The 138th Kentucky Derby kicks off Saturday, and WWN is on it.

WWN has spent the last two months analyzing the horses that will be running in the race today.  After many long hours and after perfecting our horse racing Kentucky Derby algorithm, we are happy to announced that Sabercat will win the Kentucky Derby!    WWN is an expert on mutant animals and SaberCat fits the bill!

No, this Sabercat is not running in the Derby:

But THIS Sabercat is:

Place your bets!

It’s an impressive field this year. From Bodemeister, with impressive speed, to unbeaten Gemologist to Santa Anita Derby winner I’ll Have Another, this year’s field promises to provide an exciting race.

But SaberCat will take it.

Three times in the past seven years, a long shot of 20/1 odds or longer has pulled off the upset for Kentucky Derby bettors.

Going back 10 years, there have been four, with 50/1 dreams Mine That Bird in 2009 and Giacomo in 2005 the biggest payoffs.

Not to mention, three horses at 50-1 odds or longer (and possibly more by the time the horses break at Churchill Downs Saturday).

“It’s the 35-1 Sabercat that could be a live longshot in the 138^th running of the Derby on Saturday,” said Mike Pickett of OddsShark.com, which has been tracking 2012 Derby odds since last November.

The Steve Asmussen trainee was no match for the likely Kentucky Derby favorite Bodemeister in a third-place finish in the Arkansas Derby, but the colt was making just his second start as a 3-year-old.

The colt locked in a starting spot in the Derby based on the graded money he earned winning the Delta Jackpot last November, giving his connections the luxury of bringing him along slower than most of the other leading Derby contenders.

Witha  win Sabercat will be following on the heels of Super Saver who won last here at 21-1 odds. War Emblem was 20-1 in winning the 2002 edition.

Odds to win the 2012 Kentucky Derby (by post position):

1. Daddy Long Legs 30/1

2. Optimizer 50/1

3. Take Charge Indy 15/1

4. Union Rags 9/2

5. Dullahan 15/2

6. Bodemeister 4/1

7. Rousing Sermon 55/1

8. Creative Cause 11/1

9. Trinniberg 50/1

10. Daddy Nose Best 15/1

11. Alpha 15/1

12. Prospective 30/1

13. Went The Day Well 20/1

14. Hansen 10/1

15. Gemologist 6/1

16. El Padrino 22/1

17. Done Talking 50/1

18. Sabercat 35/1

19. I’ll Have Another 12/1

20. Liaison 50/1

NEW YORK, NY – No doubt that most in America have heard of the NCAA tournament, if not gotten involved in an office pool, online contest, or friendly wager. Even President Obama filled out a bracket, where (true to Democratic form) he picked a ‘blue state school’ to win it, North Carolina. ESPN covered Bam’s picks with a segment called ‘Barack-otology’.

What most don’t know, however, is that the tourney has always been global, and the world’s foremost leaders and tyrants also get a case of March Madness.

Former British PM Tony Blair notoriously always picked Duke for his Final Four, noting it ‘seemed like the English thing to do’.  Pol Pot may have been a brutal leader, but that basketball savant once won a small fortune with Indiana in ’76.  And departed dictator Saddam Hussein once reportedly imprisoned every mid-major in his Army after heavily favored Arizona lost to a Colonial Conference team in the 2nd round.

And this year is no different.  According to anonymous sources found on a college blog, North Korea’s Kim Jong Il (a noted NBA fan) is having a helluva run in this year’s tourney, with 15 of 16 teams still alive, and his entire Final Four intact.  Said Kim, through an unconfirmed spokesman, “That Louisville game almost f***ed me.  And thank your ill-chosen God that I picked Zona.”

When pressed on how sports might help thaw relations between North Korea and US, Kim hesitated, and then conceded, “If Pitt beats Memphis in the final… I promise I’ll stop nuclear testing for at least a week.  See, I’m not unreasonable.”

Then, when asked if he would attend this year’s championship game in Detroit, if he had a shot to win, the little ball of hate replied, “Pyongyang is no treat, but it’s better than Motown.  Oh, and as to will I win my pool?  I’m the supreme commander, I always win.”

Kim continued, but his response was muffled by the maniacal laughter that all tyrants must have.

Bat Boy was spotted last night in Louisville, Kentucky, taking in a Vampire Weekend performance!

Concertgoers are reporting that he slipped past security using a disguise, consisting of skinny jeans and an  “Ithaca is Gorges” t-shirt.

Bat Boy squeaked and squealed along to Vampire Weekend’s Upper West Side Soweto beats. After the show, he snuck backstage and showed his appreciation to the band by bringing them mosquitoes to devour.