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Downey at BloodHorse

He's reporting on legal cases for BloodHorse.

The first two stories were published on Jan. 7

and may be found here and here.

2022 Kentucky Derby Points Leaderboard

Through Jan. 1, 2022

TDP Home City Hit Hard
Bowling Green, Ky., home of The Downey Profile,

was pummeled by tornadoes overnight on

Dec. 10-11. Downey, his wife and their home were

spared injury or destruction, but it was a close

call as the storm tore apart dozens of nearby

buildings, not to mention wholesale damage

caused in the western, central and northern parts of

the community. We are still here, though.

Cherish each day. - Posted Dec. 13, 2021

Medina Spirit Case Already Messy
Following the sudden death of Medina Spirit,

on Dec. 6, barely a month had passed when we

learned the  vet working for CHRB who would be

in charge of the investigation was summarily

temporarily suspended from practice by

by the California Veterinary Medical Board with

some rather shocking allegations involving use

of drugs on horses. You cannot make this stuff up.

At first CHRB resisted taking him off the

case, but it was done, and the executive

associate dean of the UC Davis School

of Veterinary Medicine will be in charge.

Derby Future Wager Pool 1 Complete

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Nov. 22 ANNOUNCEMENT

Friends and Colleagues: Today I am announcing

The Downey Profile is returning for the 2022 Kentucky Derby.

We will continue coverage as we did in 2021,

a scaled-back version from years before.

As I keep my hand in this great race and Kentucky spectacle,

this will be my 20th Derby at The Downey Profile.

To TDP subscribers, I cannot thank

you enough for your friendly, supportive relationship

with me over the years.

Hope everyone has a great holiday

and 2022, and God bless.

--Dick Downey, Nov. 22, 2021

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HOW WE'VE FARED IN THE KENTUCKY DERBY

In 2021, the Kentucky Derby winner was neither

in The Downey Profile Top 4 nor a Profile Buster

for the first time since 2009. Downey had him in 

the fifth slot among six selections.

1. HOT ROD CHARLIE (third at 5-1)
2. ESSENTIAL QUALITY (fourth at 5-2)
3. ROCK YOUR WORLD (seventeenth at 9-2)
KING FURY -SCRATCHED
4. KNOWN AGENDA (ninth at 9-1))
5. MEDINA SPIRIT (first at 12-1)

6. HIGHLY MOTIVATED (tenth at 10-1)

HARD TO LEAVE OUT

MIDNIGHT BOURBON (sixth at 13-1)

LONGSHOTS I LIKE MOST (in post position order)
MANDALOUN (second at 28-1)
O BESOS (fifth at 41-1)

The Commish selected

1. HIGHLY MOTIVATED (tenth at 10-1)
2. ROCK YOUR WORLD (seventeenth at 9-2)
3. ESSENTIAL QUALITY (fourth at 5-2)
4. HOT ROD CHARLIE (third at 5-1)
5. MIDNIGHT BOURBON (sixth at 13-1)
6. O BESOS (fifth at 41-1)

In 2020, Downey's top pick on his Kentucky Derby

subscription page failed to win for the first time

in seven years.

Three of Downey's four picks finished in the top four,

including winner Authentic.

The top two finishers were among The Downey

Profile's Top 4 rankings, as was

fourth finisher Honor A. P.

1. TIZ THE LAW (second)
2. HONOR A. P. (fourth)
  THOUSAND WORDS (SCR)
3. Ny TRAFFIC (eighth)
4. AUTHENTIC (first)

The Commish picked the same top two horses as

Downey.  Authentic was his "sixth man' pick.

1. TIZ THE LAW (second)
2. HONOR A. P. (fourth)
3. NY TRAFFIC (eighth)
4. SOLE VOLANTE (eleventh)
5. SOUTH BEND (fifteenth)
6. AUTHENTIC (first)

Downey's top pick on his Kentucky Derby

subscription page

won the Kentucky Derby in 2019.

It was the sixth straight year his top pick won, and

Maximum  Security was among The Downey Profile's

Top 4 horses, as was Tacitus.

Four of Downey's top five picks finished in the top five.

