ESPN.com Top 10 Poll voters

Derby Contenders Poll: Week 10

The ESPN.com Top 10 Kentucky Derby Contenders Poll will be updated weekly and be comprised of votes from the following media and industry members:

Hank Goldberg

About Hank: Hank Goldberg serves as an NFL reporter on a variety of ESPN programs. He first joined ESPN2 as football analyst on its flagship sports news program SportsNight when the new network launched Oct. 1, 1993. He has also been a frequent contributor on ESPN Sports Radio since June 1992.
Hank's top 10: 1. Orb, 2. Normandy Invasion, 3. Verrazano, 4. Revolutionary, 5. Goldencents, 6. Itsmyluckyday, 7. Palace Malice, 8. Oxbow, 9. Java's War, 10. Will Take Charge.

Jeannine Edwards

About Jeannine: Jeannine Edwards is a reporter for ESPN covering horse racing, college football and college basketball. In 2009, Edwards was part of the broadcast team that won an Eclipse Award for the Belmont Stakes telecast on ABC, as well as an Emmy nomination for the Breeders' Cup on ESPN. That same team won a second Eclipse Award and a second Emmy nomination for the 2010 Breeders' Cup telecast.
Jeannine's top 10: 1. Verrazano, 2. Orb, 3. Vyjack, 4. Java's War, 5. Overanalyze, 6. Revolutionary, 7. Goldencents, 8. Will Take Charge, 9. Itsmyluckyday, 10. Normandy Invasion.

Jay Cronley

About Jay: Jay Cronley writes a weekly column for ESPN.com horse racing and a weekly general interest column for the Tulsa World. Jay has written nine novels, five of which have been made into movies including "Funny Farm" starring Chevy Chase and "Quick Change" staring Bill Murray and Geena Davis. His novel "Good Vibes" was the basis for the movie "Let It Ride" staring Richard Dreyfuss.
Jay's top 10: 1. Orb, 2. Revolutionary, 3. Verrazano, 4. Normandy Invasion, 5. Goldencents, 6. Vyjack, 7. Oxbow, 8. Palace Malace, 9. Java's War, 10. Overanalyze.

Bill Finley

About Bill: Bill Finley is an award-winning racing writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today and Sports Illustrated.
Bill's top 10: 1. Normandy Invasion, 2. Orb, 3. Verrazano, 4. Goldencents, 5. Revolutionary, 6. Itsmyluckyday, 7. Overanalyze, 8. Mylute, 9. Java's War, 10. Vyjack.

Kellie Reilly

About Kellie: Kellie Reilly is a staff writer in the editorial department at Brisnet.com, which produces the "Handicapper's Edge" and "Bloodstock Journal" daily online newsletters and contributes to ESPN.com and NBCSports.com. Aside from posting news items and pedigree analysis on the official Derby website, kentuckyderby.com, she has also written articles for Churchill Downs' Kentucky Derby program.
Kellie's top 10: 1. Orb, 2. Normandy Invasion, 3. Revolutionary, 4. Verrazano, 5. Itsmyluckyday, 6. Palace Malice, 7. Oxbow, 8. Overanalyze, 9. Goldencents, 10. Frac Daddy.

Terry Turrell

About Terry: Terry Turrell is from a family embedded in horse racing. The syndicated writer and handicapper is a stalwart among Southern California newspapers and is an ESPN.com contributor.
Terry's top 10: 1. Orb, 2. Verrazano, 3. Lines Of Battle, 4. Revolutionary, 5. Goldencents, 6. Java's War, 7. Normandy Invasion, 8. Vyjack, 9. Palace Malice, 10. Oxbow.

Claire Novak

About Claire: Claire Novak is an Eclipse Award-winning turf writer who covers horse racing for The Blood-Horse magazine in Lexington, Ky. Follow her on Twitter @bh_cnovak and read more of her work at www.bloodhorse.com.
Claire's top 10: 1. Orb, 2. Itsmyluckyday, 3. Mylute, 4. Goldencents, 5. Revolutionary, 6. Verrazano, 7. Will Take Charge, 8. Overanalyze, 9. Palace Malice, 10. Vyjack.

Gary West

About Gary: Gary West has worked for the Dallas Times-Herald, Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He has published poetry and short stories, as well as scholarly articles on such a diversity of subjects as Mark Twain and T.S. Eliot, and, of course, he has written about horse racing for many magazines, including, most recently, North American Trainer. For years he also worked as a host for television and radio shows on horse racing. The winner of several awards for his writing and the author of "Razoo at the Races," he also has contributed to several books on horse racing. He writes a regular horse racing column for ESPN.com.
Gary's top 10: 1. Verrazano, 2. Orb, 3. Normandy Invasion, 4. Revolutionary, 5. Goldencents, 6. Palace Malice, 7. Will Take Charge, 8. Itsmyluckyday, 9. Overanalyze, 10. Mylute.

