Steinbrener's Horse Joins the Losing Season! - Yankees Look Out!

Giacomo Stuns the Field to Win Kentucky Derby : "LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Giacomo, a 50-1 shot, defied the odds and won the $2.4 million Kentucky Derby in a gigantic upset Saturday, running down a game Afleet Alex in the final strides and generating a huge payoff.

Even though trainer Nick Zito had five horses in the field of 20, including the favorite, George Steinbrenner's Bellamy Road, this Derby belonged to a 3-year-old gray colt who won just once in seven races.

Giacomo, who always managed to stay in contention, finished fourth in the Santa Anita Derby, and trainer John Shirreffs was confident his colt would run well in the 1 1/4-mile Derby.

Did he ever.

The winner, named for the rock star Sting's 9-year-old son, was ridden by Mike Smith, who, at long last, grabbed his first Derby victory in his 12th attempt. Smith was also aboard Holy Bull, Giacomo's sire, when he finished 12th in the 1994 Derby."

With the Yankees in the basement in the American League East -- with the worst start since 1965 -- we suspect the team was praying for George Steinbrenner's horse, to win and take some heat off them. Well -- seems like that horse, like most of the Yankee pitching, might need to be put out to pasture.