1
DUBLIN 12/1
ENDORSEMENT 15/1
HOMEBOYKRIS 35/1
ICE BOX 11/1
INTERACTIF 50/1
JACKSON BEND 20/1
LINE OF DAVID 28/1
LOOKIN AT LUCKY 7/2
MISSION IMPAZIBLE 18/1
NOBLE'S PROMISE 12/1
PADDY O'PRADO 15/1
SIDNEY'S CANDY 6/1
SETUSKO 75/1
STATELY VICTOR 30/1
SUPER SAVER 12/1

For you non horse guys this is still a great excuse for a smoke! Enjoy it if you can. And for the turfman/handicappers, GOOD LUCK!!

beard

 

[cowgirl]

I'm looking forward to it... Thanks for the post graybeard! :)

 

[caveman]

Now I can hear that bugler playing in my head & the announcer calling the race. "And their off......backtalk is out in front with Ice Box in a short second. Jackson Bend is looking strong but........."

 

[meatball]

I'm not a handicapper, but I look forward to the Run for the Roses every year! I'll be enjoying the race for sure.

 

[smokin relaxin steve]

Hey thanks Gray Beard... We are doing $10 buy in office pool at work... blind picking... i pulled

MISSION IMPAZIBLE 18/1

Plan on smoking this weekend, just not sure what yet!

 

[graybeard]

Hey Steve, good luck with MISSION IMPAZIBLE! He may actually have a chance. Really never know about the derby.

beard

 

[danielh]

I was planning on doing a big cook here, but it looks like a washout. waiting until tomorrow night before i call it off though.

 

[roller]

Always like the big 3 races but never know any of the horses..I will be watching...

 

[dforbes]

Some friends and I went to the derby in the late 70s. What a great time. If you ever get a chance you should go. You dont have to be a horse fan to enjoy it.

 

[tigerregis]

Got the bourbon today and will pick the mint Sat. afternoon. It is a ritual that I look after my 86 year old mother for the run. Do the same for the rest of the Triple Crown. Black eyed Susans for Baltimore and whatever they have reinvented for the Belmont. A great day for acting like a nut!

 

[wildflower]

This is what there calling for weather wise for Saturday in Louisville

urday

• 75°
• 66°

80% storm chance

 

[smokin relaxin steve]

Thanks... I actually won this pool last year so hopefully lightening will strike twice LOL

 

[bcfishman]

I remember traveling a few years back when Smarty Jones was running for the crown. I was in the middle of nowhere on the interstate and stopped at a hotel to try and watch the race. They told me the lounge had a TV and they may turn it on for me. I walked in and it looked like a scene out of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. There was one person behind the bar, one guy sitting at the bar, and it was dimly lit and hazy. I thought it was going to be the last race I watch.

People were great though. Turned on the race for me and even though they had no idea who was who they were into it and cheering for him.

Oh well... Maybe this year.

 

[peanut72]

I've only went to the Derby once, usually hit up some Derby parties instead. But this year will be the first year in about 9 years that I will miss the Oaks. We usually end up taking about 20 or so of us and head to the infield at Churchill for the day. plunk a few dollars down and have a few drinks and always a good time. I ended up having to work second shift for Friday and Saturday and on call for third shift Saturday night. No chance what-so-ever to enjoy the weekend. Anyway, maybe next year. For anyone who isnt familiar with the Oaks its the races that run the day prior to the Derby.