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   Betting pool spreadsheet for the Kentucky Derby 2010 Posted by Jo 
April 28, 2009 
Jo
 

Betting spreadsheet now updated for 2010!

The running of the Kentucky Derby is the second biggest reason to give a party. Chica and I love to give parties and the first Saturday in May is the perfect time to host a gathering. It’s situated nicely between the Christmas craziness and the July 4th weekend. We’ve hosted a few Derby parties in the past, so we have devised a simple betting sheet to use to track bets at your party.  Of course, to go along with your betting pool, you will need betting tickets to hand out so we created some of those for you to print and use as well.

This is a very simple betting sheet to use.  Just keep the spreadsheet open on your computer during the party, and every time somebody places a bet, add the dollar amount of that bet to the current total (in the “Wagers” column) for that horse. When the race is over, find the winner on the spreadsheet and it will give you the odds to pay out for each person who bet on the winning horse.

We went ahead and inputted the horses, trainers and jockeys into the spreadsheet for you that are entered in this year’s Derby (2009).  However, you might have to make some changes based on late scratches, jockey changes, etc.  Consult the internet to add the horse numbers to the spreadsheet the day of the race and make any last minute alterations.  Once you have those numbers entered, you are ready to open your betting window!

NOTE: The pool odds won’t compute properly until after you have entered a few bets but don’t worry, they will work after that.

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Download our Kentucky Derby Betting Pool spreadsheet.

Download our betting tickets to make it easy to keep track of the winning bets. Just print the tickets out, cut them apart, and hand one to each person who places a bet. Be sure to write the person’s name and amount of the bet on the ticket!

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9 comments so far:

  1. Purple Lounge Bets said: (April 29th, 2009 at 9:34 am)

    Cool spreadsheet – I’ll use that in our office sweepstake!

  2. Jo said: (May 1st, 2009 at 1:47 pm)

    Check out the round-up of great Derby party ideas over at OnePrettyThing as well: http://www.oneprettything.com/?p=3723

  3. gareth said: (April 26th, 2010 at 2:42 pm)

    I like last years spreadsheet for the Kentucky Derby. do you have this years available for download?

  4. Jo said: (April 26th, 2010 at 9:15 pm)

    Gareth, we are waiting for the field to be finalized and will post the spreadsheet right after. We promise, it will be available before Saturday’s big race!

  5. Sam said: (April 27th, 2010 at 5:00 pm)

    Thanks SO much…..looked everywhere for these templates. LOVE THEM!

  6. Jo said: (April 27th, 2010 at 9:11 pm)

    Sam, I will be updating the spreadsheet with the entries for this year later this week so make sure you come and download the latest!

  7. Jo said: (April 28th, 2010 at 2:45 pm)

    The 2010 spreadsheet is now available above!

  8. Ryan said: (April 30th, 2010 at 12:54 pm)

    Jo, this is great. Thank you.

    Two things:

    1. Where did you get the little jockey jersey icons?
    2. Did you forget Stately Victor?

  9. Jo said: (April 30th, 2010 at 1:15 pm)

    Ryan, OMG, I did! Thanks for pointing it out, I just updated it. I got the jockey jersey icons from http://www.KentuckyDerby.com on the Contenders tab.

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