25 years ago, the hip-hop duo outperformed the world with its biggest hit song "Ms. Jackson." Among them, André 3000 has a line that always crosses the idea of ​​journalists this time of year, among members of the Kentucky Derby.

"You can plan a nice picnic, but you can't predict the weather," he said.

Accuweather.com's forecast has changed a lot on the first Saturday of May, and now calls for clouds to give sunlight and with several showers - 71% chance of precipitation to be exact. It could be two days of heavy rain; how quickly will the Ohio Valley happen.

It raises the question: Which horses in the field compete in the rain? How about it on muddy and/or sloppy tracks?

According to equibase.com, there are at least seven answers. Two weather-specific data for Daytona and Luxor Cafe that are not available.

If you're scrambling to poncho in Churchill Downs and need help adjusting your derby bets, here are the competitors who experience the rain and their consequences - presented in the order of planned quantity, accompanied by their morning odds:

Neoequos is a man ranked third in the Florida Derby, with a complex history on a sloppy track. The Neolithic Son wasn't over in the first match in the rain at Gulfstream Park last July. He was hit by his inner enemy at the beginning and lost his rider. Flash extends forward to January 23: He reached the winner's circle for the second time in his career, winning 3½ in a allowance race under similar conditions on the same track.

The final Gambit takes three attempts to destroy his virginity, doing so on a fast all-weather track in the Rainy Park on February 15. The Derby will be his first start on the dirt, but assistant coach Tessa Walden is confident in his son, not the ability to transform after the third-grade Jeff Ruby Steaks win this time. "He's now mature to handle different things."

2018 Division III champion son American Promise won the teenage girl’s special weight in the mud in Oaklawn on December 29. The Virginia Derby champion competes only in the rain in his nine careers: The teenage girl on September 27 special weight on Churchill’s sloppy track, where he finished eighth.

Grande is another qualified contestant, 2-1-0 in three professions. One of them meets the criteria for this story. His only second place was in shower conditions at Wood Memorial when he crossed the finish line 3½ behind Rodriguez, leading 1 3/4 on the fast track of the aqueduct.

Mohawk has two of his first three games in the showers, but Derby will be his first game on the dirt. The eligible contestant ranked second in the first: Special weight on the firm turf track in Kentucky Downs, Kentucky on September 1. Twenty-seven days later, he finished fifth in the Level 2 Pilgrim bet, which was the surrender to the coat in the aqueduct.

The publisher is only the 13th Virginity held in the Derby since 1937. The son of 2015 Division III champion American Pharaoh made the board of directors in five of his seven career starts – twice in less ideal situations last year: the aforementioned September 27, on the muddy track in Churchill (third place) and the special track in Churchill (third place) and the special track in Churchill (third place) and the special weight of Affore (third place) and the special weight of Affore (third place) and the special weight of Affore (Affore) and the Apiement of Aforement Intery Inties Inties Internation Indection Indection Indections Indections Indec. 29 M. Oaklawn (second).

Briley's first-class title champion Coal Battle in more than three decades of training broke his virginity on a sloppy track in Evangeline last July. In November, he and Vargas started a four-game losing streak with a 6½-Furlong win in the 6½-Furlong game in the mud of Delta Downs.

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