There are two chances of seeing a
bid for the Triple Crown this year: slim and none. No one I know picked
Mine That Bird to win the Kentucky Derby, and only a couple of
redboarders after the race insist they liked him.
I'm probably in the minority in
thinking Rachel Alexandra will be in for a tough go, especially after
drawing post 13. In her last three wins, she beat overmatched fields of
seven, five and six horses. Now she'll face 12 males in the Preakness
while wearing a bull's-eye on her back.
If Rachel Alexandra wins at short odds, I won't be upset, but she'll beat me.
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