Bellamy bids for Kentucky honours

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BBC


The Nick Zito-trained Bellamy Road is likely to go off as favourite for Saturday's Kentucky Derby at 2300BST.

The horse, who is priced at around 5-2, has been drawn 16 in the 20-strong field is one of five horses in the race trained by Zito.

With four wins in his five starts, including a 17-length victory in last month's Wood Memorial, he has been marked out as the one to beat.

His owner George Steinbrenner also owns the New York Yankees baseball team.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/4518417.stm

HE AIN'T no Smarty Jones....but....

[yellowdogintexas]

1. my annual ritual, watch the Derby, cry when "My Old Kentucky Home"

is sung by 300000 people, can't help it; it just happens.

Totally out of my control.

[two gun sid]

3. my annual ritual, watch the Derby, cry when the winner is official....

tear up my pari-mutual tickets....last year I did have Smarty Jones on a Derby Futures bet. Saved my whole day when the track turned up muddy and I backed Tapit at the windows.

[Runcible Spoon]

2. I boycott all racing.

It's cruel to the horses, and if that's not enough, you should read about the effects on jockey's health. Sorry to piss in everyone's juleps, but I feel strongly about this, as the owner of an abused ex-racehorse.


Cherry AKA Sheriff's Campaign
bought at a throwaway auction because she couldn't even "win" a claiming race. I'm just lucky her legs are clean. She's an excellent dressage/combined training horse now.