DIALED IN THE 4-1 FAVORITE AMONG 20 IN THE KENTUCKY DERBY
Dialed In, the winner of three of four career starts, including the Florida Derby in his most recent start, was made the 4-1 morning line for Saturday's 137th running of the $2,196,800 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Post time for the Derby is scheduled for 6:24 p.m. ET.

NBC Sports will provide television coverage of the race from 4:00-7:00 p.m. (ET), with radio coverage provided by Horse Racing Radio Network from 5:00-7:00 p.m. (ET). Derby Day racing coverage from Churchill Downs will also be available on NBC's VERSUS network from 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (ET), along with a post-Derby show from 7:00-7:30 p.m. (ET). FULL STORY

JOYFUL VICTORY THE ONE TO BEAT IN FRIDAY'S KENTUCKY OAKS top
Joyful Victory, runaway winner of Oaklawn Park's Honeybee and Fantasy Stakes in her past two starts, tops a stellar cast of 13 3-year-old fillies entered to compete in Friday's 137th running of the Grade I, $1 million Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The race is the filly counterpart to the Kentucky Derby.

The Oaks, to be run at 1 1/8 miles on the main track, will be televised live on VERSUS from 5:00-6:00 p.m. (ET). FULL STORY

TVG'S SPECIAL KENTUCKY DERBY AND OAKS SHOWS TO FEATURE ON-SITE COVERAGE FROM CHURCHILL DOWNS top
Television Games Network, "TVG," will present special Kentucky Derby and Oaks programming, featuring on-site coverage from Churchill Downs, with Todd Schrupp and Simon Bray.

TVG's coverage kicks off Thursday with a one-hour Kentucky Oaks handicapping show airing at 8:00 p.m. (ET). On Friday, TVG's coverage will focus on the next day's $2 million Run for the Roses, with a one-hour Derby handicapping show, also airing at 8:00 p.m. (ET) The Oaks program and the Derby show will re-air several times Friday night and Saturday morning.

HRRN AIRING 16 HOURS OF KENTUCKY DERBY COVERAGE top
Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN) is providing 16 hours of Kentucky Derby coverage live from Churchill Downs this week. It all culminates on Saturday with HRRN's exclusive national radio broadcast of the 137th Kentucky Derby from 5:00-7:00 p.m. (ET)

HRRN's coverage will be available on nationwide affiliates as well as on SiriusXM. Fans can also tune in worldwide with live streaming provided on the HRRN website, www.horseracingradio.net. In addition, HRRN's Kentucky Derby coverage will be broadcast to service men and women around the globe on the American Forces Network.

A complete Derby week schedule with affiliates and SiriusXM information can be found on the HRRN site.

DRF ULTIMATE KENTUCKY DERBY GUIDE - GET DRF PICKS, PPS & CONTENDER PROFILES top
The DRF Ultimate Kentucky Derby Guide is the must-have guide for a wide-open race, featuring DRF Picks, PPS and printable contender profiles. Get 25% off by using coupon code NTRADerbyGuide. DETAILS

NTRA.COM FEATURING SIMULATED FANTASY RACE OF LAST 20 KENTUCKY DERBY WINNERS top
The NTRA, in conjunction with Horse Racing Simulation LLC, has posted a simulation on NTRA.com of a hypothetical horse race between the last 20 winners of the Kentucky Derby.  Each of the 20 horses "competes" with his real-life racing characteristics depicted.

The "virtual Kentucky Derby" on NTRA.com includes all Derby winners from Strike the Gold in 1991 to Super Saver in 2010. Other participants include such Derby-winning fan favorites as Funny Cide (2003), Smarty Jones (2004), Barbaro (2006) and Mine That Bird (2009). 

GET QUALIFIED FOR THE ESTIMATED $2 MILLION DRF/NTRA NATIONAL HANDICAPPING CHAMPIONSHIP IN MAY top
May isn't just filled with Triple Crown excitement. It's also filled with DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship qualifiers. Check out the NHC Tour schedule and get registered for all the contests available to you. There are several free online competitions available in May.

