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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The unbeaten and lightly raced Justify landed post 7 and was installed as the favorite for the 144th Kentucky Derby on Saturday when posts were drawn on Tuesday at Churchill Downs.
A total of 21 horses were entered in the race. A maximum of 20 can run. Blended Citizen, who had the fewest points among the 21 entrants, was placed on the also-eligible list and can only get in if there is a scratch by 9 a.m. Eastern on Friday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Over a 15-year career than has encompassed over 17,000 rides, jockey James Graham has experienced most everything on horseback – except riding in the Kentucky Derby. That gap in his resume will come to the end Saturday when he pilots longshot Lone Sailor.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Unbeaten Justify's quest to win the Kentucky Derby and defy more than a century of racing history will begin from post 7 as he faces what is considered a highly competitive field for the Run for the Roses.
Justify, who has won his three starts by a combined 19 lengths, was installed as the 3-1 morning-line favorite by Churchill Downs linemaker Mike Battaglia when the field was set on Tuesday for Saturday's Grade 1, $2 million Kentucky Derby.
For those who have become overwhelmed by the political and cultural upheaval of 2018, I have a soothing remedy. Take a look at 1968 – and count your blessings.
If there was a more traumatic year in the past half-century, no one noticed. But don’t take my word for it. The Smithsonian has referred to it as, “The year that shattered America.” The grim highlights from just the first half of 1968 included:
Mick Ruis, owner and trainer of Bolt d’Oro, will be running a horse in the Kentucky Derby for the first time Saturday. For many owners, it’s not only a dream to have a horse in the Derby, but a point of pride to see their silks carried in the race.
But for Ruis, he has used this occasion instead to provide a gift to B. Wayne Hughes of Spendthrift Farm, having told Hughes at Christmas that if Bolt d’Oro made the Derby, he’d carry Spendthrift’s colors.
Jockey Javier Castellano chose to ride Audible over Bolt d’Oro in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs, in large part because he has a long association with Audible’s trainer, Todd Pletcher, but he said he greatly admires Mick Ruis, the trainer and owner of Bolt d’Oro, for putting up his own money and seeing his dream through.
LOUISVILLE, Ky – Trainer Todd Pletcher was in his junior year at the University of Arizona when Winning Colors captured the Kentucky Derby 30 years ago. A little more than a year later, Pletcher began working full time for Winning Colors’s trainer, D. Wayne Lukas. Between the two of them, they have won the Derby six times, and they will have five of the 20 runners in this year’s Derby on Saturday.
Few have logged more miles this year in pursuit of the Kentucky Derby than My Boy Jack.
With two or three Kentucky Derby preps now the norm for top contenders, My Boy Jack had a busy spring in pursuit of enough points to make the field, with four preps in four states. He finished third in the Sham Stakes on Jan. 6 at Santa Anita, then won the Southwest Stakes on Feb. 19 at Oaklawn. He finished third, beaten less than a length, in the Louisiana Derby on March 24, necessitating a trip to Keeneland for the Lexington Stakes on April 14, which he rallied to win.