Preptastic!
Let’s not kid ourselves, in some cases we prep as much as the Derby contenders do. Don’t believe me? Then feast your eyes on these two weeny-tastic derby spreadsheets:
Jessica’s “Prep and historical criteria applied to Kentucky Derby winners and the top three finishers 1998-2009“. If that’s not some serious prep work, I don’t know what is.
Kevin’s recent addition of top three finishers in each of the four major Derby preps since 1952. Done in accordance with his excellent Measuring the Kentucky Derby preps, 1952-2009, this is some fine, fine data compilation!
No doubt there are other examples out there as well, but these ought to get you started if you’re looking to do some prep work of your own.
Posted by dana on Feb 28 2010
Filed Under: Racing History, 2010, Impressive, Sarah K. Andrew, Derby Trail, Handicapping, Racing
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“Weeny-tastic” — nice. My dad called and asked me if I had too much time on my hands. LOL. Thanks for the link!
nice research. thanks for pointing it out.
great links. i can use the help. no joke
Agree, “weeny-tastic” sounds pretty good — it’s much better than “obsessive,” which is how I felt when I was poring over a decade’s worth of Kentucky Derby starters’ past performances to pull that spreadsheet together. Not that I regret even an hour — it’s been a handy reference the past couple years.
Thanks for the link!
“Not that I regret even an hour…” spoken like a true weeny!
It’s great stuff, glad to point it out!
Yes I know the enormous time and effort that must have gone into the spreadsheets. Well done as always.
But allow me to take the opportunity to remark on that photo at the top of this thread. The scene looks awfully familar to me
It looks like Ms. Andrew has been honing in on Godolphin workmates during a trip to Breakfast at Belmont and since today is March 1st, I’m chomping at the bit for Big Sandy to open up in a few weeks. :-)
any conclusions from the sheets? my brain exploded and I can’t string two thoughts together on this data. I’m lazy, don’t hate me, I love horses.