20-horse field competes in 151st Kentucky Derby tomorrow

8 articles · Updated · NBC News · May 1

The race keeps its traditional first-Saturday-in-May slot, with NBC highlighting betting picks including Potente, Emerging Market and The Puma ahead of live coverage.
Preview analysis says the Derby is unusually unpredictable because three-year-olds face a 1 1/4-mile race and a 20-horse field under conditions none have previously experienced.
The event remains one of the most enduring fixtures in US sport, run almost every year since the post-Civil War era while still producing frequent upsets and volatile wagering.

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