2019 Racing Dudes Fantasy League Rules and Draft Results

The results are in! The 6th Annual Dudes’ Triple Crown Fantasy League Draft is now complete. This year, the league expands to 10 teams, adding four new players to the original six team league last season. The four added teams include:

• Mad Dog Sport’s “The Rap” host Patrick Meagher
• The Fans: Austin Elsey and Aaron “Bones” Mattingly
• Brandon “B$” Bauer
• Paul “Free Beers” Withrow

Let’s take a look at the official rules of the league, how the draft went down, and the official stables for all six players.

The Rules

Scoring:

Horses will earn points for finishing first, second, third, and starting a race. Below is the breakdown of how to earn points:

⁃ Kentucky Derby Prep Season Races and Japan/European Prep Races

Win: 20 points
Place: 10 points
Show: 5 points
Start in the race: 1 point

⁃ Kentucky Derby Championship Series

Win: 50 points
Place: 25 points
Show: 10 points
Start in the race: 5 points

⁃ Triple Crown Races

Win: 100 points
Place: 50 points
Show: 25 points
Start in the race: 10 points

– Bonus Races: Oaklawn Invitational, Pat Day Mile, and Peter Pan Stakes

Win: 20 points
Place: 10 points
Show: 5 points
Start in the race: 1 point

A Triple Crown winner is worth an extra 1,000 point bonus!

Claiming: For the first year ever, teams can claim horses every week!

– Players will have the ability to claim horses every Monday. After everyone has had a chance to put in claims on Monday, new claims will be announced Tuesday. In the event of two or more people trying to claim the same horse, a live video shake will be conducted by the dictator, just like what happens when two or more people try to claim a horse out of a race.

– Each claim will cost you points. You can go into the negatives, so you don’t have to have points established to make a claim. The claiming points fees are as follows:

– A January claim will cost you 10 points

– A February claim will cost you 20 points

– A March claim will cost you 30 points

– An April claim will cost you 40 points

– A May claim will cost you 50 points

– A June claim will cost you 60 points

Trades:

⁃ Trades are allowed. All trades must involve an equal amount of horses. All teams must always have five members at all times.

⁃ All trades must be approved by the commissioner in case of obvious shenanigans.

Prizes: 

$50 buy-in; winner takes all. Also, the winner of the contest will get to pick the outfit that the last-place finisher must wear on Day 2 of the 2019 Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita OR a designated public event in the case the losing team cannot attend the Breeders’ Cup.

Draft Results

1. Improbable
2. Game Winner
3. Maximum Mischief
4. Coliseum
5. Instagrand
6. Mucho Gusto
7. Vekoma
8. Signalman
9. Mucho
10. Roadster
11. Gun It
12. Moretti
13. Code of Honor
14. Magic On Tap
15. Gunmetal Gray
16. Kingly
17. Galilean
18. Uncle Benny
19. Super Steed
20. Network Effect
21. War of Will
22. U.S. Navy Cross
23. Mr. Money
24. King for a Day
25. Mind Control
26. Long Range Toddy
27. Lookin At Bikini’s
28. Elvis
29. Plus Que Parfait
30. Fortin Hill
31. Kentucky Wildcat
32. Award Winner
33. Knicks Go
34. Royal Marine
35. Bankit
36. Federal Case
37. Tacitus
38. Bourbon War
39. Value Play
40. Trophy Chaser
41. Tale of the Union
42. Cairo Cat
43. Call Paul
44. Lebron J
45. Tight Ten
46. Cruel Intention
47. Complexity
48. Rowayton
49. Arcaro
50. Frosted Ice

The Teams

Ryan Stillman and Jon White 

1. Improbable
2. Network Effect
3. War of Will
4. Trophy Chaser
5. Tale of the Union

The Magic Mike Team 

1. Mucho
2. Moretti
3. Plus Que Parfait
4. Award Winner
5. Arcaro

Mike “Saratoga Slim” Spector 

1. Instagrand
2. Kingly
3. Mind Control
4. Federal Case
5. Tight Ten

Jared Welch 

1. Roadster
2. Gun It
3. Fortin Hill
4. Kentucky Wildcat
5. Frosted Ice

Aaron Halterman

1. Mucho Gusto
2. Gunmetal Gray
3. Long Range Toddy
4. Bankit
5. Cruel Intention

Dan “Wise Dan” Waite

1. Maximum Mischief
2. Uncle Benny
3. Mr. Money
4. Bourbon War
5. Call Paul

The Fans: Austin and Bones 

1. Vekoma
2. Magic On Tap
3. Lookin At Bikini’s
4. Royal Marine
5. Complexity

Patrick “Mad Dog” Meagher 

1. Signalman
2. Code of Honor
3. Elvis
4. Knicks Go
5. Rowayton

Paul “Free Beer” Withrow

1. Game Winner
2. Super Steed
3. US Navy Cross
4. Value Play
5. Cairo Cat

Brandon “B$” Bauer 

1. Coliseum
2. Galilean
3. King for a Day
4. Tacitus
5. Lebron J

Check back each week as I will do scoring updates, power rankings, and analysis for each team!