The Derby Could Be a Wet One, but Early Favorites Fierceness, Sierra Leone Have Won in the Mud
For the 150th Kentucky Derby, it’s a wide-open race, beyond a few early wagering favorites.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Twenty horses stampeding toward the first turn in a battle for position. A screaming crowd of 150,000 and maybe some showers that dampen the Churchill Downs dirt strip.
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