This column has made it to another Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, and after weeks of giving you the stats and trends of the big prep races we’ll close it out with some nuggets that give some amount of hope for every horse in the race. The Road is a BloodHorse feature sponsored by Gainesway and Darby Dan Farm.

Let’s take a look at this year’s field in post-position order:

Thirty-five years ago, on the morning of the Kentucky Derby, a youthful Ian Wilkes would tell anyone who would listen that Unbridled could not be beat in that afternoon’s run for the roses.