Steve Davidowitz' Fantasy Contest to Select Actual Starters in the 2012 Kentucky Derby

KY Derby Fantasy Contest Top Horses in Player Rosters

HORSE	TIMES CHOSEN	POINTS AWARDED
Union Rags	226	22,600
Hansen	188	25,200
Creative Cause	186	24,440
Alpha	185	18,240
Gemologist	178	20,720
Dullahan	123	19,890
El Padrino	121	9,680
Ill Have Another	106	20,120
Take Charge Indy	105	11,240
Bodemeister	103	17,400
Secret Circle	96	4,560
Daddy Nose Best	85	8,120
Fed Biz	61	0
Out Of Bounds	57	0
Sabercat	53	5,380
Prospective	52	4,600
Empire Way	38	0
Went The Day Well	34	4,080
Mark Valeski	34	1,620
Castaway	30	0
Howe Great	25	200
Liaison	24	1,920
Battle Hardened	23	0
Discreet Dancer	23	0
Isnt He Clever	21	100
Optimizer	20	1,600
Rousing Sermon	19	1,920
Algorithms	14	0
Sky Kingdom	12	0
Daddy Long Legs	10	800
Scatman	10	260
My Adonis	10	620
Midnight Transfer	10	440
Thunder Moccasin	9	0
Drill	8	0
Holy Candy	8	0
News Pending	8	0

HORSE	TIMES CHOSEN	POINTS AWARDED
Lucky Chappy	8	0
Ever So Lucky	7	260
Najjaar	7	0
Spring Hill Farm	6	0
Wrote	6	80
Brother Francis	5	0
Exothermic	5	0
Cozzetti	5	0
Currency Swap	5	0
Reveron	5	60
Ender Knievel	5	0
Liason	5	0
Shared Property	5	0
Done Talking	5	400
Windsurfer	4	0
Casual Trick	4	0
Blingo	4	0
Stealcase	4	80
Mr Bowling	4	0
Street Life	4	0
Adirondack King	4	0
Motor City	4	0
Stat	4	0
Gung Ho	3	60
Dan And Sheila	3	0
Longview Drive	3	0
Sir Bond	3	0
Z Dager	3	0
Fly Lexis Fly	3	0
Golden Ticket	3	60
Jake Mo	2	0
Souper Speedy	2	0
Hierro	2	80
Our Entourage	2	0
Handsome Mike	2	0
Raconteur	2	0

KY Derby Fantasy Contest Contest Top 200 Handicappers

Below is the current ranking of our top contest handicappers. You can click their contest name to see their winning selections.

Upper-Level Prize Tier

RANK	PLAYER		POINTS
1		bappa	1,330
2		Polamalu43	1,290
3		8piano8	1,275
4		HaroldFA	1,273
5		PJ	1,272
6		GeneS	1,256
7		bitcher	1,255
8		Marty E	1,254
9		fradman	1,240
10		Jace	1,235
11		Professor	1,234
12		ei	1,220
13		compleat	1,210
14		SummerSquall	1,190
15		Robindawe	1,190
16		Panther1	1,190
17		belden	1,180
18		StevenLD	1,170
19		Matt J	1,150
20		keithkak	1,150
21		themig	1,150
22		1nightrider	1,140
23		David E	1,130
24		agentorange	1,130
25		originofspecies	1,130
26		fbwinners	1,110
27		Ukcat	1,110
28		bluegoose	1,110
29		Carm	1,110
30		tcashr	1,090
31		Miami	1,090
32		Saratoga Rex	1,090
33		1stcav	1,070
34		baroncuda	1,070
35		Elsimone	1,060
36		JacquieJ	1,060
37		StickyLungs	1,060
38		William	1,050
39		Michael	1,050
40		mh	1,050
41		RandyT01	1,040
42		CrossTalkXpress	1,030
43		apfromky	1,030
44		slamdogger	1,010
45		Art.smith	1,000
46		JB15	1,000
47		FocusedFilly	990
48		rstp354	980
49		robm2000	980
50		Manowar	980
51		RoanRanger	970
52		netbet	960
53		Murph11	950
54		Dbrew	940
55		tz	940
56		hash	940
57		JerseyBob	930
58		Lowpro1	930
59		mbeychok	910
60		Dr O	890
61		Steve in LA	890
62		mlcar	890
63		Andrew212	870
64		Mayhemily	860
65		G1chaz	850
66		dslayer	810
67		crmdefense	800
68		Bertrando	800
69		ndwhite	800
70		ashsport21	790
71		TCash79	790
72		TROJAN FAN	760
73		brownie	740
74		LarryC	740
75		PokerPoniesPigskin	720
76		saarland	720
77		shurmanw	720
78		msluci	700
79		Bstaubs22	690
80		superterrific	690
81		TheBigM50	690
82		Suddenice	680
83		Haluska	680
84		skua22	670
85		RenoJoe	660
86		JHRUNS	650
87		Legend 74	620
88		Abe Froman	580
89		Jdelane2003	560
90		quick rick	540
91		warchant	510
92		Rusty	500
93		sarasunrise	500
94		spartan1	500
95		Ed D	480
96		rainmaker	440
97		Terry Flanagan	420
98		Alfred S1	360
99		Paisley Dave	340
100		jscap	280

