>>> KENTUCKY DERBY.
CRAIG, BREAKING NEWS.
>> IVE BEEN CORRECTED BY THE
WHITE HOUSE.
THEY DO, IN FACT, HAVE M&Ms
STILL, THEY JUST ADDED HERSHEYS
KISSES.
>> GLAD WE CLEARED THAT UP.
IF THEY HAD A YORK PETTERMINT
PATTY, I WOULDNT OPPOSE.
YOU KNOW STEVE KORNACKI COVERS
POLITICS LIKE NOBODYS BUSINESS,
BUT HE CAN ALSO COVER HORSE
RACES.
STEVE TRAVELING TO CHURCHILL
DOWNS WITH THE BIG BOARD, BREAK
BREAKING DOWN THE KENTUCKY
DERBY.
FANTASTIC JACKET.
STEVE, I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A
MISHAP WITH YOUR HAT.
>> YEAH.
I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE, GUYS.
I MEAN, HERE WE ARE, CHURCHILL
DOWNS.
TOMORROW IS THE FIRST SATURDAY
IN MAY.
I GOT THE JACKET.
I BROUGHT A HAT.
IT GOT A LITTLE CRUSHED ON THE
FLIGHT DOWN.
I MEAN --
>> IS THAT A COWBOY HAT?
>> I DONT KNOW IF IT WORKS BUT,
YOU KNOW.
>> AHA!
OKAY.
>> WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?
>> YOU LOOK LIKE BUSTER KEETON.
FANTASTIC.
EVERYONE IS FOCUSED ON WHO IS
GOING TO WIN.
HISTORICALLY HAVE FAVORITES
GOING INTO THE RACE COME OUT ON
TOP?
>> YEAH.
THIS IS INTERESTING.
LETS BREAK THIS DOWN.
THE OLD SAYING IN HORSE RACING,
YOULL GO BROKE BETTING ON
FAVORITES.
GUESS WHAT?
SINCE THE YEAR 2000, LAST 20
YEARS, TEN FAVORITES IN THE
KENTUCKY DERBY HAVE GONE AND
WON.
THAT IS A BREAK FROM HISTORY.
80s AND 90s, THE FAVORITES
WERE LOSING EVERY YEAR.
THE FAVORITES ARE STARTING TO
HIT.
FOR SOMEBODY LIKE ME, I HATE
BETTING ON FAVORITES.
I THROW THEM OUT.
I TOSS THEM EVERY TIME.
THATS BEEN BAD NEWS HERE
BECAUSE A LOT OF THE 2-1, 3-1
HORSES, MORE RECENTLY, HAVE BEEN
COMING IN.
>> STEVE, I KNOW YOU CANT WIN
MUCH BETTING ON THE FAVORITE,
BUT YOU CAN ON THE LONG SHOT.
WHAT ARE THE LONG SHOTS LOOKING
LIKE THIS YEAR?
>> THAT IS EVERYBODYS DREAM,
MYSELF CERTAINLY.
WHAT YOU HAVE HERE, THESE ARE
THE BIGGEST PRICES THAT HAVE
COME IN SORT OF IN MODERN TIMES.
THE FAVORITES, WE SAY THEY HIT A
LOT RECENTLY, NOT ALWAYS.
2019, CONTROVERSIAL
DISQUALIFICATION.
COUNTRY HOUSE BECAME THE WINNER.
65-1.
IF YOU HAD BET $2 ON COUNTRY
HOUSE, YOU WALKED AWAY WITH 130
BUCKS IN THAT RACE.
THIS IS WHAT I GO FOR EVERY
WEEK.
I LOOK FOR THE HORSE THAT IS
GETTING LOST ON THE ODDS BOARD,
AND I TRY TO MAKE A SCORE WITH
IT.
IVE NEVER DONE IT, BUT I TRY.
>> STEVE, THESE HORSES TEND TO
HAVE CREATIVE NAMES.
THERES A RACEHORSE NAME
GENERATOR FOR FOLKS TO TRY AT
HOME.
TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT.
>> LETS GIVE THIS A SHOT.
THIS IS FROM THE COURIER JOURNAL
NEWSPAPER HERE.
BASICALLY, I GAVE THEM YOUR
FIRST NAMES, SOME INFORMATION
ABOUT YOUR DATE OF BIRTH.
THEY GENERATE A HORSE NAME FOR
EACH ONE OF YOU.
AL, PUT YOUR INFORMATION IN.
YOUR HORSE NAME IS LIT BULLET.
>> OH, I GOT LIT LAST NIGHT, SO
THATS PRETTY GOOD.
>> IM PUTTING TWO BUCKS ON LIT
BULLET ACROSS THE BOARD. LETS TAKE A LOOK.
LETS TAKE A LOOK.
CRAIG, INSTEAD OF LIT BULLET,
VANILLA BULLET.
