Smith is Tom Brady and Justin Verlander, the most tenacious, tested big-money, big-moment jockey in the game.
The issue of race, already front and center at a Kentucky Derby that will see protests from multiple national groups calling for justice in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor by Louisville Metro Police officers, entered from inside the gates of Churchill Downs on Tuesday.
It’s the first time since 2003 that 20 horses have not been entered in the Derby.
This will not be the festival of bantering, betting and beverages that has been a community trademark for generations.
Tommy Drury’s Art Collector kept strumming heartstrings, easily besting a field of 12 in the Ellis Park Derby to deal himself in as a legitimate alternate contender.
Write this down: The Kentucky Derby has positioned itself to become The Test Case.
The favorite heading into 10-horse race, Tiz the Law crossed the finish line in 1:46.53.
You never know what you will find when you scroll the website of the New York Post sports section.