Lower-Level Prize Tier

RANK	PLAYER		POINTS
1		sequoia	1,390
2		racingrooter	1,350
3		Ag3horse	1,330
4		Judge Bellini	1,297
5		BOX	1,293
6		Native Dancer	1,290
7		eze	1,275
8		jazman	1,274
9		BigBrown555	1,265
10		Alfredo	1,264
11		postimetim	1,250
12		RisenStar	1,250
13		delmar1	1,250
14		trackman	1,230
15		quinella jay	1,230
16		saratoga	1,230
17		alphanumeric1	1,210
18		Ubercapper	1,210
19		Saratogasteve89	1,210
20		shya	1,210
21		parfour	1,190
22		Mcpick4	1,190
23		rocphil	1,180
24		Gulch	1,170
25		John P1	1,170
26		timedasher	1,160
27		horneman	1,150
28		Ronald H	1,150
29		tiger rose	1,150
30		wplaner	1,130
31		Bob W	1,130
32		Big1	1,130
33		coraltree	1,120
34		McCarron	1,110
35		Lefthander32	1,100
36		clabberhill	1,100
37		cialitos	1,100
38		Cape Cod Kevin	1,080
39		willrobbie	1,080
40		Joeaveragefan	1,070
41		SuperBoboh	1,060
42		survey	1,060
43		Oregon Racing	1,060
44		leespring23	1,050
45		M Ache	1,050
46		bignick63	1,050
47		brassjacks	1,050
48		DaOddsman	1,040
49		SaratogaSpa	1,030
50		Gatorally	1,020
51		bluetango	1,020
52		orleans2002	1,020
53		raccoonlodge	1,020
54		sammie	1,010
55		Danny B	1,000
56		Rob	1,000
57		Ronb5347	1,000
58		AK	1,000
59		Rat Bastard	990
60		vargas19491	990
61		the mold	990
62		magicwalnut	980
63		Bigrtex	970
64		gibby	970
65		dmmrrr	970
66		shepdogs	970
67		dogkatcher	970
68		telecky	970
69		Ruffin427	970
70		J Sacca	970
71		domric	960
72		byanose	950
73		carla	940
74		kicks	930
75		MF39	930
76		Goatchaser	930
77		rickvaler	930
78		mdante	930
79		Jackfro	910
80		goinhome	910
81		frontrowstudent	900
82		GEM IV	900
83		Plmurphy327	880
84		ryonker	870
85		dbsr	870
86		funkymonkey	870
87		CLOTHESHORSE	860
88		Wheel	850
89		mikesavage1	840
90		SJR	840
91		Edward C	840
92		hackd33	840
93		Labrat	820
94		perfectponies	810
95		BOOMER	800
96		CanesU	800
97		arsignman	800
98		Nietche	780
99		JOPARDO	780
100		boblipp	780

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KY Derby Fantasy Contest Introduction & Prizes

Steve Davidowitz' Fantasy Contest to Select Actual Starters in the 2012 Kentucky Derby

LUCRATIVE PRIZES, INCLUDING MANY FREE BETS ON THE BELMONT STAKES
AND
THREE FREE ENTRY TICKETS TO THE $600,000 HORSEPLAYER'S WORLD SERIES IN LAS VEGAS.