Check out the May contest schedule on nhctour.com. DRF Bets will begin its May DRF Bets Tournament League on May 4. Click here to enter. The 2011 Public Handicapper Challenge begins on May 6. Click here to register. TVG will be sponsoring a free online contest on May 14. Three NHC spots will be awarded. Register NOW! Monmouth Park is hosting a free online contest, Survival at the Shore, May 28-Septmeber 5. TwinSpires.com will award one spot to the NHC on May 30.

NTRA ADVANTAGE - CHECK OUT BENEFITS AND DISCOUNTS YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF top
As a member of the NTRA you are eligible to receive benefits and discounts from our NTRA Advantage partners.

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RACING ON THE AIR (all times Eastern) top
May 5, Racing from Churchill Downs; 5:00-6:00 p.m., Versus
May 6, Kentucky Oaks (Churchill Downs); 5:00-6:00 p.m., Versus
May 7, Kentucky Derby undercard (Churchill Downs); 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Versus
May 7, Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Churchill Downs); 4:00-7:00 p.m., NBC

RACING TO HISTORY top
May 5, 1934: Brookmeade Stable's Cavalcade won the Kentucky Derby, his third victory in a span of less than two weeks.

May 5, 1973: Secretariat became the first horse to complete the 1 ¼-mile course for the Kentucky Derby in less than two minutes when he won the 99th Run for the Roses in a record 1:59 2/5,  which was 3/5 faster than Northern Dancer's 1964 mark of 2:00, to set a track and stakes record that still holds. He ran each successive quarter-mile of the race faster than the previous one, with split times of :25 1/5, :24, :23 4/5, :23 2/5 and :23.

May 5, 1990: Frances Genter, age 92, became the oldest winning owner in Derby history when Unbridled won the 116th renewal of the Run for the Roses.

May 5, 2004: Smarty Jones became the first Kentucky Derby winner in 21 years to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

May 5, 2007: Street Sense became the first Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner to emerge victorious in the Kentucky Derby when he captured the Run for the Roses by 2 ¼ lengths under Calvin Borel.

May 6, 1895: African American jockey James "Soup" Perkins guided the favorite Halma to a wire-to-wire victory in the 21st running of the Kentucky Derby. Perkins, who was 15, joined fellow African American jockey Alonzo Clayton as the youngest jockey to ride a Derby winner.

May 6, 1896: African American jockey Willie Simms guided Ben Brush to victory in the 22nd Kentucky Derby, the first time the race was run at 1 1/4 miles. Two years later, Simms would win the Derby aboard Plaudit, giving him a perfect record in the Kentucky Derby: two wins in two attempts.

May 6, 1933: In the "fighting finish" to the Kentucky Derby—before the advent of photo-finish cameras and video patrol—jockey Don Meade on Brokers Tip, and Herb Fisher, on Head Play, pushed, hit, tugged and jostled each other to the finish line at Churchill Downs. Brokers Tip was declared the winner, by a margin of two or three inches.

May 6, 2000: Fusaichi Pegasus became the first betting favorite to win the Kentucky Derby since Spectacular Bid in 1979.

May 6, 2006: Unbeaten three-year-old Barbaro won the 132nd running of the Kentucky Derby by 6 ½ lengths, the biggest winning margin since Assault won by eight lengths in 1946.

May 6, 2009: Jess Jackson's Stonestreet Stables purchased recent Kentucky Oaks winner Rachel Alexandra from owner/breeder Dolphus Morrison and partner Michael Lauffer.

May 7, 1938: The Kentucky Derby Glass made its debut. First used as a water glass for the track restaurant, the mint julep glass has been a part of the Derby tradition for more than 50 years.

May 7, 1949: Calumet Farm's Ponder won the 75th Kentucky Derby, which was first telecast on a limited basis by local TV station WAVE.

May 7, 1973: Secretariat was flown to Pimlico Racecourse to prepare for the Preakness Stakes after his record-breaking performance in the Kentucky Derby.

May 7, 1983: Aboard Sunny's Halo, jockey Eddie Delahoussaye became the last rider to win consecutive Kentucky Derbies. Other riders to have won back-to-back Derbies are: Isaac Murphy, Ron Turcotte and James Winkfield.

May 7, 1988: Winning Colors, the first roan and the third filly to win the Kentucky Derby, provided trainer D. Wayne Lukas with his first Derby win in 13 attempts.

May 7, 1992: Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero Jr. announced his retirement from race riding.