>> WHY DOESNT THAT SOUND
FIERCE?
>> YOU CANT HANDLE BISCUIT,
DYLAN.
YOU CANT HOLD THE HORSE BACK.
>> THATS RIGHT. >> LETS SEE HERE.
>> LETS SEE HERE.
NOW, WE TRIED MINE.
THE GREATEST ESEST KENTUCKIAN.
I MEAN NO OFFENSE TO ANYBODY WHO
IS ACTUALLY FROM KENTUCKY.
>> I CANT -- THE VANILLA
BULLET.
THATS YOU.
>> THATS YOUR NICKNAME.
>> ALL YOU NEEDED.
THATS ALL YOU NEED TO HEAR.
>> STEVE, HOW DID SOME OF THE
OTHER HORSES GET THEIR RACING
NAME THIS YEAR?
>> LETS GO TO THE REAL HORSE
NAMES HERE.
NOT ALL OF THESE YOURE GOING TO
HEAR A LOT ABOUT BECAUSE THERE
ARE LONG SHOTS HERE.
HELIUM.
>> I WENT WITH HELIUM.
>> 50-1.
OKAY, THE OWNERS LIKE THE NAME
BECAUSE THEY LOOKED AT THE
VIDEO, AND HE LOOKED LIGHT ON
HIS FEET.
THEY CALLED HIM HELIUM.
KING FURY, NAMED AFTER THE
TWO-TIME HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
TYSON FURY, BOXER.
O BESOS.
THE "O," BECAUSE THE FATHERS
NAME IS ORB.
THE MOTHERS NAME WAS SNUGGS AND
KISSES, AND BESOS, WHAT IS
SPANISH FOR KISSES.
SOMETIMES YOU COMBINE THEM.
MY FAVORITE, MIDNIGHT BOURBON.
MOTHERS NAME WAS CATCH THE
MOON.
THE BOURBON, THEY SAID, HEY, THE
OWNER LIKES BOURBON.
>> MAKES SENSE.
IM GOING WITH MEDINA SPIRIT,
THE BOB BAFFERT HORSE IS A SAFE
BET, ESPECIALLY IF HE MAKES
HISTORY.
WHO ARE THE OTHER FAVORITES
GOING INTO THE RACE?
>> LETS TAKE A LOOK HERE.
IT IS INTERESTING YOU MENTION
THE 8 HORSE RIGHT HERE.
BOB BAFFERT WON SIX KENTUCKY
DERBIES AS A TRAINER, AND YOU
CAN GET HIS HORSE AT 15-1 ODDS,
AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THE
MORNING LINE.
THAT MIGHT BE A VALUE PLAY YOU
JUST IDENTIFIED THERE.
THE BIG FAVORITE IN THE RACE IS
ESSENTIAL QUALITY.
YOU SEE RIGHT THERE, THE NUMBER
14.
2-1 ON THE MORNING LINE.
ESSENTIAL QUALITY COMES INTO THE
RACE UNDEFEATED.
PROBABLY THE SECOND BETTING
CHOICE IS LIKELY TO BE RIGHT
THERE, NEXT TO ESSENTIAL
QUALITY, ROCK YOUR WORLD.
ROCK YOUR WORLD IS A HORSE FROM
CALIFORNIA, JUST WON THE SANTA
ANITA DERBY.
ALSO UNDEFEATED.
THATS SANTA ANITA DERBY IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
BEAUTIFUL RACETRACK, ITS
PRODUCED A LOT OF KENTUCKY DERBY
WINNERS RECENTLY.
AGAIN, IF YOURE LIKE ME, YOU
LOOK AT THE 14 AND THE 15, AND
YOU SAY, IM PROBABLY GOING TO
TOSS THEM BOTH AND TAKE A SHOT
ON SOMETHING LONGER HERE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
STEVE, COULD YOU PUT THE HAT
BACK ON?
THAT IS FANTASTIC.
I LOVE THAT HAT.
YEAH!
>> THERE WE GO.
>> YOU NEED A MINT JULEP, AND
YOU ARE SET.
>> LOOKS LIKE THEY HAD A FEW
MIDNIGHT BOURBONS.
>> SELL YOU A NEWSPAPER.
>> LOOKS LIKE UNCLE BILLY IN
"ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE."
FANTASTIC.
STEVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HEY, IF YOU WANT A GREAT
BREAKFAST, GO TO THE BACKSIDE
TRACK KITCHEN, ONE OF THE
GREATEST BREAKFASTS YOULL EVER
HAVE.
REALLY GOOD STUFF.
YOU CAN CATCH THE 147th KENTUCKY
DERBY TOMORROW, 2:30 P.M., RIGHT
HERE ON NBC.
>> WHAT IS THAT SOUND AGAIN?
>> CALL TO THE POST.