Derby Picks From Racing's Most Recognizable Fans
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America's Best Racing reached out to some of the sport's best-known racing fans to get their picks for the 2014 Kentucky Derby. Find out who landed on the same horses that you did for the first jewel of the Triple Crown!
Joel Stein
Writer and regular contributor to TIME Magazine
1. California Chrome 2. Danza 3. Wicked Strong
Jeannine Edwards
ESPN sportscaster
1. California Chrome 2. Danza 3. Medal Count
Jim Wilson
Academy Award-winning producer (“Dances with Wolves”) and co-producer/writer and director of “50 to 1”
1. California Chrome 2. Candy Boy 3. Ride On Curlin
Steve Schirripa
Actor (“Sopranos”)
1. California Chrome 2. Danza 3. Wildcat Red
Stephanie Abrams
The Weather Channel Meteorologist Co-host @WakeUpWithAl
1. Vinceremos 2. Medal Count 3. Dance With Fate
Kenny Mayne
ESPN SportsCenter host
1. California Chrome 2. Danza 3. Chitu
Danny Meyer
Restaurateur (Shake Shack and more)
1. Danza 2. California Chrome 3. Samraat
Bob Bowman
Olympic swimming coach (Michael Phelps)
1. Wicked Strong 2. California Chrome 3. Samraat
Willie Geist
Co-host of NBC’s “Today Show”
1. Danza 2. Wicked Strong 3. California Chrome
Joey Wagner
Owner, @JWagnerGroup; partner, @Eventris, creator of @Jocktails, co-creator of @PinkProm502
1. California Chrome 2. Dance With Fate 3. Medal Count
Frank Deford
Writer and correspondent for NPR and HBO “Real Sports”
1. Wicked Strong 2. Vicar’s in Trouble 3. Wildcat Red
Tim Couch
Former University of Kentucky and Cleveland Browns quarterback. No. 1 overall NFL draft pick in 1999. Currently works for Fox Sports South as analyst for SEC football
1. Danza 2. Medal Count 3. Wicked Strong
John Perrotta
Screen writer/executive story editor/co-producer “Luck”
1. Candy Boy 2. Medal Count 3. Dance With Fate
Simon Bray
Horse racing analyst for TVG and FOX Sports 1
1. California Chrome 2. Dance With Fate 3. Wicked Strong
Chip Woolley
Trainer, 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird
1. Danza 2. California Chrome 3. Wicked Strong
Graham Motion
Trainer, 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom
1. Danza 2. Wicked Strong 3. Intense Holiday
Mark Casse
Award-winning racehorse trainer
1. California Chrome 2. Vicar’s in Trouble 3. Samraat
Eddie Olczyk
Former NHL player and coach and the lead analyst for NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the NHL
1. Vicar's in Trouble2. Wicked Strong 3. Candy Boy
Eoin Harty
Fifth-generation racehorse trainer
1. California Chrome 2. Candy Boy 3. Uncle Sigh
Eric Guillot
Racehorse trainer
1. Danza2. California Chrome 3. Wicked Strong
Kiaran McLaughlin
Racehorse trainer who won the Belmont Stakes in 2008 with Jazil and trained 2006 Horse of the Year Invasor
1. Wicked Strong2. Danza3. Medal Count
Phil Mushnick
New York Post sports and television columnist
All in on Candy Boy
William "Buff" Bradley
Trainer of two-time Eclipse Award winner Groupie Doll
1. Danza2. Tapiture3. Candy Boy
D.B. Sweeney
Film and television actor who played Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Eight Men Out”.
1. Candy Boy2. California Chrome3. Danza
Jack Knowlton
Owner of 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Funny Cide
1. California Chrome2. Danza3. Intense Holiday
Linda Rice
Lone female horse trainer to win training title at Saratoga Race Course
1. Tapiture2. General a Rod3. Chitu
Richard Deitsch
Writer/reporter for Sports Illustrated/@SINow
1. California Chrome2. Wicked Strong3. Danza
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