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          ESPN.com Top 10 Poll voters

          • ESPN.com
          Apr 2, 2013, 01:16 PM ET

          Derby Contenders Poll: Week 7

          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:

          Jay Cronley

          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. Vyjack, 5. Will Take Charge, 6. Hear the Ghost, 7. Flashback, 8. Normandy Invasion, 9. Uncaptured, 10. Palace Malice.

          Bill Finley

          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. Verrazano, 2. Orb, 3. Revolutionary, 4. Itsmyluckyday, 5. Flashback, 6. Vyjack, 7. Hear the Ghost, 8. Normandy invasion, 9. Mylute, 10. Govenor Charlie.

          Kellie Reilly

          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. Verrazano, 2. Flashback, 3. Orb, 4. Hear the Ghost, 5. Rydilluc, 6. Normandy Invasion, 7. Revolutionary, 8. Itsmyluckyday, 9. Oxbow, 10. War Academy.

          Terry Turrell

          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. Lines Of Battle, 3. Revolutionary, 4. Vyjack, 5. Verrazano, 6. Flashback, 7. Will Take Charge, 8. Oxbow, 9. Hear The Ghost, 10. War Academy.

          Claire Novak

          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. Verrazano, 3. Vyjack, 4. Revolutionary, 5. Itsmyluckyday, 6. Will Take Charge, 7. Hear the Ghost, 8. Flashback, 9. Mylute, 10. Den's Legacy.

          Gary West

          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. Flashback, 4. Revolutionary, 5. Normandy Invasion, 6. Vyjack, 7. Oxbow, 8. Hear The Ghost, 9. Uncaptured, 10. Will Take Charge.

          Bob Ehalt

          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. Itsmyluckyday, 5. Normandy Invasion, 6. Vyjack, 7. Will Take Charge, 8. Hear the Ghost, 9. Flashback, 10. Mylute.

          Paul Moran

          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. Vyjack, 5. Itsmyluckyday, 6. Dreaming of Julia, 7. Power Broker, 8. Code West, 9. Hear the Ghost, 10. Goldencents.

          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. Hear the Ghost, 6. Vyjack, 7 Flashback, 8. Will Take Charge, 9. Govenor Charlie, 10. Oxbow.

          Tim Turrell

          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. Verrazano, 2. Orb, 3. Revolutionary, 4. War Academy, 5. Hear The Ghost, 6. Flashback, 7. Lines Of Battle, 8. Govenor Charlie, 9. Java's War, 10. Oxbow.

          Barry Abrams

          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 Itsmyluckyday, 3. Vyjack, 4. Revolutionary, 5. Verrazano, 6. Mylute, 7. Oxbow, 8. Hear The Ghost, 9. Normandy Invasion, 10. War Academy.

          Kerry Carlson

          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. Verrazano, 3. Revolutionary, 4. Vyjack, 5. Flashback, 6. Will Take Charge, 7. Oxbow, 8. Itsmyluckyday, 9. Hear the Ghost, 10. Normandy Invasion.

          Jennie Rees

          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. Flashback, 4. Itsmyluckyday, 5. Revolutionary, 6. Hear the Ghost, 7. Oxbow, 8. Vyjack, 9. Normandy Invasion, 10. Uncaptured.

          Seth Merrow

          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. Uncaptured, 2. Revolutionary, 3. Orb, 4. Flashback, 5. Will Take Charge, 6. Hear the Ghost, 7. Vyjack, 8. Oxbow, 9. Goldencents, 10. Mylute.

          Ed Derosa

          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. Verrazano, 2. Itsmyluckyday, 3. Orb, 4. Hear The Ghost, 5. Flashback, 6. Normandy Invasion, 7. Oxbow, 8. Vyjack, 9. Power Broker, 10. Palice Malice.