The Derby Discussion

Hi Friends,

As some of you may know, every year Dave and I spend a few days and have a back-and-forth email exchange for the Derby.  It's always absurdly long and only semi-informative... I'm not sure how well anyone who doesn't follow horse racing can even understand what language we are speaking by the middle of the week.  We used to publish the entire email chain only on Facebook.  Then we migrated over to gradedstakes.com for a year (now Unbridled Stride - check it out, there's good stuff over there).  Then we remembered we had a blog we had control of.  So our discussion will be here.  We'll each just post whenever we see fit, so only God knows how long it will be.  If you don't want to read the whole thing, that's fine - there will be a summary around 48 hours before the Derby.

We'll be updating this post with each entry in chronological order semi-regularly.  Feel free to bookmark this specific post and you'll be able to find everything else in one quick spot so you don't have to hunt through the blog.  Also, we're starting really early this year.  It'll make sense why when you read my initial post.  Happy Derby 2015 to all!

Phil Part 1 (Posted 4/23 2:45 PM) - The Overview

David Part 1 (Posted 4/23 3:45 PM) - Rambling About Materiality

Phil Part 2 (Posted 4/23 8:45 PM) - Materiality, Carpe Diem, and The Chasm

David Part 2 (Posted 4/24 10:00 PM) - Best of the Worst

David Part 3 (Posted 4/25 2:30 PM)  - Game of Run for the Roses

Phil Part 3 (Posted 4/25 3:30 PM)  - Taking Back the Iron Throne

Phil Part 4 (Posted 4/27 10:30 AM) - GoT Fallout and Betting Strategies

David Pt. 4 (Posted 4/27 4:00 PM) - The Tiers Begin

Phil Part 5 (Posted 4/28 8:00 AM) - Frosted, Mubtaahij, and Other Quick Hits

David Part 5 (Posted 4/28 9:30 PM) - Let's Talk About Chicks Man

Phil Part 6 (Posted 4/29 8:00 PM)  - Oaks Reactions and Early Post Draw Thoughts

David Part 6 (Posted 4/29 11:30 PM) - Derby's Absurdities

Phil Part 7 (Posted 4/30 2:00 AM)  - The Value Line

David Part 7 (Posted 5/1 1:00 AM)  - Final Oaks Thoughts and some Derby Stuff I think maybe?

Phil Part 8 (Posted 5/1 4:45 PM)  - Another One Bites the Dust and My Final Thoughts

David Part 8 (Posted 5/1 7:27 PM) - This is the End