135th Running of the Kentucky Derby

Photo: Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs,  by James Archambeault

And They're Off...

"The Run for the Roses"

Looks like it will be a cool and cloudy day for the running of the 135th Kentucky Derby but thankfully the latest weather forecast is now backing off their earlier prediction for rain. Yes!  

Post time for the Derby is 6:24 p.m. today. Just a few moments ago the early morning favorite I Want Revenge was scratched. 

My three horses for the trifeca are General Quarters, Freisan Fire and either Desert Party or Flying Private.  I also like the long shot, Nowhere to Hide because his name reminds me of what I want for Bush administration war criminals. I know having accountability for war crimes is also a long shot, if our media establishment has their way, but I still remain hopeful that eventually those who created, authorized and protected the torture program will eventually have "nowhere to hide." 

Here's a list of the horses (these were the odds as of this morning):

Post	Horse	Trainer	Dosage	Jockey	M/L Odds
1	West Side Bernie *	Kelly Breen	1.80	Stewart Elliott	30-1
2	Musket Man	Derek Ryan	4.00	Eibar Coa	20-1
3	Mr. Hot Stuff	Eoin Harty	2.11	John Velazquez	30-1
4	Advice	Todd Pletcher	3.80	Rene Douglas	30-1
5	Hold Me Back	Bill Mott	3.44	Kent Desormeaux	15-1
6	Friesan Fire	Larry Jones	3.00	Gabriel Saez	5-1
7	Papa Clem	Gary Stute	3.36	Rafael Bejarano	20-1
8	Mine That Bird	Bennie Woolley	5.40	Calvin Borel	50-1
9	Join in the Dance	Todd Pletcher	2.00	Chris DeCarlo	50-1
10	Regal Ransom	Saeed bin Suroor	2.00	Alan Garcia	30-1
11	Chocolate Candy *	Jerry Hollendorfer	2.08	Mike Smith	20-1
12	General Quarters	Mark Miller	2.69	Julien Leparoux	20-1
13	I Want Revenge *	Jeff Mullins	3.00	Joe Talamo	3-1
14	Atomic Rain	Kelly Breen	3.40	Joe Bravo	50-1
15	Dunkirk	Todd Pletcher	3.00	Edgar Prado	4-1
16	Pioneerof the Nile *	Bob Baffert	3.89	Garrett Gomez	4-1
17	Summer Bird	Tim Ice	2.11	Chris Rosier	50-1
18	Nowhere to Hide	Nick Zito	2.33	Shaun Bridgmohan	50-1
19	Desert Party	Saeed bin Suroor	3.80	Ramon Dominguez	15-1
20	Flying Private	D. Wayne Lukas	3.67	Robby Albarado	50-1

For more  information on the Derby you can go here,  here,  here &  here

UPDATE: Congratulations to Mine That Bird, the newest Kentucky Derby winner...a 50-1 shot. Looks like long shots are possible after all!