Normally by the time race day arrives on the first Saturday in May, almost every projection has been made for the marquee event of the thoroughbred racing season. The 136th running of the Kentucky Derby seemed no different as the midweek chatter of how early favorites — Lookin at Lucky and Sidney’s Candy — would do, coming from opposite ends of the starting gate. Lookin at Lucky, 3-1, will break from the No. 1 post, which hasn’t produced a Derby winner in 24 years. Sidney’s Candy, 5-1, will start at No. 20, the outermost post, which requires both early speed and stamina. But now there has been an added starter: Rain is in the Derby Day forecast. Lots of it — forecasts have 2 to 5 inches to hit the Louisville area, including more than an inch this afternoon, which would be the wettest Derby since 1929 when 1.19 inches soaked the crowd and the track. http://www.boston.com/sports/other_...cles/2010/05/01/rain_could_rule_day_in_derby/
