Kentucky Derby staff selections
In a photo provided by the New York Racing Association, Irish War Cry, with jockey Rajiv Maragh, wins the Wood Memorial horse race Saturday, April 8, 2017, at Aqueduct in New York. Credit: AP
STAFF PICKS
ED McNAMARA
1. Irish War Cry
2. McCraken
3. Classic Empire
4. Gunnevera
STEVE MATTHEWS
1. Girvin
2. Gunnevera
3. Always Dreaming
4. Irish War Cry
TODD SCHWARTZ
1. Always Dreaming
2. J Boys Echo
3. Irish War Cry
4. Gunnevera
CRAIG BUSTIN
1. Thunder Snow
2. Gunnevera
3. Always Dreaming
4. Sonneteer
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