Every year on the first Saturday in May, I take a brief detour from the reading theme of this blog to announce who is going to win the Kentucky Derby.
The heavy favorite will be the dark brown colt Forte. He’ll probably be about 3:1.
But my money will be on Jace’s Road who may get as much as 30:1 Pictured here winning the Gun Runner Stakes as a two-year old.
The Kentucky Derby is exclusively for three-year olds. Jace’s Road hasn’t really distinguished himself yet in his three-year old campaign, but I feel he could be sitting on a big race. I like him mostly as the son of Quality Road, a favorite of mine, winner of the 2009 Florida Derby.
But to be honest, the Kentucky Derby is a crap shoot. It’s a cavalry stampede with 20 horses; anything can happen. (a typical thoroughbred stakes race will have 7 – 12 runners)
Trivia – Thoroughbred is not an adjective like purebred. Thoroughbred is name of the breed.
The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports – unless we are very fortunate and the winner crosses the finish line in a fraction of a second under two minutes. Only three colts have achieved that distinction: Secretariat, Sham - runner-up to Secretariat, and Monarchos.
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