Archive - Kentucky Derby 2005

"Giacomo" wins 131st Kentucky Derby May 7, 2005 - click at right to view Fantasy result - my stable ranked as high as 30th out of 24, 163 players 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1 Sort It Out 2 Andromeda's Hero 3 Sun King 4 Noble Causeway 5 Coin Silver 6 High Limit 7 Flower Alley 8 Greater Good 9 Greeley's Galaxy 10 Giacomo 11 High Fly 12 Afleet Alex 13 Spanish Chestnut 14 Wilko 15 Bandini 16 Bellamy Road 17 Don't Get Mad 18 Closing Argument 19 Going Wild 20 Buzzard's Bay NAME: Jim Joanne Moose Gary Rock David Mike TOP PICK:  (finished) High Fly 10th @ 7-1 Bandini 19th @ 6-1 Greater Good 13th @ 58-1 Afleet Alex 3rd @ 9/2 Afleet Alex 3rd @ 9/2 High Limit 20th @ 22-1 Noble Causeway 14th @ 12-1 LONGSHOT:  (finished)  Giacomo 1st @ 50-1 Buzzard's Bay 5th @ 46-1 Closing Argument 2nd @ 71-1 Sun King 15th @ 15-1 Flower Alley 9th @ 41-1 Wilko 6th @ 21-1 ? Horse Win Place Show Giacomo 102.60 45.80 19.80 Closing Argument 70.00 24.80 Afleet Alex 4.60 © Four Footed Fotos My $4 win bet on Giacomo returned $205.20! ©AP Photo/Al Behrman

Archive - Preakness 2005 "Afleet Alex" captures 130th running of The Preakness Stakes I won the exacta for $152.60! © Gerald Herbert (AP) © Chris Gardner (AP) © Houston (AP) © G. Choat (SI) NAME: Jim Joanne Moose Gary Rock Sweeney Mike TOP PICK:  (finished) High Fly 10th @ 5-1 Closing Argument 9th @ 7-1 Giacomo 3rd @ 6-1 Afleet Alex 1st @ 3-1 High Fly 10th @ 5-1 High Fly 10th @ 5-1 Noble Causeway 6th @ 11-1 LONGSHOT:  (finished)  Scrappy T 2nd @ 13-1 Sun King 4th @ 21-1 Scrappy T 2nd @ 13-1 Wilko 12th @ 13-1 Hal's Image 11th @ 23-1 Giacomo 3rd @ 6-1 ?

Archive - Belmont Stakes 2005 Afleet Alex wins 137th running of The Belmont Stakes - June 11, 2005 1 (50-1) 2 (20-1) 3 (20-1) 4 (12-1) 5 (4-1) 6 (50-1) 7 (15-1) 8 (6-1) 9 (6/5) 10 (20-1) 11 (12-1) Nolan's Cat Pinpoint A. P. Arrow Southern Africa Giacomo Watchmon Andromeda's Hero Reverbate Afleet Alex Indy Storm Chekhov Norberto Arroyo, Jr. John Velasquez Jerry Bailey John Court Mike Smith J. J. Castellano Rafael Bejarano Jose Santos Jeremy Rose Edgar Prado Gary Stevens NAME: Jim Joanne Moose Gary Rock Sweeney Mike TOP PICK:  (finished) Afleet Alex (1st @ 6/5) Afleet Alex (1st @ 6/5) Giacomo (7th @ 5 - 1) Giacomo (7th @ 5 - 1) Afleet Alex (1st @ 6/5) Afleet Alex (1st @ 6/5) ? LONGSHOT:  (finished)  Southern Africa (8th @ 15 - 1) Indy Storm (4th @ 17 - 1) Andromeda's Hero (2nd @ 11 - 1) Chekov (6th @ 15 - 1) A. P. Arrow (5th @ 16 - 1) Nolan's Cat (3rd @ 20 - 1) ? From a wagering standpoint, not a profitable race, as gimmicks went belly up  with Smith's stiff of Giacomo (forwardly placing a proven stretch runner after preaching patience at Belmont), and 3rd place finish of Ramsey maiden. photo © Adam Coglianese view 2004 racing report photo © Julie Jacobson/AP

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