I Want Revenge, who was scratched from the Kentucky Derby on Saturday morning, was being evaluated at the Rood and Riddle equine clinic in Lexington, Ky., on Monday, but regardless of the diagnosis, he will be given "six weeks to two months off on a farm," co-owner David Lanzman said Monday.

I Want Revenge was determined to have soreness and slight swelling in his left front ankle on Saturday morning. After consulting with trainer Jeff Mullins and veterinarians Dr. Foster Northrop and Dr. Larry Bramlage, the decision was made to scratch.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Trainer Bennie Woolley Jr. was running a horse in the Kentucky Derby for the first time, and he wasn't going to let a little thing like a broken leg keep him from making the walk over from the barn area before the race. He came over alongside a 50-1 shot, largely ignored by the raucous crowd along the outside rail. But minutes later Woolley became, improbably, a Derby winner.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - If Larry Jones had any second thoughts about retiring at year's end, Saturday's 135th Kentucky Derby erased them.

With seemingly everything set up for Friesan Fire to give Jones his first Kentucky Derby trophy, the colt failed to fire, finishing 18th of 19, beaten 42 3/4 lengths as the 7-2 favorite.

The result came after Jones finished second in each of the last two Kentucky Derbies, with Hard Spun in 2007 and Eight Belles in 2008.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - With devastation written all over their faces, the connections of I Want Revenge announced Saturday morning they had to scratch their horse out of the 135th Kentucky Derby because of soreness in his left front ankle.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Friesan Fire was a lukewarm 9-2 favorite for the 135th Kentucky Derby after early wagering for the race closed Friday evening.

As of 7 p.m. Eastern, and with $463,185 bet into the win pool, General Quarters was a surprise second choice at 5-1, with the morning-line favorite I Want Revenge the third choice at 6-1. Dunkirk was fourth at 8-1, Chocolate Candy fifth at 9-1, and Pioneerof the Nile sixth at 10-1.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - By now, the story of Tom McCarthy has been well told - the improbability of a 75-year-old retired high school principal making it to the Kentucky Derby with General Quarters as the ultimate underdog on racing's greatest stage.

No doubt about it, the odds of McCarthy making the Derby with a one-horse stable after decades of obscurity can't be much shorter than hitting the Powerball lottery. Yet McCarthy is just one of six trainers whose Derby debut will come Saturday at Churchill Downs.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Quality Road, who was forced to miss the Kentucky Derby due to a quarter crack in his right front foot, has not yet returned to the track and will not be ready to run in the Preakness on May 16.

"If we could get him back [training] early enough, we wouldn't rule the Belmont out, but he has to get going pretty quick that's for sure," trainer Jimmy Jerkens said Thursday by phone from Belmont Park.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Somebody sent Larry Jones a photograph early last summer. Jones had it in his truck this week. It was taken at ground level at the midpoint of Churchill Downs's clubhouse turn. In the middle of the frame is Eight Belles, galloping out after finishing second in the 2008 Kentucky Derby.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - All 20 Kentucky Derby starters went to the track Thursday at Churchill Downs - one last chance to see the field for this year's Derby before making a final assessment. There were a few surprises, both good and bad, in the offing.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - In the summer of 2007, there was no hotter team than trainer Bill Mott and owner Ahmed Zayat. In the six-week Saratoga meet that year, Mott won 12 races for Zayat Stables, seven of them with 2-year-olds.

But success in this game can be fleeting. And by the end of 2008, Mott and Zayat had, save a horse or two, split up. Part of it had to do with results - Mott went 2 for 26 for Zayat at Saratoga in 2008. Part of it had to do with Mott's desire to downsize his stable from 150 horses, a third of which were owned by Zayat.