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The heavy lifting is done. Now it’s time to just get all the Kentucky Derby and Oaks horses through the next several days healthy and happy. That about sums up training hours Wednesday at Churchill, a relatively uneventful morning for the stars of the weekend’s two main events, the majority of whom put in routine gallops with a couple also doing a little schooling in the paddock along the way.
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Nik Juarez will ride in his first Kentucky Derby on Saturday when he climbs aboard American Promise. The guys around him know the ropes pretty well.
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In the last five years, Bill Mott and Junior Alvarado have become one of the most dynamic trainer-jockey combinations in Thoroughbred racing's major events. On Saturday they team up with Sovereignty, one of the top choices in the 151st Kentucky Derby.
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Anyone hoping to get a better line on the two Japanese contenders for this year’s Kentucky Derby, Admire Daytona and Luxor Cafe, from their first serious local workouts Tuesday at Churchill Downs may have left the track even more confused than when they walked in.
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Saturday, in Kentucky Derby 151, Japan will be represented by Luxor Cafe and Admire Daytona, both of whom are coming off stakes wins, but neither of whom are being fancied like Forever Young was last year.
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He used to be anxious about it. Then he got defensive. Now, Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen seems somewhat philosophical about the fact he has yet to win the Kentucky Derby.
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The waiting is the hardest part. The connections of Baeza will be waiting to hear if there is a defection from the Kentucky Derby between now and scratch time – 9 a.m. Friday – to learn if their horse gets to run in the $5 million classic at Churchill Downs.
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Perhaps the brightest of the dark stars is Foolish Pleasure, a two-time Eclipse Award champion and Hall of Famer who won an eventful Kentucky Derby 50 years ago this week.
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Into Mischief has already firmly written himself into the history of the American stallion ranks, with his six consecutive sire titles the most in more than a half-century. Now, he is looking to write another chapter as the first stallion since the 1950s to sire three Kentucky Derby winners, which would tie him for the all-time record.