Bob Ehalt

About Bob: Bob Ehalt has won three Associated Press Sports Editors awards for his coverage of the sport and was the recipient of the 2009 Breeders' Cup media award for outstanding social media. He also received honorable mention in the 2011 Eclipse Awards for Feature/Commentary writing.
Bob's top 10: 1. Revolutionary, 2. Orb, 3. Verrazano, 4. Normandy Invasion, 5. Vyjack, 6. Overanalyze, 7. Itsmyluckyday, 8. Will Take Charge, 9. Goldencents, 10. Mylute.

Paul Moran

About Paul: Paul Moran is a two-time winner of the Media Eclipse Award and has received various honors from the National Association of Newspaper Editors, Society of Silurians, Long Island Press Club and Long Island Veterinary Medical Association. He also has been given the Red Smith Award for his coverage of the Kentucky Derby.
Paul's top 10: 1. Orb, 2. Verrazano, 3. Revolutionary, 4. Normandy Invasion, 5. Vyjack, 6. Goldencents, 7. Itsmyluckyday, 8. Dreaming of Julia, 9. Overanalyze, 10. Java's War.

Amanda Duckworth

About Amanda: Amanda Duckworth is a freelance journalist who lives in Lexington, Ky. Among her other duties, she is an editor for Gallop Magazine.
Amanda's top 10: 1. Orb, 2. Verrazano, 3. Revolutionary, 4. Itsmyluckday, 5. Overanalyze, 6. Goldencents, 7. Vyjack, 8. Normandy Invasion, 9. Will Take Charge, 10. Java's War.

Tim Turrell

About Tim: Tim Turrell is a third generation descendant from a horse racing family. He started his career as a clocker/handicapper before transitioning to a successful career in television. Tim was nominated for an Emmy in 2009 as lead producer of the Breeders' Cup. He currently serves as a producer at TVG.
Tim's top 10: 1. Revolutionary, 2. Verrazano, 3. Orb, 4. Normandy Invasion, 5. Goldencents, 6. Java's War, 7. Overanalyze, 8. Itsmyluckyday, 9. Vyjack, 10. Will Take Charge.

Barry Abrams

About Barry: Barry Abrams is a 20-year ESPN veteran. He hosts the weekly ESPN "In The Gate" thoroughbred podcast.
Barry's top 10: 1. Orb, 2. Normandy Invasion, 3. Verrazano, 4. Vyjack, 5. Goldencents, 6. Revolutionary, 7. Mylute, 8. Overanalyze, 9. Itsmyluckyday, 10. Lines of Battle.

Kerry Carlson

About Kerry: As senior vice president of Marketing for Xpressbet, Kerry oversees marketing, promotions, product development and overall brand management for the ADW provider. She has over 20 years of experience in horse racing and sports marketing, having worked as an exercise rider and assistant trainer early in her career and later as a brand marketer working with many of the premier sports properties in North America.
Kerry's top 10: 1. Orb, 2. Revolutionary, 3. Normandy Invasion, 4. Verrazano, 5. Itsmyluckyday, 6. Overanalyze, 7. Mylute, 8. Goldencents, 9. Will Take Charge, 10. Vyjack.

Jennie Rees

About Jennie: Jennie Rees has covered horse racing and the Kentucky Derby for The (Louisville) Courier-Journal since 1984.
Jennie's top 10: 1. Orb, 2. Verrazano, 3. Normandy Invasion, 4. Revolutionary, 5. Goldencents, 6. Itsmyluckyday, 7. Overanalyze, 8. Java's War, 9. Palace Malice, 10. Oxbow.

Seth Merrow

About Seth: Seth Merrow is the founder and publisher of the popular horse racing news website Equidaily.com. Merrow is also a host and handicapper on Capital OTB-TV
Seth's top 10: 1. Revolutionary, 2. Orb, 3. Goldencents, 4. Will Take Charge, 5. Mylute, 6. Normandy Invasion, 7. Oxbow, 8. Overanalyze, 9. Verrazano, 10. Vyjack.

Ed Derosa

About Ed: Ed DeRosa is director of marketing for Brisnet.com, the official data source of the Kentucky Derby and TwinSpires.com. Ed joined Brisnet.com in July 2011 following nine years as a writer and editor with Thoroughbred Times. He grew up in Cleveland and learned to love horse racing while going to Thistledown with his grandfather. Ed is a diehard Indians fan, leaving him to wonder which -- if either -- will come first: another Triple Crown winner or an Indians world championship. Ed's favorite horses are Real Quiet, Ghostzapper and Rachel Alexandra.
Ed's top 10: 1. Itsmyluckyday, 2. Revolutionary, 3. Goldencents, 4. Orb, 5. Verrazano, 6. Overanalyze, 7. Normandy Invasion, 8. Mylute, 9. Palice Malice, 10. Lines Of Battle.

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