Following are the 2010 Kentucky Derby candidates in post position order.

The first line after the name of the contender is their family number followed by the closest Reine in their tail-female line and the Reine family.

Our comments center only on the female family since you can find sire information all over the place...

1 - Lookin At Lucky 9-F Sleek Dancer/The Apple

Half brother to two-time Grade 2 winner Kensei from the family of champion Wait a While and Derby sires Distorted Humor and Bull Lea.

2 - Ice Box 1-S Tellaris/Adargatis

Sire won Belmont, broodmare sire won Preakness and Belmont and Alysheba, sire of second dam, won Derby and Preakness. Tail-male to Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew and has a double of Triple Crown winner Secretariat.

Dam Spice Island was a Grade 2 winner whose dam, English winner Crown of Sheba, is a half sister to Horse of the Year Spend a Buck, winner of the 1985 Kentucky Derby. Notably inbred to *Uvira II, and tail-female line traces to *La Troienne’s three-quarter sister Adargatis.

3 - Noble's Promise 12-C Far Beyond/Lindos Ojos

Family is very deep in stakes winners including champions Devil's Bag, Soaring Softly and Wavering Girl. Group or graded winners Singspeil, Military and Rahy are just some of the other members of this clan.

4 - Super Saver 1-S Baby League/*La Troienne

Dam Supercharger was a winner and is a full sister to Grade 2 winners Daydreaming and Girolamo as well as Grade 3 winner Accelerator. This is the family of Grade 1 winner Bluegrass Cat who finished second to Barbaro in the 2006 Kentucky Derby. This contender is linebred x6 to *La Troienne.

5 - Line of David 13-M Gold Digger/Frizette

The family includes Grade 2 winner Igotrhythm and Grade 3 winner Slew Gin Fizz, who was Grade 1-placed. Third dam Lillian Russell, a stakes winner, is a half sister to Mr. Prospector as well as Gold Standard. This family also includes Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, Siberian Express and many other great ones and he is linebred to Frizette x6. Note also an intriguing cross of Horse of the Year and two-time grass champion Round Table to his full sister Monarchy (6S x 6D).

6 - Stately Victor 10-A Grass Shack/Court Dress

Dam Collect the Cash was a Grade 1 winner and earner of $430,960. Second dam Worldly Possession was a stakes winner and half sister to Grade 3 winner Dr. Bobby A. and stakes winners Forladiesonly and Boyo. This is the family of double classic winner Charismatic, Deputy Minister and double Derby sire Exclusive Native and Stately Victor is inbred to this tail-line.

7 - American Lion 8-H Ormonda/Caithness

Dam Storm Tide was a winner and is a full sister to stakes winner Weather Warning and a half sister to stakes winner Foolishly, all out of Grade 1 winner City Band. Family of Triple Crown winner Whirlaway and inbred to Reine-de-Course *Papila.

8 - Dean's Kitten 1-N Sun Spot/Chelandry

Family of Grade 1 winner Safe and Brazilian Group 1 winner Links of Glory

Dam is inbred to Chelandry and has a rare double of Spy Song’s full brother, Mr. Music.

9 – Make Music for Me 21-A No Reines in this branch of the 21-A family.

Dam Miss Cheers was a stakes winner whose pedigree includes three-quarter brothers The Minstrel and Nijinsky II (1D-3S).

10 - Paddy O'Prado 8-D No Reines in this branch of family 8-D

Dam Fun House was a Grade 2 winner from a family that includes Grade 1 winners Olympio, an earner of $1,456,315, Pyro, an earner of $1,673,673, and Cuvee; Grade 2 winners Early Flyer, Call Now, Wild Wonder, Will He Shine and Bien Nicole; and Grade 3 winner War Echo. Inbred to Lalun in classic Bold Reason/Never Bend pattern.

11 – Devil May Care 4-M Mock Orange/Maggie B. B.

Half sister to U.A.E. Derby (UAE-G2) and Super Derby (G2) winner Regal Ransom. Family of Canadian champion Marchfield, Grade 2 winner Minister Eric, and Grade 3 winner Pico Teneriffe.

12 - Conveyance 8-G Hipparete/Santa Brigida

Hipparete is out of Reine Alcibiades. The immediate family includes stakes winner Gold Case and several stakes-placed minor winners. Linebred to tail-line of Santa Brigida, and x3 Frizette, while dam is x4 *La Troienne.

13 – Jackson Bend No Reines in Family 9-G

Second dam Lottsa Talc was a Grade 2 winner and earned $1,206,248 and is a half sister to stakes winner Appealing Guy, but overall tail-female seems weak and as Ellen notes it is rare to see Argentine tail on the Derby trail.

14 - Mission Impazible 19-B Bimlette/Bloodroot

Dam La Paz was a multiple minor stakes winner. Mission Impazible is a half brother to Grade 2 winner Forest Camp and Grade 3 winner Spanish Empire

This is the family of Never Bend, No Robbery and Bold Reason.

15 - Discreetly Mine 2-N Happy Mood/Rinovata

Dam Pretty Discreet was a Grade 1 winner and Discreetly Mine is a half brother to Grade 1 winner Discreet Cat and Grade 2-placed stakes winner Pretty Wild. Grade 2 winner Awesome Maria who was also Grade 1-placed is also a member of this family. Second dam Pretty Persuasive is a full sister to Grade 1 winner Buryyourbelief. Happy Mood is the granddam of Canadian Horse of the Year With Approval as well as Belmont Stakes winner Touch Gold. This is also the family of champion Key to the Mint, third in the 1972 Preakness. Discreetly Mine is x 7 *La Troienne.

16 - Awesome Act 2-D Coup de Folie/Almahmoud

Dam Houdini's Honey was a winner in England while second dam Coup de Folie is a Reine-de-Course. Coup de Folie is the dam of French Group 1 winners Coup de Genie and Machiavellian, a full sister and full brother respectively to Houdini's Honey. Coup de Folie is also the dam of French Group 1 winner Exit to Nowhere and Group 3 winner Ocean of Wisdom among others. Linebred x3 to Almahmoud as well as tail to her. This is also the family of Derby winners Northern Dancer and Cannonade, as well as double Derby sire Halo.

17 - Dublin 9-B Home By Dark/Idle Fancy

Dam Classy Mirage was a Grade 1 winner and multiple Grade 2 winner who earned $716,712.

Unraced Home by Dark is the dam of 1968 champion three-year-old filly Dark Mirage, winner of the Filly Triple Crown. This is also the family of multiple Grade 1 winners Java Gold, Timely Writer and Missy's Mirage as well as English champion older mare Indian Skimmer. Note that the dam of Medaglia d'Oro, Cappucino Bay, is inbred to Sunday Evening (dam of Home By Dark) 4D x 5D, while Afleet Alex is inbred to Remembrance.

18 – Backtalk 9-E Maid of Masham

Half sister to Grade 2 winner Bsharpsonata Note that sire Smarty Jones has a 7f x 8fcross of *La Troienne as well as four 9f appearances of Frizette.

19 - Homeboykris 16 No Reines in family 16

Dam One Last Salute was a winner and is a full sister to stakes winner Sean's Ferrari. Linebred x4 to Frizette.

20 - Sidney's Candy 1-M No Reines in the 1-M family.

Second dam Exchange was a multiple Grade 1 winner and earner of $1,287,795. Grade 2 winner and Canadian champion three-year-old Steady Growth Canadian champion grass horse Kingsbridge are also members of this clan.