The Wire Players Kentucky Derby Dozen Poll- Volume 1 2012

Getting out the vote. It's that time again, the Wire Players Derby Dozen Poll is back for a third year. A collection of fine journalists and bloggers, and one idiot bald bigmouth will bring to you the top Kentucky Derby Contenders from now until the first Saturday in May.

In between I'll bring you as much video as I can find on the contenders, as well as reviews of the major prep races, and we'll try to solve this annual brain twister together. My goals remain the same: The Oaks-Derby Double and the Derby Superfecta and Super High Five. Let's get after it!



In all seriousness, its a real honor for the Ol' Turk to be involved with such an insightful and snarky collection of fellas and one pretty lady who knows her stuff.

The Derby Dozen Poll Panel

Brian Zipse from Horse Racing Nation
Rob from Amateurcapper
Derek Brown
Carly Kaiser
Geno from EquiSpace
Tencentcielo
Tony Bada Bing from A Leg Up
Paul Mazur
Dylan Jarmulowicz

and of course, the man, Steve from Wire Players

Be well friends, Turk out!

Leftovers: A Slice of Cold Turk-ey

The business end of the Turkey, where all my best handicaps come from.

The Turk has a real problem: I love the Derby Trail, but I really hate betting these prep races because I'm just not that good at it. Instead of losing hard fought positive ROI on these equine rookies I'm going to blog-recap the best of the previous weekends races and let my trip handicapping eye influence my opinion for awhile.

Speaking of cramping my style, I've been so fixated on my actual gambling I forget to blog much in January. I just can't help myself, no matter how disciplined I think I am on occasion I flip the script on life and let it all go. I was a machine the last two weekends on the 4 YOs and Up and Turf races, and was quite content to ignore the youngsters. The calendar is about to change to February and the first 2012 Wire Players Derby Dozen Poll is about to be released so I better get my act in gear.

If you like great insight and snarky comments, check out the Derby Dozen folks every few weeks from now until the First Saturday in May.

I don't give much of a hoot about 2 YO racing, so the Holy Bull, The Count Fleet and the Sham were my first impressions so far.

Holy Bull



The Count Fleet



The Sham Stakes



I liked what I saw from all three winners but the trail's just starting...

Turk Out!