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Clayton Picks the Ponies: The Miss Cleo of College Football's Guide to the 2017 Kentucky Derby

As I explained in my preview of last year’s Kentucky Derby, there are very few things I love more than college football.

They include God, family, country and the recorded work of one Hiram King Williams.

Just behind the Big Four and just behind college football come the ponies.

There aren't many things nicer than that first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs in lovely Louisville, Kentucky.

Being a fan of the ponies and a clairvoyant prognosticator, I regard it as my duty to tell you all who will win, place and show on Saturday.