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The Triple Crown Game 2021
 ↬ JADE 🖤 shake those stars from your hair, pretty moonchild April 25th, 2021 2:06:45pm 3,849 Posts |
 It's that time of the year again! This game was established in 2012 and has run almost every year since. It is something that a lot of players look forward to playing and I'm thrilled that I am able to run it as a Mod this year with additional prizes! you can apply a 50% discount to your draw fees! You can view your join date on your home page. If you have any questions, please send me a message. Preakness Stakes: 5/9 1:00pm EST through 5/15 6:00pm EST Belmont Stakes: 6/1 1:00pm EST through 6/5 6:00pm EST  Draw 1: 5mil Draw 2: 10mil Draw 3: 15mil Send the HPD to #113 with "TTCG DRAWS" in the reason box. When you purchase a draw, one of the horses running in the race will be chosen at random by a generator and assigned to you. You can purchase up to three draws total per race. Prizes will be rewarded to players whose horses place in the top 3 spots at the conclusion of the races. 1. Prynne sends 15mil to #113 for a Draw 3 for the Kentucky Derby. • Each draw will take into account which horses have not been drawn yet. If someone has drawn Bob, Bob will not be drawn again until all other horses have been drawn. This will ensure that at least every horse is drawn at least once.  PARTICIPATION RAFFLE: Everyone that participates in a race will earn 1 raffle ticket towards a drawing for 7,500 points for an animal and a 1-month upgrade. This drawing will occur after each race.  KENTUCKY DERBY Participation Raffle: PREAKNESS STAKES Participation Raffle: BELMONT STAKES Participation Raffle: 1ST - ESSENTIAL QUALITY! 2ND - HOT ROD CHARLIE! 3RD - ROMBAUER!  |
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 Eyre ❅ be kind May 12th, 2021 2:34:29pm 10,135 Posts |
Fee sent for Draw 2 x2, if I did the math right?  |
  BLiTZ 🎆 hello, 2025May 15th, 2021 5:16:43pm 6,522 Posts |
Almost forgot to enter! -grimace-   |
 Naima {نعيمة} ✝️🎨 and her Phenomenal Paints May 15th, 2021 6:26:03pm 2,272 Posts |
I don't know anything about horse racing. Can someone please explain the odds thing to me? What's "good" odds and what's "bad" odds?  |
↬ JADE 🖤 shake those stars from your hair, pretty moonchild May 15th, 2021 6:28:50pm 3,849 Posts |
I will answer that for you soon, N.adhima! |
 Tragedy - upgrades reserved May 15th, 2021 6:31:21pm 1,816 Posts |
go go go go go!!!!! Safety to all horses and jockeys *fingers crossed* |
 kuryakin ☀ main | playing catchup May 15th, 2021 6:58:35pm 221 Posts |
Ahh Rombauer!! That was a good race. Edited to add for anyone wondering: Midnight Bourbon was #2 (yay!), and Medina Spirit was #3!
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Naima {نعيمة} ✝️🎨 and her Phenomenal Paints May 15th, 2021 7:41:34pm 2,272 Posts |
Yay Rombauer!!! |
 primrose •• 15 years!? May 16th, 2021 6:22:28pm 86 Posts |
2nd and 3rd woooooooooo! |
↬ JADE 🖤 shake those stars from your hair, pretty moonchild May 16th, 2021 8:35:30pm 3,849 Posts |
 You can watch the official race replay on YouTube here if you missed it! Two weeks ago, Medina Spirit could not be caught after jumping out to the front of the pack at the Kentucky Derby. That was not the case at Saturday's 146th Preakness Stakes. Little-known Rombauer sprung an 11-1 upset to win the Preakness on Saturday, passing Bob Baffert's Kentucky Derby winner to end a potential Triple Crown bid. Baffert was not present at Pimlico Race Course, opting to stay away because of the controversy surrounding Medina Spirit, who tested positive for the steroid betamethasone in post-Derby testing. All the focus nonetheless was on 2-1 favorite. Medina Spirit was passed for the first time in his career by Rombauer, who won by 3½ lengths over second-place Midnight Bourbon. Rombauer trainer Michael McCarthy won a Triple Crown race for the first time and captured the Preakness before Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, for whom he worked as an assistant before opening his own barn. Pletcher gave McCarthy a bear hug after the race. Rombauer is owned by John and Diane Fradkin, a far cry from Medina Spirit's Zedan Racing Stables and other horse racing conglomerates. He won for the third time in seven starts. McCarthy choked back tears while talking about everyone involved with Rombauer. "Means a lot to be here, participate on a day like this," he said. "Happy for the Fradkins. Just goes to show you that small players in the game can be successful, as well." Here are the final results of the Preakness! Even though we won't have a Triple Crown contender this year, the Triple Crown Game will go on! Don't miss the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes on June 5th. Draws should open by June 1st. There may even be an extra surprise! Check back then for an update! Participation Raffle: 1ST - ROMBAUER! 2ND - MIDNIGHT BOURBON! 3RD - MEDINA SPIRIT! |
