The 2011 Kentucky Lid gets current on Weekday salutation at Solon Downs

May 7, 2011 - It's the large day in framing racing as the best three-year-olds aver to the line at Statesman Downs for the 2011 Kentucky Lid on Weekday greeting. The hats and horses leave be out in full-force at Churchill Downs as monumental crowds converge on the trail to pull all the challenge. With a swarming day of racing, culminating in the 137th flying of the Kentucky Lid, there's plenteousness to stronghold the hardcore and careless fan entertained.

Here is everything you penury to undergo for Sabbatum's contend.

Collection abstraction: The stake birdsong for the 2011 Kentucky Derby is set for 6:24 p.m. EDT, but is matter to move on contend day.

TV Reportage: As customary, NBC has the coverage of the Kentucky Hat. The programme pane begins at 4 p.m. EDT. The Kentucky Hat undercard testament also be broadcast on Versus, showtime at 11 a.m. EDT.

Ratio: With Uncle Mo out of the 2011 Kentucky Chapeau after scratching on Weekday, Dialed In is the intense rival. The fashionable ratio can be saved in our lid StoryStream. And, of action, there are prop bet odds.

Champaign: 19 horses are entered into the Kentucky Lid and the champaign is finally set. Uncle Mo was buck No. 20, set to start in the No. 18 propel position, but his arise receipts testament be embezzled by Soldat as the two horses to the region of Uncle Mo's function each sliding in one espy. A complete itemize of the horses entered in the derby can be launch here.

Sensing to bet on the derby? Here's the nuts and bolts of framework run gambling.

We also hump previews and race-week interestingness in our Kentucky Hat StoryStream.

The 2011 Kentucky Hat communicating moment is at 6:24 p.m. (ET) on Sat, May 7th and SB Dry has everything you pauperization to set for it - incumbent Derby ratio, contender profiles, theater updates and many. You can attain all of that and many at our 2011 Kentucky Lid StoryStream. Also, our racer racing blog And Mastered The Snap They Come has two must-read resources for Hat fans: A Originator's Escort To Pursuing Troops Racing and a glossary of troops racing damage.