YOUR MISSION: Pick 10 promising 3 year olds you think will make it into the 2011 Kentucky Derby!

That's Your Roster. . . .For Now!

Points will be awarded based on 1-2-3 finishes in Graded stakes prior to The Derby, as well as for making it into the Derby starting gate---Bonus Points also will be awarded for actual Derby performances.

Active Rosters to be made after entry forms are posted SUNDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2012, through the official start of the contest, AT 11:59 PM, PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29.No entries to this contest will be allowed or honored after 11:59 PM, PST, Wednesday night, Feb. 29, 2012.

Yet, any contestant who officially enters the Derby Fantasy Contest from now through Feb. 29 may make free substitutions of his or her Derby Fantasy roster until all rosters are frozen at 11:59 PM, PST, Wedmnesday Feb. 29.

After Derby Fantasy Rosters are officially FROZEN on Feb. 29, subsequent changes to your active Derby Fantasy roster will be permitted only TWICE during the contest period:

* FRIDAY, MARCH 23, FROM 12:01 AM, PST TO 11:59 PM, PST.

AND

* FRIDAY, APRIL 13, FROM 12:01 AM, PST TO 11:59 PM, PST.

No other roster changes will be permitted on any other days.

This year's $2 million Kentucky Derby is scheduled to be run at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 5, 2011.

STEVE DAVIDOWITZ' LUCRATIVE FREE FANTASY CONTEST TO
SELECT ACTUAL STARTERS IN THE 2011 KENTUCKY DERBY

THIS FANTASY CONTEST IS 100 PERCENT FREE AND OPEN TO ALL WHO HAVE REGISTERED FOR ACCESS TO THIS WEB SITE, (other than one-week-free-preview subscribers).

The contest therefore is open to our original Charter Members who signed up in 2010, as paid Subscribers, who have easy access to all our professional handicapping information.

Current Monthly Subscribers - who have not purchased a current Seasonal; Four Month, or Yearly Membership - will be eligible for this contest, but will be grouped with Charter Members for prize awards.

Seasonal, Four Month and Yearly Subscribers will be eligible for more lucrative prize awards; but all participants will have shots at lucrative free wagers, as well as valuable entry tickets to a rich handicapping tournament in Las Vegas.

A TOTAL OF 22 PRIZES WILL BE UP FOR GRABS!

And, if you select well, your prizes could be worth $5,000 or $10,000, or much more as spelled out below:

(Last year's First Prize winner Ron Hodges, won and entry to the $600,000 Horeseplayer's World Series handicapping torunament in Las Vegas and a $500 Win, $500 place wager on the Belmont Stakes. Hodges then collected more than $19,000 in cold hard cash when his Belmont play on RULER ON ICE scored at huge odds on a muddy track in the 2011 Belmont Stakes.)

12 POTENTIALLY LUCRATIVE PRIZES FOR YEARLY; FOUR MONTH (AND SEASONALLY) PAID SUBSCRIBERS!

All of the following prizes go to the 12 highest finishing FOUR MONTH AND YEARLY PAID SUBSCRIBERS.

• GRAND PRIZE . . .A FREE $1000 PRE PAID ENTRY into the $600,000 (estimated) Horseplayer's World Series in February 2013 at the Orleans Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas! . .This prize includes $400 in travel expenses and three days of accommodations at the Orleans, or a comparable luxurious Las Vegas Hotel. (Last year's contest winners were placed in the fabulous Bellagio Hotel).

THE GRAND PRIZE ALSO INCLUDES A $1000 BETTING VOUCHER for a $500 Win-$500 Place bet to be made on the 2012 Belmont Stakes, June 9, 2012, with net profits going to the prize winner.

This combined GRAND PRIZE could be worth many thousands of dollars, as demonstrated by last year's winner, Ron Hodges and his big score in the Belmont Stakes.

