As we start in on the mint juleps and get ready for "The Run for the Roses," we figured we'd go on record with our Derby picks.

J.P.:

Win: Great Hunter (duh)
Place: Hard Spun (#8)
Show: Nobiz Like Shobiz (#12)

Bonus pick: de la Hoya gets his ass handed to him tonight. Ken?

K.B.: I'm liking the 16 horse (nice value at 10:1) and have Circular Quay across the board. (One of the benefits of having a chum getting credentialed and blogging the Derby is the ability to have your tickets purchased at the track itself and not in the netherworld of online gambling gaming.)

Bonus pick: According to Tim, Scat Daddy is the talk of the Churchill Downs pressbox.
Bonus Bonus pick: Sens clinch.

J.P.: Sweet - I was hoping that eventually this blog would come up when you Googled "scat."

K.B.: To avoid disappointment for those "scat" Googlers,