Beyond discussions of mint juleps and giant hats, the talk of this weekend’s Kentucky Derby will likely surround the race’s first filly competing since 1999. Eight Belles will challenge 19 boys for the prestigious crown and with a four-race winning streak, she might have an underdog chance. In 134 years of the Derby, only 38 fillies have ventured out to run with the boys in sports’ most thrilling two minutes.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/more/04/30/derby.set.ap/index.html?section=si_latest
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