• SECOND PRIZE. . . A FREE, PRE PAID $1000 entry into the $600,000 (estimated) Horseplayer's World Series of 2013 at the Orleans Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, including three days of accommodations at the Orleans, or a conmparable Las Vegas Hotel. Top prize in the Horseplayer's World Series usually reaches at least $275,000!

• THIRD PRIZE: A $400 BETTING VOUCHER for a $200 Win-$200 Place bet on the 2012 Belmont stakes, net profits to go to the prize winner.

• FOURTH-FIFTH PRIZES: A $200 BETTING VOUCHER for a pair of $100 Win-$100 Place bets on the 2012 Belmont Stakes, net profits to go to the prize winners.

• SIXTH-TWELFTH PRIZES: $80 BETTING VOUCHERS for $40 WIN, $40 PLACE BETS on the 2012 Belmont Stakes, with net profits to go to the prize winners.

IMPORTANT NOTE: All Belmont Stakes selections for Voucher play (plus an alrternate play in case of scratches) must be specified by Friday, 5PM, EDT June 8 in an E-mail to Steve@GradeOneRacing.com with a copy to LSnierson@aol.com. All such wagers will be made at Belmont Park, or through a legal racebook and/or ADW by www.GradeOneRacing.com on behalf of the respective winners from G1-R.com funds.

All net profits from all above wagers to be paid on or before the end of June 2012.

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10 PRIZES FOR CHARTER MEMBERS AND ACTIVE MONTHLY SUBSCRIBERS.

All of the following prizes will go to the 10 highest finishing CHARTER MEMBERS and ACTIVE ONE MONTH SUBSCRIBERS.

• FIRST PRIZE:

FREE $1000 ENTRY into the $600,000 (estimated) 2013 Horseplayer's World Series at the Orleans Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas. . .Obviously, with entry into this rich handicapping contest, this prize could be worth many thousands of dollars to a Charter Member or Monthly Subscriber who finishes with the highest point total of any Monthly or Charter Subscriber in this Derby Fantasy Contest.

• SECOND PRIZE. . . $200 betting voucher for a $100 Win-$100 Place bet on the 2012 Belmont Stakes, net profits to go to the prize winners.

• THIRD PRIZE. . .$150 Betting Voucher for a $75 Win-$75 Place bet on the 2012 Belmont Stakes, net profits to go to the prize winners.

Fourth through 10th place amongst Charter Members and Monthly Subscribers. ALL SEVEN WILL RECEIVE $50 BETTING VOUCHERS FOR $25 WIN AND $25 PLACE BETS ON THE HORSE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CHOICE IN THE 2012 BELMONT STAKES.

• All the above voucher wagering choices by CHARTER MEMBER-MONTHLY SUBSCRIBERS WHO SCORE SUFFICIENT POINTS TO QUALIFY FOR VOUCHER PLAYS ON THE 2012 BELMONT MUST SPECIFY THEIR PREFERRED PLAY (and an alternate play) in the Belmont by Friday 5 PM, EDT June 8, 2012--- via E-mail to steve@GradeOneRacing.com. with a copy to Lynn Snierson, at Lsnierson@aol.com

A confirmation of your selection will be sent via returned E-mail.

All such wagers will be made at Belmont Park, or through a legal race book and/or ADW by www.GradeOneRacing.com on behalf of the respective winners from GradeOneRacing.com funds. ALL NET PROFITS will go to the respective winners and be paid within 10 days of the Belmont Stakes official result.

PLEASE NOTE: All Prize winners must specify their respective Belmont Stakes selection (including their alternate selection) in case of scratches) no later than Friday, June 9, at 5 PM, EDT (2 PM, PDT) via e-mail to Steve@GradeOneRacing.com, with a copy going to LSnierson@aol.com

Failure to provide Belmont Stakes selections by the above stated deadline, will forfeit the prize award.

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KY Derby Fantasy Contest Rules & Eligibility

Our contest rules are straightforward and easy to implement, but please read all of them carefully.

First: There is no entry fee for this FREE Fantasy Contest:
As suggested above, this Fantasy Contest will offer different prizes for the two different groups of eligible players.

