Tapit, Smarty Jones, and The Cliffs Edge seem to be all the talk. And they should seeing as they were victorious this weekend. But IMO The winner of this years Kentucky Derby finished second in his final derby prep. I haven't decide on which one, but I offer up these three choices:

1) Lion Heart. I know...I know... the breeding, his style is not conducive to winning the derby and he was ran down at a flat mile and a 1 1/8. But here are the goods; He's awfully fast and to borrow some notes from CtC regarding Smarty, "first number was a 5. Whoa! Then he fired off the easiest kind of Zed. Whatdidyasay? Then another Zed his first 3 year old race. (thanks CtC)" and I'm just guessing, but I think he paired up that last(0.5) with 3 wks to the big day. The way it looks the race maybe setting up nicely. If Smith doesn't but another sub 23 quarter in him, he figures to open up on the suspect front runners, and with Smarty coming in with a 0-2-X pattern(i'm guessing) and everyone else weaving through horses...

2) Borrego. Talk about a derby profile, this guy fits it! And if he paired his last or had a small new top like I think, he figures to be sitting in the cat birds seat turning for home. Awfully dangerous!

3) Imperialism. Okay, he was Dq'd into second, who's keeping track. I'm not sure this guy would have gotten up if he wasn't cut off, but I like his little guy. He has a good foundation, has shown steady improvement, and I think he's just getting good. Hoping that last was another 2 (with trouble) setting him up for another stepforward on 4 weeks.

Just think, we still have another 2.5 weeks to change our mind. lol