1. MAXIMUM SECURITY (first - DQ'd by stewards to 17th)
2. TACITUS (fourth, moved up to third)
3. IMPROBABLE (fifth, moved up to fourth
4. VEKOMA (thirteenth, moved up to twelfth)
5. CODE OF HONOR (third, moved up to second)

The Commish had four of the top six

finishers in his picks.
1. TACITUS (fourth, moved up to third)
2. IMPROBABLE (fifth, moved up to fourth)
3. GAME WINNER (sixth, moved up to fifth)
4. VEKOMA (thirteenth, moved up to twelfth)
5. MAXIMUM SECURITY (first - DQ'd by stewards to 17th)

Downey's top pick on his Kentucky Derby

subscription page  won the Kentucky Derby

for the fifth straight year in 2018.

Justify was among The Downey Profile Top 4 horses,

as were second and third finishers Good Magic and Audible.

The final Kentucky Derby workout by Justify was

impressive, and that helped lead Downey to pick him

right on top.  Good Magic was in Downey's second

spot for the cold exacta.

1. JUSTIFY (first)
2. GOOD MAGIC (second)
3. MENDELSSOHN (twentieth)
4. HOFBURG (seventh)
5. AUDIBLE (third)
6. BOLT D'ORO (twelfth)

The Commish had the winner

picked in the second slot.

He told Downey his top pick had never run last before

this year, so he thinks there's plenty of upside

potential going forward.

1. MENDELSSOHN (twentieth)
2. JUSTIFY (first)
3. VINO ROSSO (ninth)
4. MY BOY JACK (fifth)
5. AUDIBLE (third)

Downey picked the Kentucky Derby winner for his

Kentucky Derby subscribers for the fourth straight

year in 2017.

Always Dreaming wasn't in the Downey Profile Top 4,

but it was kind of a crazy year and Downey wasn't sold

on the Top 4. Always Dreaming was the top Profile

Buster Profile horse, and he put in a super-impressive

final Derby workout.

The selections underneath Always Dreaming weren't

as  strong as the comparable picks in 2015 and 2016.

1. ALWAYS DREAMING (first)
2. CLASSIC EMPIRE (fourth)
3. IRISH WAR CRY (tenth)
4. MCCRAKEN (eighth)
5. IRAP (eighteenth)
6. GORMLEY (ninth)

The Commish picked the winner right on top

for the third time in four years.

1. ALWAYS DREAMING (first)
2. HENCE (eleventh)
3. STATE OF HONOR (nineteenth)
4. CLASSIC EMPIRE (fourth)
5. TAPWRIT (sixth)

Downey's selections on the Subscription Page

for the 2016 Kentucky Derby were

1. NYQUIST (first)
2. EXAGGERATOR (second)
3. GUN RUNNER (third)
4. BRODY'S CAUSE (seventh)
5. OUTWORK (fourteenth)

The Commish picked:
1. EXAGGERATOR (second)
2. NYQUIST (first)
3. MY MAN SAM (eleventh)
4. WHITMORE (nineteenth)
5. MO TOM (eighth)

The Commish stuck to his guns with Exaggerator

in the Preakness, and he won the race.

Downey's selections on the Subscription Page

for the 2015 Kentucky Derby were

1. AMERICAN PHAROAH (first)
2. DORTMUND (third)
3. FROSTED (fourth)
4. FIRING LINE (second)
5. DANZIG MOON (fifth)

The Commish picked
1. AMERICAN PHAROAH (first)
2. DORTMUND (third)
3. FIRING LINE (second)
4. FROSTED (fourth)
5. CARPE DIEM (tenth)

Downey's selections on the Subscription Page

for the 2014 Kentucky Derby were

1. CALIFORNIA CHROME (first)
2. DANZA (third)
3. SAMRAAT (fifth)
4. INTENSE HOLIDAY (twelfth)
5. CHITU (ninth)
6. GENERAL A ROD (eleventh)

The Commish picked

1. CALIFORNIA CHROME (first)
2. CANDY BOY (thirteenth)
3. INTENSE HOLIDAY twelfth)
4. DANZA (third)
5. CHITU (ninth)

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