Second: Players will submit a roster of 10 potential Derby horses, on or before 11:59 PM, PST Wednesday, FEB. 29, 2012.

All players in this contest can submit their respective 10 horses at any time from now through the Feb. 29 deadline on the designated contest page at www.gradeoneracing.com. But no entries will be accepted after rosters are frozen at 11:59 PM, Feb. 29. (Again, for clarity, changes to your original Derby Fantasy Roster may be made at any time until that hour on Feb. 29. But nnce a roster is frozen, no further changes will be accepted until the 'exchange dates' as explained below.

Third: TWO EXCHANGE DATES:

In addition to the original roster of 10 horses you have submitted for this contest on or before Feb. 29, you will have two specific dates after rosters have been frozen during which you will be able to discard up to five of your active horses and replace them with five others.

The two key dates are: Friday, March 23 and Friday Apriil 13.

• Mar. 23 corresponds to a day before consecutive weekends of rich Derby prep races.

• April 13 is the day before some of the most important Derby preps in New York, Arkansas and Kentucky.

Fourth:
There are several important procedures to consider when adding and/or dropping horses from an active roster:

BASIC RULE A: Only horses on your active roster can earn points in this contest.
Horses are only considered active after you list them on your original (frozen) roster and/or they become active when you legally make changes on the two key 'exchange' dates.

Please note that only active horses earn points in this Fantasy contest and no horse who has been dropped can earn any additonal points. Yet, all points scored for any horse while it was active on your roster, will count towards your final tally.

ALSO: NO FANTASY POINTS SCORED BY FILLIES IN GRADED STAKES THAT ARE CARDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR FILLIES WILL COUNT TOWARDS YOUR FANTASY TOTALS---UNLESS SAID FILLIES EVENTUALLY DO MAKE THE STARTING FIELD IN THE KENTUCKY DERBY.

The above rule is to keep the value of points earned in Graded stakes on a level playing field while not penalizing fillies who actually are pointed to the Kentucky Derby.

BASIC RULE B: Should you decide to submit a revised list of horses on either or both the above EXCHANGE DATES, be sure to list ALL your active horses in the space provided on the contest page.

Your 10 will include the horses you decide to keep and up to five new horses you have decided to activate. The special Derby Fantasy Contest page will have explicit and clear instructions how to do this.

BASIC RULE C: While no player is required to replace any of his horses, any entry in this contest will be disqualified if fewer than 10 horses were originally named to a player's (frozen) 'active' Derby fantasy roster, or if said player does not accurately complete a revised Derby fantasy entry with 10 active horses.

• Please be mindful that roster revisions to the original frozen roster only will be accepted on March 23 from 12:01AM on PDT, through 11:59 PM PDT. and the only further changes that will be accepted will be those made on April 13, from 12:01 AM PDT through 11:59 PM.

These deadlines automatically will be enforced by the computer program that governs this contest. If you make no change on either or both of the above 'exchange dates', the roster you had going into those dates will remain your active roster. No roster changes will be permitted and none will be accepted before or after the dates specified for roster changes.

No late entries--none past Feb. 29---will be accepted to this FREE Fantasy Contest.

Please Also note: To obtain defrerred prize awards, such as voucher plays and paid contest entries, prize winners must remain members of this site through the date of said voucher plays and/or specified contests.

We repeat for clarity: Only horses on a player's active Fantasy roster can earn points as explained below.

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KY Derby Fantasy Contest Contest Scoring

Points will be awarded as follows:
+ 40 points. . . For any 'active' horse on your roster who officially wins a Graded Stakes race from Feb. 29 through Apr. 29.

+ 20 points. . . For any 'active' horse on your roster who officially finishes second or third in a Graded Stakes from Feb. 29 through Apr. 29.

+ 80 points. . . For any 'active' horse entered in the Kentucky Derby when post positions are drawn on Wednesday, May 2.

Please note: While most points will be awarded automatically, some will be manually tallied. . .All scores will be updated after a weekend of racing, by Monday noon, PST. Should there be any discrepencies, please notify the webmaster and SteveD via E-mail.

