THE 145th Kentucky Derby. As always, an eclectic mix of runners and dreamers, stars and stabs converge for the Run for the Roses.

Here is our annual, “Why they’ll win and why they’ll lose,” a horse-by-horse look at the $3 million classic. And, yes, you can simply add “Because morning-line favourite Omaha Beach scratched with an entrapped epiglottis” to each horse’s “why he’ll win.”