Call to the post

Going to River Downs today, to play some ponies and watch the Derby... might as well burn up a couple $20s right now... I'm going to do what some women do when picking NFL games and the NCAA Tournament (sorry to be sexist, but what's true is true.) I'll bet names I like, jockeys I admire, silk colors.. you know, everything a hardcore handicapper trusts when picking winners.

Does anyone handicap races anymore? I mean, anyone who doesnt get paid for it? If I get one (legit) response here from someone who goes to the track, devours the Racing Form and actually works it, I'll be surprised. I always loved the romance of the guy in a rumpled suit and fedora, sucking a stogie and reading the Form. I also loved the idea of the Brooklyn Dodgers... and horse racing, save for three Saturdays in the spring, is about as relevant as the Bums.

Anyway, I'm picking Adriano to win, because I admire Edgar Prado for the job he did when Barbaro broke down. I like Denis of Cork to place, because I'm Irish, and Big Brown to show, because I'd like to make a little money, though with 20 horses entered and BB in PP #20, his favorite status might do him no good.

Any experts out there? Gimme your 1-2-3.