Briley finally has made it to the Kentucky Derby with Coal Battle, who won four straight stakes races from November through February before finishing third in the Arkansas Derby in March. “It’s a good thing I don’t drink,” Briley says. “Because I’d be a drunk.”

Kentucky Derby calls for rain In, Ky., at Churchill Downs, think about betting these horses in the Run for the Roses field:

The competition has been held annually since 1875, making it one of the oldest sporting events in the United States