May 7, 2001: Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas saddled his 4,000th career winner, scoring with Added Spice in the ninth race at Delaware Park. Lukas's mark put him behind only Dale Baird (8,479 wins), Jack Van Berg (6,300) and King Leatherbury (5,190).

May 7, 2002: Seattle Slew, the last surviving Triple Crown winner, died at Hill ‘N Dale Farm in Lexington, Ky., at age 28. Seattle Slew's death came on the 25th anniversary of his Kentucky Derby victory.

May 7, 2007: Fresh off his victory two days earlier in the Kentucky Derby aboard Street Sense, jockey Calvin Borel attends a White House State Dinner honoring Queen Elizabeth II of England.

May 8, 1901: David Garrick, owned by American Pierre Lorillard, won the Chester Cup in England, under the guidance of American jockey Danny Maher.

May 8, 1915: H.P. Whitney's Regret became the first filly to win the Kentucky Derby, 40 years after the race's inception in 1875.

May 8, 1937: Mary Hirsch, daughter of Max Hirsch, who had conditioned 1936 Kentucky Derby winner Bold Venture, became the first woman trainer to saddle a runner in the Kentucky Derby. The horse, No Sir, who was also owned by Miss Hirsch, finished 13th in a field of 20.

May 9, 1945: The wartime government ban on horse racing in the United States was lifted.

May 10, 1842: Fashion, representing the North, competed against Boston, representing the South, in a match race at Union Course. Described by contemporaries as the best race ever run in America, with $20,000 put up on each side, the match was won by Fashion before a crowd estimated between 50,000 and 70,000.

May 10, 1910: George Woolf, namesake of a jockey's award given annually by Santa Anita Park, was born in Cardston, Alberta.

May 10, 1919: Sir Barton won the Kentucky Derby after being winless in six tries. Four days later, on May 14, he won the Preakness Stakes, and on June 11, he became the first Triple Crown winner after capturing the Belmont Stakes.

May 11, 1888: Trainer Robert Walden set the record for the most number of Preakness winners—seven—when he sent Refund to victory.

May 11, 1892: African American jockey Alonzo Clayton, age 15, became the youngest rider to win the Kentucky Derby when he guided Azra to victory in the 18th running of the Derby.

May 11, 1935: Trainer "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons sent a two-year-old colt, White Cockade, to victory in the Youthful Stakes at Jamaica, giving his 26-year-old owner, Ogden Phipps, his first stakes win ever.

May 12, 1909: The Preakness Stakes was held in Maryland after 16 runnings in New York. As part of the celebration that marked the return of the Preakness, the colors of the race's winner were painted onto the ornamental weathervane at Pimlico Racecourse for the first time.

May 12, 1917: Omar Khayyam became the first foreign-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby. He was bred in England.

May 12, 1924: Nellie Morse became the fourth and last filly to win the Preakness Stakes. Other fillies to win the Preakness were Flocarline (1903); Whimsical (1906); and Rhine Maiden (1915).

May 12, 1936: Jockey Ralph Neves was involved in a racing accident at Bay Meadows and erroneously pronounced dead. He was later revived at the morgue and he returned to the racetrack the same day. He was ordered to sit out the remainder of the racing card and so missed only a half-day of work because of his "death."

May 12, 1990: D. Wayne Lukas became the first trainer to top $100 million in purses when he sent Calumet Farm's Criminal Type to win the Pimlico Special at Pimlico Racecourse.

May 13, 1845: The Great Sectional Match, the North versus the South, was run at Union Course in New York. Fashion, representing the North, raced against the South's Peytona in a match race won by Peytona. Three years earlier, Fashion had defeated Boston, who represented the South, in another North-South rivalry. 

May 13, 1891: Kingman, the only African American-owned horse to win the Derby, did so with jockey Isaac Murphy in the irons. Kingman was owned and trained by African American Dudley Allen. The win gave jockey Isaac Murphy back-to-back Derby victories and made him the first jockey to win three Derbies.

May 13, 1939: Louis Schaefer became the first person to have ridden and trained a Preakness Stakes winner after he saddled Challedon to victory. Schaefer won the 1929 Preakness as a jockey, riding Dr. Freeland. Schaefer's double was replicated by jockey-turned-trainer John Longden, who rode Count Fleet in the 1943 Preakness and trained Majestic Prince to win the race in 1969.

