# The Kentucky Derby **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 3, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kentucky-derby/107058 "2002-05-03T13:27:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jane\_D\_oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@Jane\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_D_oh)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kentucky-derby/107058/1 "2002-05-03T13:27:01Z")
About 32 hours to post just wondering if there were any thoughts out there on this year’s Kentucky Derby. Any ideas? Input? Favorites I should ignore? Perfect Drift? Saarland? The line that I see says Came Home is the current favorite. ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kentucky-derby/107058/2 "2002-05-03T13:34:15Z")
I heard on the news this morning that Buddah has been scratched so the field is down to 19 now. I ususally like Baffert’s horses- he has 2 this year, Danthebluegrassman and War Emblem. However, I like Request for Parole. I think we’re going to try to do an office pool, and that’s my pick. His dosage index is a little high, though (3.57), so that may be a mistake. My second choice would be Ocean Sound. His odds are 50-1, but he has a good dosage number (1.86), and I could be mistaken, but I think he was bred in Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kentucky-derby/107058/3 "2002-05-03T13:37:50Z")
No idea on the orses this year - but [hijack] have you ever noticed how much horse names sound like doper names? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_D\_oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@Jane\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_D_oh)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kentucky-derby/107058/4 "2002-05-03T14:03:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by katie1341 \* > \*\*I heard on the news this morning that Buddah has been scratched so the field is down to 19 now. I ususally like Baffert’s horses- he has 2 this year, Danthebluegrassman and War Emblem. However, I like Request for Parole… \*\* I was kinda thinkin about Danthebluegrassman and the fact that none of the lines are picking him must make him a favorite to win. Although again, I go back to Perfect Drift, reasonable odds, nice record and a dosage index of 2 (I really don’t know if that’s good or bad.) ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kentucky-derby/107058/5 "2002-05-04T21:30:43Z")
Ok, Baffert only has War Emblem left, with Lafit Pincay up. I will put money on Pincay any day (even at his age, 55), he is the winningest jockey in history, having passed Bill Shoemaker a while back. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kentucky-derby/107058/6 "2002-05-04T21:38:29Z")
I LOVE the Kentucky Derby. Too bad that is about the only time horse racing is shown on TV, it is such a great sport. I’m going with Perfect Drift to win. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kentucky-derby/107058/7 "2002-05-04T21:42:49Z")
23 minutes to post, and I’m rooting for the favorite right now, Harlan’s Holiday. I just want to see an Ohio horse win it all…since I grew up in Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kentucky-derby/107058/8 "2002-05-05T02:15:34Z")
AND IT’S WAR EMBLEM!!! Damn, that’s Bob Baffert’s third Derby win, I think. Pincay brought him in at 20-1! I love to see the locals win!