Bourbon: A taste of Kentucky
Kentucky’s bourbon industry is as famous as the state’s horses, and the two often go together.
Glenye Cain OakfordMay 06, 2011
Kentucky’s bourbon industry is as famous as the state’s horses, and the two often go together.
None of the Derby entrants has yet run a race good enough to stamp himself clearly as a potential Derby winner. It makes sense to look for a horse on the improve.
Transcript of live chat with DRF handicapper Marcus Hersh discussing the Kentucky Derby. Chat took place on Wednesday, May 4, from 7 to 8 p.m.
Transcript of live chat with Kenny Peck on handicapping the 2011 Kentucky Derby. Chat took place Tuesday, May 3, from 7-8 p.m. on DRF.com.
On a rainy afternoon at Keeneland in September 2009, William “Jinks” Fires found the horse he’d been looking for the last 40 years. The yearling by Arch was the kind of individual that made one think Kentucky Derby. Now the race is upon Fires and Archarcharch.
Picking the winner of the Kentucky Derby is never easy, but it may be harder than ever this year. Rarely has there been so little information on which to base a decision.
Daily Racing Form clocker Mike Welsch gives his final impressions of the 20 Kentucky Derby starters, based on what he observed at Churchill Downs during training hours over the past 12 days. Most eyes after the renovation break were trained on two horses, Uncle Mo and the European invader Master of Hounds, with the two leaving decidedly different impressions regarding their respective morning’s work. Likely favorite Dialed In schooled briefly at the starting gate before embarking on his daily gallop.
Besides the standard array of vertical and horizontal wagers, the Kentucky Derby Day menu at Churchill Downs will offer pretty much anything a horseplayer wants. The Derby (race 11) ends every multi-race wager possible: double, pick three, pick four, pick five, pick six.
Despite sustaining a broken nose when he was stepped on by his mount Smoke’n Al on Wednesday, jockey Robby Albarado is expected to keep his engagement aboard Animal Kingdom in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby as well as the remainder of his mounts on the card.
Larry Collmus will will describe the greatest two minutes in sports to a national television audience on NBC for the first time in Saturday's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. On April 27, Collmus, 44, was anointed the new voice of the Triple Crown, replacing Tom Durkin, who stepped down, citing stress-related health concerns.