No horse has ever won the U.S. Triple Crown in my lifetime.  Affirmed won it seven months before my birth, but he was the last. Much like long-sufferering Chicago Cubs fans, Arizona Cardinals fans, and any Cleveland fan, I keep hoping for it and each Road to the Roses fills me with anticipation “that this might be the year.”

So, can it happen this year?  To get there, you need to win that first one, the most famous one.  So here’s the down and dirty on the beauty pageant this Saturday also known as the Kentucky Derby:

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