That’s right, ladies and gentlemen.  Pull out your wildest hats and crush up some mint for that julep, because this weekend is the first weekend in May and that means only one thing: The 138th Kentucky Derby.

So who should a Star Wars fan root for?  After all, none of this year’s horses have anything to do with Star Wars. Unless, that is, like with all things thoroughbred, you take a look at the pedigrees.  I knew there was a horse named Star Wars (son of horse Star Trek).  Looking through his pedigree, I saw a name I knew: Northern Dancer.

For those of you not inclined to go running through the pedigrees of all the horses racing in the Kentucky Derby, Star Wars is related to these four horses slated to run in the Kentucky Derby through Northern Dancer: Union Rags (9-2 odds), Alpha, (15-1), Gemologist (6-1), and Done Talking (50-1).

As for Shane and I, I hate to say it, but we’ll be rooting either for Dullahan or Optimizer, since they’re Kentucky-bred and so are we.

The 138th Kentucky Derby airs May 5th on NBC from 5-7 pm EDT.  Post time is 6:24 pm EDT.