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Weather: Clear

Temperature: 39

Track: Fast

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Like an elite quarterback, trainer Todd Pletcher read the defense and called an audible on Friday, pushing the final workouts for four of his Kentucky Derby hopefuls up one day due to a forecast that called for possible heavy rain here Saturday morning.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – With rain in the forecast for early Saturday morning here at Churchill Downs, trainer Todd Pletcher worked four of his five prospects for the Kentucky Derby on Friday morning, and the performances in those workouts convinced Pletcher that Madefromlucky should indeed bypass the race, opening a spot for Keen Ice.

There could be $5 million or more on the line when Gulfstream Park empties out the Rainbow 6 jackpot Saturday, a pot that has grown since March 18.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – It was another quiet morning Thursday at Churchill Downs for the dozen potential Kentucky Derby starters stabled on the grounds, including several who still need a little help to get into the field.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A study of Keeneland’s racing and sales operations has estimated the association generates $351 million in direct economic activity in Fayette County, where Keeneland is located, and a total economic impact of $590 million on the local community.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Nick Zito is still ruing the fact that Frammento finished fourth in the Blue Grass Stakes instead of third or better. His state of mind would be much healthier if the colt had run just a little better.

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott has asked a judge to vacate a 15-day suspension he received last year for two overages of therapeutic medications in a horse he trained, claiming in a federal lawsuit filed against state regulators Wednesday that his due-process rights were violated.

NEW YORK – Despite a brutal winter in which 16 racing cards at Aqueduct were canceled due to weather and all-sources handle was down $85 million on its own product, the New York Racing Association claims that its revenue loss in the first quarter wasn’t that much worse than it had forecasted.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kellyn Gorder, a Kentucky-based trainer, has been suspended a total of 14 months by the Kentucky state stewards after a horse he trained tested positive for methamphetamine and a related barn search turned up syringes and unlabeled bottles of medication.

Far from the slowly swelling hubbub at Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby hopeful Mubtaahij worked three furlongs Tuesday morning at Arlington in a reported 36.20 seconds.

That published time is 1.60 seconds faster than what was initially reported by the skeleton clocking crew stationed at Arlington. The regular official Chicago clocking team remains at Hawthorne until that meet ends Sunday.