May 13, 1973: Secretariat worked five furlongs in :57 2/5 at Pimlico Racecourse in preparation for the May 19 Preakness Stakes. He was eased after completing his workout distance, but still ran six furlongs in 1:10.

May 14, 1989: E.P. Taylor, owner of Windfields Farms and breeder of Northern Dancer, died at age 88.

May 14, 2000: Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Ill., re-opened its gates to racing after being closed for two years, welcoming a crowd of 35,273.

May 14, 2010: Retired jockey Gwen Jocson guided home Honor in Peace to win the first-ever Lady Legends for the Cure race at Pimlico.

May 15, 1918: Two horses—War Cloud and Jack Hare Jr.—were declared the winner of the Preakness Stakes, not because of a dead heat, but because the race was run in two divisions.

May 15, 1952: John Longden gained his 4,000th victory, riding at Hollywood Park.

May 15, 1954: Nashua won his first race, running 4 ½ furlongs over a straightaway at Belmont Park.

May 15, 1993: Genuine Risk, the second of three fillies to have won the Kentucky Derby since it began in 1875, gave birth to her first foal after 13 years of failed attempts and miscarriages. The foal, a son of Rahy, was named Genuine Reward.

May 15, 1999: Lee Chang Ferrell, a patron in the Pimlico infield, jumped onto the track in midstretch and interfered with the running of the Maryland Breeders' Cup Handicap. The race winner, Yes It's True, avoided the trouble, but wagers on fifth-place finisher Artax were refunded due to the incident. Later that day, Charismatic, winner of the Kentucky Derby, took the Preakness Stakes before a record crowd of 100,311.

May 15, 2004: Smarty Jones won the Preakness Stakes by 11 ½ lengths, the largest winning margin in the 129-year history of the event.

May 16, 1884: Buchanan became the first maiden to win the Kentucky Derby. Only two other maiden horses have gone on to win the Run for the Roses: Sir Barton in 1919, and Brokers Tip in 1933.

May 16, 1925: The first network radio broadcast of the Kentucky Derby aired from WHAS in Louisville.

May 16, 1979: Gary Stevens rode his first career winner, named Lil Star, trained by his father, Ron Stevens, at Les Bois Park.

May 16, 1998: Bob Baffert became the first person to train Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winners in successive years. In 1997, Baffert won the Derby and Preakness with Silver Charm; the following year, he won with Real Quiet.

May 16, 1998: During Preakness Stakes Day at Pimlico Racecourse, a transformer went down at 1:00 p.m., causing a power failure in the grandstand. With temperatures in the 90s, the facility had no operating air-conditioning, lights, closed-circuit television, public address system, elevators, escalators or betting windows. A record crowd of 91,122 was on hand and an estimated $1.5 million in on-track handle was lost.

May 16, 2009: Rachel Alexandra became just the fifth filly to win the Preakness Stakes, and the first since Nellie Morse in 1924. Rachel Alexandra held off the late rush of Kentucky Derby victor Mine That Bird to secure the win.

May 17, 1875: America's oldest continuously held sporting event, the Kentucky Derby, was first run. The race was won by Aristides, who was ridden and trained by African Americans Oliver Lewis and Ansel Williamson, respectively. The day marked the opening of Churchill Downs; an estimated 10,000 spectators witnessed the first Derby.

May 17, 1881: James Rowe Sr., then age 24, became the youngest trainer to saddle a Kentucky Derby winner after Hindoo took the 7th Derby for his owners, brothers Phil and Mike Dwyer, both notorious gamblers.

May 17, 1915: Rhine Maiden, in winning the Preakness Stakes, produced the only Kentucky Derby-Preakness wins by fillies in the same year. The 1915 Derby was won by Regret, who did not compete in the Preakness.

May 17, 1930: Two-year-old Equipoise gave owner C.V. Whitney his first stakes victory when he captured the Keene Memorial Stakes at Belmont Park at odds of 3-5.

May 17, 1947: Seabiscuit, owned by Charles S. Howard, succumbed to a heart attack at Ridgewood Ranch in Willits, Calif. He was 14.