↬ JADE 🖤 shake those stars from your hair, pretty moonchild May 16th, 2021 8:39:10pm 3,849 Posts |
Bonus post since there was an inquiry as to what odds represent and how they work! To put it in the most simple of terms, horse racing betting odds are the mathematical depiction of how likely each horse is to win a specific race. Horse racing odds are the return you can expect on your investment if your wager is successful, the odds or the payout reflecting to some degree the percentage chance your horse has of winning the race. The lower the chances of success, the bigger the payoff will be. Odds can vary heavily from track to track, horse to horse and from one moment to the next as the industry reacts to news, form and to how much money is being wagered. |
 🐈~Broken Vow~❄️May 18th, 2021 7:47:56pm 8,756 Posts |
Prynne is awesome! :D    |
↬ JADE 🖤 shake those stars from your hair, pretty moonchild May 31st, 2021 5:51:49pm 3,849 Posts |
 You can now purchase draws for The Belmont Stakes! Post Position Draw will occur on Tuesday, June 1st. This draw determines which position each horse will start from and can be very important in determining how well a horse will run the race. Morning-line (starting) odds for the race will be announced shortly after the draw. Post time for the race is Saturday, June 5th at 6:49pm EST. This is when the horses will begin making their way to the gate to start the race. The race can be watched on NBC. I will post a link to a Youtube video covering the race when I announce the winners within 24 hours after the race is run. Essential Quality, 7-2 01. Before 1921, the horses ran in a clockwise manner, as they did in English racing. |
Tragedy - upgrades reserved May 31st, 2021 6:32:27pm 1,816 Posts |
xD |
Naima {نعيمة} ✝️🎨 and her Phenomenal Paints May 31st, 2021 9:27:21pm 2,272 Posts |
Money sent for 3 |
 SaturniaᛉContest winners announced!! May 31st, 2021 9:46:18pm 3,988 Posts |
Woohoo! Sending in my money for 3 draws now!!  |
↬ JADE 🖤 shake those stars from your hair, pretty moonchild June 3rd, 2021 12:11:52am 3,849 Posts |
The Post Position draw occurred on Tuesday, June 1st. This draw determines which position each horse will start from and can be very important in determining how well a horse will run the race. Here is a list of the official contenders for the race and their recent odds. Three horses didn't make it to this list. The people who drew those horses in the days prior have been issued a replacement and contacted via private message. 01. Bourbonic 15-1 Regarded as "The Test of the Champion," the 1 1/2 mile Triple Crown race requires horses to conserve speed and energy. When they enter the long homestretch at "Big Sandy", stamina becomes a deciding factor. Over the last 15 years, there have been 10 horses win the Belmont at odds of 6/1 or greater, and eight of the winners were double-digit odds at post time. The eight-horse Belmont field is the smallest since American Pharoah beat seven rivals in 2015 to capture the Triple Crown. It is truly almost anyone's race. I can't wait to see who wins! We will not see Medina Spirit run in the Belmont in New York due to Bob Baffert being suspended by the New York Racing Association (NYRA) in May 2021 and barring his horses from any event at Belmont Park or Saratoga Race Course this summer. The NYRA said in a statement that the suspension is simply not a reaction to Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit testing positive for betamethasone earlier that month. Rather, the decision takes "into account the fact that other horses trained by Mr. Baffert have failed drug tests in the recent past, resulting in the assessment of penalties against him by thoroughbred racing regulators in Kentucky, California, and Arkansas." The Hall of Fame trainer's horses have completed the Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes twice in the last six years, but Medina Spirit's loss at the Preakness last weekend ended Baffert's chances at another Triple Crown. Medina Spirit’s positive drug test after the Kentucky Derby has been confirmed after testing a second sample from the day of the race. The test confirmed the presence, at a prohibited level, of the drug betamethasone, a corticosteroid that is injected into joints to reduce pain and swelling. The second positive test sharply increases the chance that Medina Spirit’s victory on May 1 will be overturned by Kentucky racing officials and that Mandaloun, which ran second that day, will be declared the winner. Hours after disclosure of the test, the company that operates Churchill Downs Racetrack — the site of the Kentucky Derby — said it had immediately suspended Baffert, and any trainers directly of indirectly employed by Bob Baffert Racing Stables, from racing at that track for two years. That means that no horse trained by Baffert or his stable can race in the Derby in 2022 and 2023. Clark Brewster, a lawyer who represents Medina Spirit’s owner, Amr Zedan, said a laboratory at the University of California (which Baffert personally chose) tested a second postrace sample from the Derby. In a text message, however, Brewster said the laboratory did not test the blood or urine samples for the presence of other compounds, “which could prove the trace positive came from an inadvertent and materially inconsequential contamination sourced from a topical ointment used to treat Medina Spirit for a skin lesion on his hip.” Brewster said the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has agreed to send the original blood and urine tests to an independent and accredited laboratory for analysis to determine whether the specimens contain other components proving the source to be the topical ointment. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) has the sole authority to disqualify Medina Spirit as the winner of the Derby. The commission declined comment on Wednesday. Kristin Voskuhl, a spokeswoman for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, said in a statement that the commission “does not provide comment or updates on the status of ongoing investigations.” “The KHRC values fairness and transparency, and will provide information to the media and public at the close of an investigation." A possible disqualification is months away and destined to be tied up in the courts for years. First, racing officials will conduct a hearing and issue a ruling. If they disqualify Medina Spirit and either suspend or fine Baffert, he could appeal to the full commission. If the unfavorable ruling is still not overturned, he could pursue a remedy in civil court. If Medina Spirit is disqualified, they will forfeit the more than $1.8 million first-place check they earned when the horse crossed the finish line first. If Medina Spirit is disqualified as winner of the Derby, he will not be the first. In 1968, the Derby victory of Dancer’s Image was taken away after a drug test showed the presence of a banned anti-inflammatory. It took four years before Dancer’s Image was irrevocably disqualified. The Medina Spirit controversy comes as horse racing, acknowledging it has a drug problem, prepares to implement the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, which was passed last year in Congress. It will take effect July 1, 2022, and calls for a board overseen by the Federal Trade Commission to write rules and penalties to be enforced by the United States Anti-Doping Agency. I made a post regarding these upcoming changes previously in this thread if you would like to read more about it. |
Tragedy - upgrades reserved June 3rd, 2021 12:19:42am 1,816 Posts |
Wow so much news! Thank you for such a wonderful update on everything that is going on right now. This is honestly where I go to for all this info. |
↬ JADE 🖤 shake those stars from your hair, pretty moonchild June 3rd, 2021 7:37:26pm 3,849 Posts |
You're very welcome, Tragedy! |
↬ JADE 🖤 shake those stars from your hair, pretty moonchild June 6th, 2021 1:34:58pm 3,849 Posts |
You can watch the official race replay on YouTube here if you missed it! Essential Quality, trained by Brad Cox and ridden by jockey Luis Saez, won the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday! The horse was the early betting favorite to win the race and finished ahead of Hot Rod Charlie and the 146th Preakness Stakes winner Rombauer, who finished in second and third place, respectively. Hot Rod Charlie was the early leader but Essential Quality passed him in the final turn and held on down the stretch to win by a length-and-a-half. Rombauer finished 11.25 lengths behind Hot Rod Charlie. The win gave trainer Brad Cox his first Triple Crown victory. Essential Quality became the fourth son of Tapit to win the 1.5-mile race since 2014. The colt won in 2:27.11, the 11th-fastest time in the Belmont at the 1.5-mile distance and the fastest since American Pharoah completed the Triple Crown in 2015 by winning in 2:26.65. Here are the official results! Thank you again to everyone who participated in this year's The Triple Crown Game. I always thoroughly enjoy hosting this event. Here's to 2022 and the next potential Triple Crown winner! Participation Raffle: 1ST - ESSENTIAL QUALITY! 2ND - HOT ROD CHARLIE! 3RD - ROMBAUER! |
 Jaya • If you wanna survive, burn bright June 6th, 2021 1:41:25pm 27,686 Posts |
Thanks for hosting this, Prynne! You're amazing!  |
