Persian got out of the gate well and raced near the front for a bit before tiring. It was encouraging that he remained in fourth and didn't fall back farther. The winner was the top-seller from the race, Segal who started a bit slowly but soon took the lead. He then drew off like a horse with a promising...

Like many twinspires.com customers, I was shut out of the Derby. In fact, I tried to login so many times that I disabled my login. I called immediately after the race, not to complain about the service, but to reinstate my account. "I need to bet the 12th at Arlington." Luckily, this was easily done...

Tiger Rules after the race. Hardly looks like he ran. Nice tongue, however. Photo by Adam Spradling We were late getting over to the track and it was Friday, so it was pretty crowded around the paddock. Still, it didn't matter as Tiger Rules, like Mostly Peace on Wednesday, was a late arrival. I have...