May 17, 1976: Sixteen-year-old Steve Cauthen rode his first winner, Thomas Bischoff-trained Red Pipe, in the eighth race at River Downs. By the end of his first year of apprenticeship, Cauthen had won 240 races from 1,170 mounts and $1.2 million in purses.

May 18, 1931: Fifteen-year-old Eddie Arcaro rode his first race, finishing sixth, at Bainbridge Park, Ohio. At year's end, he remained winless after 36 tries.

May 18, 1935: The Seagram family won the Queen's Plate stakes (then called the King's Plate), a record 20th time. From 1891-1898, the Seagrams' horses won the Plate every year.

May 18, 1957: Eddie Arcaro set the record for most number of Preakness Stakes wins by a jockey, six, when he rode Bold Ruler to victory for Wheatley Stable.

May 18, 1968: Judy Johnson became the first female trainer to saddle a horse for the Preakness Stakes. Her horse, Sir Beau, finished seventh in a field of 10.

May 18, 1968: Calumet Farm set the record for most number of wins in the Preakness Stakes by an owner, seven, when Forward Pass won the race by six lengths.

May 18, 1985: Patricia Cooksey became the first female jockey to compete in the Preakness Stakes. Her mount, Tajawa, finished sixth in a field of 11.

May 18, 1996: Jockey Pat Day won his third consecutive Preakness Stakes and his fifth Preakness overall, after riding Louis Quatorze to victory. The win, for trainer Nick Zito, snapped the Triple Crown race win-streak of trainer D. Wayne Lukas, which had run to six, beginning with the 1994 Preakness, won by Tabasco Cat.

May 18, 1998: Trainer Aimee Hall saddled four winners from five starters at Suffolk Downs, with all of the winners being ridden by her husband, Jose Caraballo. The wins are believed to be the first involving a married couple as jockey and trainer.

WEEKEND STAKES RACES
(unrestricted stakes in N.A. worth $75,000 and up) top
FRIDAY, MAY 6
Kentucky Oaks, 3yo fillies, $1,000,000, Grade I, 1 1-8M, Churchill Downs
La Troienne Stakes, 3&up (f&m), $300,000, Grade II, 1 1-16M, Churchill Downs
Alysheba Stakes Presented by Besilu Stables, 3&up, $300,000, Grade III, 1 1-16M, Churchill Downs
American Turf Stakes, 3yo, $200,000, Grade II, 1 1-16M (T), Churchill Downs
Eight Belles Stakes Presented by ACS, 3yo fillies, $100,000, Grade III, 7F, Churchill Downs
Edgewood Stakes Presented by Forcht Bank, 3yo fillies, $100,000, 1 1-16M (T), Churchill Downs

SATURDAY, MAY 7
Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands, 3yo, $2,000,000, Grade I, 1 1-4M, Churchill Downs
Woodford Reserve Turf Classic, 3&up, $500,000, Grade I, 1 1-8M (T), Churchill Downs
Humana Distaff, 4&up (f&m), $300,000, Grade I, 7F, Churchill Downs
Churchill Downs Stakes Presented by Navistar, 4&up, $300,000, Grade II, 7F, Churchill Downs
Churchill Distaff Turf Mile, 3&up (f&m), $200,000, Grade II, 1M (T), Churchill Downs
Mervyn LeRoy Handicap, 3&up, $150,000, Grade II, 1 1-16M, Hollywood Park
Beaugay Handicap, 3&up (f&m), $100,000, Grade III, 1 1-16M (T), Belmont Park
Ft. Marcy Handicap, 3&up, $100,000, Grade III, 1 1-16M (T), Belmont Park
Senorita Stakes, 3yo fillies, $100,000, Grade III, 1M (T), Hollywood Park
Twin Spires Turf Sprint Presented by G.E., 3&up, $100,000, Grade III, 5F (T), Churchill Downs
Federico Tesio Stakes, 3yo, $75,000, 1 1-16M, Pimlico
Vincent A. Moscarelli Memorial Stakes, 4&up, $75,000, 6F, Delaware Park
Virginia Gold Cup Timber, 5&up, $75,000, 4M (Timber), Great Meadow

SUNDAY, MAY 8
Vigil Stakes, 4&up, $150,000, Grade III, 7F, Woodbine