KENTUCKY DERBY, 6:24 P.M., NBC Uncle Mo's absence leaves Kentucky Derby field wide open | Odds

When 19 horses charge from the gate Saturday in the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby, it will mark the start of what -- even in a down year -- can still be called the two most exciting minutes in all of sports. But the reality of the 2011 Derby is the horse that isn't in the race might be a bigger story than the ones that are. Continue reading