You can dress people up, but you can’t take them out. At least you can’t take these eight guys to something as sophisticated as “Ladies Day” at the Royal Ascot.

Drink all the £98 bottles of champagne they have and throw on that designer suit, but I guess when it comes to talking to beautiful 20-somethings all proper behavior goes out the window.

One horrified onlooker said she thought the row was sparked by a blonde in her 20s.

She said: “All the men were friends. They were joined by a group of girls who looked like they were leading them on.

“Suddenly punches were being thrown and the girls were laughing. I heard one of them say, ‘Oh, are they fighting over me?’”

Nothing says BFF more than a champagne bottle and 2×4 over the head.

Just trade the suits in for some jean shorts, the bubbly for some Budweiser and you get the infield of the Kentucky Derby. Horse racing: The SPORT OF KINGS.

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It’s rare that I agree with a Republican and even rarer that I would go out of my way to praise one. Today, though, I am doing just that.

Freshman Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz finally said on the floor of the House what I’ve been writing on this site since we started.

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The running of the urinals at the 2010 Preakness doesn’t look as fun as in past years. I mean when full cans of beer aren’t flying at your head how much enjoyment can one really get out of it.

I remember when the third weekend in May used to be a fun trip with my friends to Pimlico (one of my favorite weekends of the year). Now it’s just another Saturday that I hit OTB.

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So after two years of picking loser after loser at the Kentucky Derby I decided to hang up my prognosticating practice on Sports Crackle Pop. And what do you know as this year my magic touch came back as I hit both the exacta and trifecta.

I just wanted to say thank you to Super Saver, Icebox, and Paddy O’Prado. If only Icebox would have taken the outside from the beginning he most likely would have blown by Calvin Borel for the win.

Today is Derby Day! Zach over at Midtown Lunch (one of my favorite sites) has one of the greatest pictures ever. It is a great reminder for everyone to get over to your local off track betting establishments and get your wagers in on the 2009 Kentucky Derby.

DeGags has come out of hibernation to make his picks for the Derby and the fight of the year. The smell of the summer ales and grilled meat awoken him from his slumber. Stay tuned as King Ing will unveil his Derby picks later today or early tomorrow.

Queue Trumpet, Call to the post.

What an exciting day this is panning out to be. 20 horses, 7 picks. Let me run through the only 7 that matter. I begin with my new favorite:

I Want Revenge – Winner of the Wood Memorial on April 4th, the track was heavily damp that day. We can expect similar conditions on Saturday in the Blue Grass state. Joe Talamo got stuck getting out of the gate, and somehow fought his horse back to the front to pull off an amazing victory. All factors considered, I Want Revenge is my favorite.

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Trainer of Musket Man, Derek Ryan feeds his Kentucky Derby entrant a Guinness beer every morning.

“The first-time Derby trainer has a good explanation why he does it, “…mellows him out I hope. Nah, it gives him a good appetite. They say a Guinness a day is good for you. So far it’s worked.

Ryan has a horse that has been stellar in races; he’s won five out of his six starts, Best temperament of any horse I’ve ever had. Nothing bothers him. He goes with the flow.

Being undefeated at Derby’s (with wins at Illinois and Tampa) and at great odds of 20-1, he most likely will be sitting in some exotic plays for King Ing. One thing to worry about is the horse getting boxed in at the 2 hole.

DeGags will have his Derby preview tomorrow. And if I focus and do some more research I might have one out as well.

Leave it to the Brits to let a horse grow a mustache. According to the Telegraph, the “10-year-old Shire-cross, is said to flee if he thinks he is in danger of getting even a trim. The horse also refuses to let staff at the stables in Bitton, Gloucestershire, into his stall there for fear that they will remove his whiskers.”

I don’t think we’ll be seeing any horses with mustaches at the Derby this weekend, but if there was one, I’d definitely put my money on him.

Joe Talamo, the jockey of the current Derby favorite (I Want Revenge) is shooting daily updates on Twitter. Follow Joe here.

Will this 19 year-old Californian will be the first jockey to send a twitter update during a triple crown race? I’m taking bets — and the odds are at 10-1. Make our your checks out to “cash” please.

Just over five weeks until the ladies sing “My Olde Kentucky Home,” and the bugle will blare “Call to the Post,” proclaiming the long awaited start of the 135th run for the roses.  This run is special, and I plan on covering it every step of the way.  Just like the NCAA basketball tourney, the Derby already has its top four contenders.  The odds makers like Old Fashioned (9 to 1), Quality Road (12 to 1), Pioneer of the Nile (14 to 1), and Dunkirk (15 to 1).  I have my own preliminary top four:

Dunkirk
Friesan Fire
Pioneer of the Nile
I Want Revenge

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