Courtesy of Rob Fundter, The Amateur Capper AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES: PART 2 – THE UNDERSTUDIES I'm writing this on early Tuesday a.m. Eastern. The defection of G.1 Florida Derby winner QUALITY ROAD is known, narrowing my top prospect list from Part 1 to three: FRIESAN FIRE, I WANT REVENGE , and PIONEEROF THE NILE . Two of these three are the most accomplished with three graded stakes wins in 2009...

Courtesy of Lisa Grimm, Superfectablog.com The Courier-Journal notes that all sixteen 'prominent' horses should make the Derby field this time around; it's a bit ironic that in a year which seems to have a much stronger group of three-year-olds than we have likely seen for some time, we may not hit the maximum field of twenty. It's become something of an annual tradition at Casa Superfecta to question...

A look at some of the top contenders in this year's Kentucky Derby.

Now that Quality Road has dispatched the heavily hyped Dunkirk, just where does he belong in the rankings for the 2009 Kentucky Derby?

Let's face it, we know just enough about our Derby suitors to start some serious speculation. Have you been writing The Pamplemousse over and over again in your notebook?