- 40 points. . . Deducted from your tally, if any of your Derby horses are scratched after drawing a post position, or are sxratched or considered non-starters by the Churchill Downs' stewards.

In the Kentucky Derby:
+ 80 points. . . For officially winning the Kentucky Derby.
+ 40 points. . . For officially finishing second.
+ 30 points. . . For officially finishing third.
+ 20 points. . . For officially finishing fourth.

The term 'official' used above, only refers to the pari mutual official finishing positions; no subsequent disqualifications for drugs and other infractions will have any bearing on these results.

TIE BREAKERS FOR ANY PRIZE(S):

* THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HORSES FROM THE PLAYER'S ORIGINAL ROSTER OF 10 SUBMITTED ON OR BEFORE FEB 29, 2012 THAT REMAINED ON HIS OR HER ACTIVE ROSTER AND ACTUALLY MAKE IT INTO THE DERBY STARTING GATE.

* IF STILL TIED. . .THE BEST FINISHING POSITION IN THE DERBY BY A PLAYER'S ACTIVE HORSE.

SHOULD ANY TIE(S) PERSIST AFTER THE ABOVE TWO TIE BREAKERS ARE APPLIED, PRIZES INVOLVING BELMONT STAKES WAGERS WILL BE COMBINED AND SPLIT EQUALLY WHILE PRIZES INVOLVING ENTRY TO THE WORLD HORSEPLAYER'S WORLD SERIES WILL BE DUPLICATED.

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KY Derby Fantasy Contest Restrictions & Notes

Reminder: Playing our contests is easy, but please do read all the rules carefully.

Frankly we suggest you print out all the rules published here before you play this contest.

All judgments as to eligibility and participation, as well as the awarding of prizes will be the sole discretion of www.GradeOneRacing.com .

• Contest registration will be confirmed via return e-mail, if no confirmation is received, contact steve@gradeoneracing.com

• One entry per player only; multiple entries are grounds for disqualification.

• Officers and contributors to gradeoneracing.com may participate in this contest, but will be ineligible for prize awards.

• Should any G1-R.Com officer or contributor finish in a prize winning position, the next contest player(s) will move up in the rankings to receive the appropriate prize award(s).

• Media Subscribers also may participate in this contest, but all net cash prize awards will be donated to the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center for Equine Research and the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation.

• This web site and the officers of www.GradeOneRacing.com are not responsible for entries that are incomplete or posted after the stated deadlines, including late entries caused by interruptions of internet service or any natural disaster or national emergency.

• All disputes regarding any aspect of this contest, including possible cancellation of races, or electronic malfunctions, or other unforeseen delays or anomalies shall be decided strictly by the presiding officers of gradeoneracing.com. Their judgments will be final in all cases.

• Management is not responsible for any misinterpretation of the rules stated herewith. Any questions should be directed to steve@gradeoneracing.com .

• GradeOneRacing.com reserves the right to cancel this free entry contest for any reason at any time before or during the contest, and as such. all scores will be voided; no prize awards will be tendered, and every effort will be made to reschedule a replacement contest based on another premier, nationally important race as soon as is reasonable to do so.

• Score summaries for all contest players will be posted on the web site seven days after each ‘exchange period’ is completed.

* Final scores will be posted by 3pm, EDT, on Tuesday, May 8, 2012.

• Should any score seem to be incorrect, the player must request steve@GradeOneRacing.com to conduct a recount of his or her score.

* Final recounts must be requested no later than 3 PM, EDT, Thursday, May 10, 2012.

• Final scores and prize notifications will be sent out via e-mail by 3 PM EDT, Tuesday, May 15, or will be posted on the web site by the same time and date.

• As stated in the rules, all winning wagers will be made on behalf of winning fantasy players by GradeOneRacing.com personnel at Belmont Park, and/or via a legal race book, or ADW with GradeOneRacing.com funds and vouchers.

• For problems incurred on the site, please notify the webmaster at: webmaster@gradeoneracing.com and copy in our CEO, Steve Davidowitz via: Steve@GradeOneRacing.com.

• Good luck and enjoy this innovative FREE FANTASY CONTEST on this web site that actively supports one of the most popular races in the world.

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