It would make sense that Hillary Clinton, the only female in the presidential race, bet on Eight Belles, the only female horse entered into the Kentucky Derby race.

Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton was in Louisville, Kentucky yesterday meeting with supporters and volunteers. After the business of the day was completed, Clinton made her Derby pick known and urged everyone else at the meeting to put their money on the only filly competing in this colt-dominated race: Eight Belles.

Currently the 16/1 long shot in most sportsbooks to win the Kentucky Derby, Eight Belles is vying for her share of the stakes as she tries to become only the fourth filly in the history of the Kentucky Derby to win, the first since 1988. (For more on Eight Belles, read “Belles of the Ball”.)