Friday Post Parade: A BIG Weekend

'Which side are you on? Which side are you on?'

Here's a list: horse racing, basketball, bourbon, bluegrass music, country ham (hell, throw in coal and tobacco for good measure).  If you are a Kentuckian you should either love, like, have an affinity for or at least appreciate all those things.  If not you need to turn in your native card.

• Still stuck at $70 in our charity venture.  We can do better than this people.  
• Union Rags and El Padrino hooking up in the Florida Derby along with Take Charge Indy and others is going to be fun. 
• The Louisiana Derby is being run on Sunday.  That's a good idea Fair Grounds.  
• Remember if you haven't picked up horses in the 1st supplemental draft yet this weekend might be a good time to do that.  
• Great to hear Bob Baffert is recovering well from his health scare.  Love Bobby B.  
• I have a dream:  At the end of the big game on Saturday I just hope that whatever happens the fans, the bands, the cheerleaders, the teams are smart and civil enough to join arm and arm and join in a rendition of 'My Old Kentucky Home' just at they first did in Knoxville in 1983.  It's a pipe dream, but it's my dream.

Our song today was written by the great Florence Reece during the Harlan County, Kentucky coal mining wars of the 1930s.  If you haven't seen the film Harlan County USA...you must.  It's an amazing document of an important part of Kentucky history.  Good luck this weekend. 

$1 million Florida Derby (gr. I, Race 11, 5:40 p.m.), 3YO, 1 1/8 Miles (Dirt)
PP. Horse, Jockey, Trainer
1. Fort Loudon (FL), L Jurado, S Gold
2. News Pending (KY), R Maragh, D Romans
3. Take Charge Indy (KY), C Borel, P Byrne
4. Neck 'n Neck (KY), E Prado, I Wilkes
5. Z Camelot (KY), J Bravo, D Romans
6. Union Rags (KY), J Leparoux, M Matz
7. Bartolome (KY), J Castanon, J Garoffalo
8. El Padrino (KY), J Castellano, T Pletcher
9. Reveron (KY), E Trujillo, A Bezara
All horses will carry 122 pounds

Louisiana Derby
Fire Alarm, Miguel Mena, 20-1
Windsurfer, John Velazquez, 12-1
Finnegans Wake, Corey Lanerie, 15-1
Flashy Sunrise, Rajiv Maragh, 30-1
Cigar Street, Shaun Bridgmohan, 7-2
Shared Property, Leandro Goncalves, 10-1
Mr. Bowling, Robby Albarado, 2-1 (entry)
Mark Valeski, Rosie Napravnik, 2-1 (entry)
Arm Force, Julien Leparoux, 20-1
Comisky's Humor, Richard Eramia, 20-1
Z Dager, Shane Sellers, 8-1
Rousing Sermon, Mike Smith, 6-1
Hero Of Order, Eddie Martin Jr., 30-1
Afford, James Graham, 15-1