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Triple Crown Suggested League Guidelines and Draft Board
First, here's our suggested league guidelines: utilize a system with 4 owners, drafting 3 rounds in a standard serpentine fashion. In each race, points are allocated as follows: 15 points for win, 10 points for show and 5 points for place. Additionally, a horse gains an additional 5 points for winning a second Triple Crown race and an additional 10 points for winning the Triple Crown. If a tiebreaker is needed, it will go by tallying the best collective finishes by all horses in all races.
Courtesy of the Daily Racing Form, here are the past performance charts.
With the last-minute dropout of I Want Revenge because of leg issues, everything is thrown into flux. But on a supremely muddy track at Churchill Downs, you have to like Friesan Fire's aptitude in that regard.
Now, here's our draft board:
1 Friesan Fire
2 Dunkirk
3 Pioneerof the Nile
4 Papa Clem
5 Desert Party
6 Chocolate Candy
7 Hold Me Back
8 Regal Ransom
9 Mr. Hot Stuff
10 Flying Private
11 Mine That Bird
12 Musket Man
Triple Crown League Mock Draft
On our FANTASYDRAFTHELP.COM INSIDER (9 PM to 9:30 PM EDT) show-within-a-show portion of our FDH LOUNGE program on SportsTalkNetwork.com (Wednesdays, 7-10 PM EDT) this past week, we held our annual Triple Crown fantasy draft utilizing the above guidelines. Participants were FDH Senior Editor Jason Jones, FDH Managing Partner Rick Morris, FDH Lounge Dignitary Burrell Jackson and FDH Lounge Dignitary Ryan Scott.
ROUND 1
1 Jason: I Want Revenge
2 Rick: Pioneerof The Nile
3 Burrell: Chocolate Candy -- Side note: When Burrell was asked for his pick and he answered, "I like Chocolate Candy," he was then told, "We know, Burrell, but which horse do you want?"
4 Ryan: Friesan Fire
ROUND 2
1 Ryan: Papa Clem
2 Burrell: Musket Man
3 Rick: Dunkirk
4 Jason: Flying Private
ROUND 3
1 Jason: Hold Me Back
2 Rick: Desert Party
3 Burrell: Mine That Bird
4 Ryan: Mr. Hot Stuff
Fantasy Triple Crown
