Eight Belles is America's Next Top Model. Well, maybe not, but Nigel was on the back side of the track wandering around as we shot videos on lots of fun discussions. Look for the content in the Derby special of And They're Off! This post is brief commentary on some of todays events behind the...

Some initial post position draw thoughts: 1) LeRoy Neiman and Todd Pletcher, together at last! 2) The 'homemade' signs - how authentic! 3) Nice to see Visionaire in post 8. 4) Big Brown in 20 - no thanks. 5) The wind! The wind hates the draw! 6) I'm liking the middle of the pack a lot. 7...

The New York Times seems to have caught Derby Fever in a big way. Not only did they have a feature article on Big Brown (more on that below), they've launched The Rail -- a blog headed by Joe Drape with a variety of interesting contributors (and some nice TBA links on their blogroll - thanks, guys...