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Kentucky Derby picks

By Ed McNamara
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, May 4, 2006

LOUISVILLE -- Although there is no future in the prediction business, it's preferable to prophesy as if you are confident in your vision. All pickers are often wrong, even if rarely in doubt. Which brings me to the 132nd Kentucky Derby. I can't recall the last time I felt so vague about a Derby, and I've been picking them since 1984. I've had a few good hits, too. I was right with the Alysheba-Bet Twice exacta ($109.60) in 1987, as well as with Sunday Silence, Unbridled (10-1), Lil E. Tee (16-1 ...

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