Last year, I paid tribute to Secretariat on this blog on his 35th anniversary. Now it is Sham's turn.

There's a lot more to Saturday's big three Kentucky Derby preps than who is going to win. Let's not forget the fact that they are indeed preps.

You may have noticed the two brief mentions of Jim French in the last blog in regard to His Majesty's exploits early in his 3-year-old campaign. Remaining on the subject of Graustark, it is only appropriate to give his son equal billing. I can't think of any horse who deserves to have his accomplishments chronicled and hammered into our psyche, especially in this era of pampered horses.