Please forget my Derby choices

Today's Kentucky Derby was a beautiful race.  Did you notice that the three favorites all went out at 6 to 1 odds, and several others close behind were at 7 to one or a little higher.  I have never seen anything like that.  Almost always there are a few big favorites at 2 to1 or 3 to one, but not this year. 

My upset favorite mentioned in the last post was not a contender, and my two somewhat sentimental picks finished in the fifth and sixth  positions, not bad in a race with 20 horses this year but not in the winning column of the top three. 

Orb and his jockey Joel Rosario ran an amazing race.  Orb was near the back of the pack for the first half of the race and at the three quarters point was in mid-range but still well behind.  Then choosing to ride in the middle of the muddiest part of the track Rosario turned him on and passed everyone.  It seemed close until the final seconds but at the end it was not close at all.  No finish by the nose, a very clear win.  Orb was the best horse.  Rosario rode him right.

It was a great race.