Good luck to all in the Derby (better luck to those of you playing the same horses that I will be playing).

It should be an exciting derby with some decent races on the undercard.

I will not make any predictions but I know that a lot of people whose opinions I respect have vary different ideas this year.

It should be an interesting race and pace, trip and track condition will likely determine the outcome.

So many questions to be answered?

Is Smarty Jones the next Spend A Buck or just another Mr. Frisky?

Is The Cliff's Edge another Strike the Gold or just another Halory Hunter or Stephen Got Even?

Does Lion Heart really have a Lion's Heart?

Can Read the Footnotes bounce back like Monarchos or Thunder Gulch or will he nose dive like so many others that flashed brilliant races at 2 and early 3 only to fall apart at Derby time?

Can Frankel, Dickenson, Mullins or Asmussen pull off some of their "Super" trainer magic?

Can a 21 year-old woman become the youngest trainer and first female trainer ever to win the Derby?

Can Action This Day break the BC jinx?

Can one of the other longshots get a good trip and improve enough to pull off a shocker?

Will Jerry Bailey get a Derby mount?

Will Andy Beyer finally get off the Derby bagel?

Will one of the jockeys be wearing a "mastercard" patch in the "Visa" triple crown?

And finally the most interesting question of all - will TGJB and Robspierre actually both cash on the same horse in the Derby?

It take a little over 2 minutes to find out...

Chris



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