Experience needed? Not any more

By Jay Privman

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Indy Dancer, training at Palm Meadows last week under Rudy Ignacio, is typical of this year's Derby contenders: He's inexperienced and will have had only a handful of races before the big one.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - It's not a road to the Kentucky Derby, it's a labyrinth. The twists and turns en route to Louisville for the 3-year-old crop of 2003 begin in earnest this weekend, with such key preps as Saturday's Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park and Sunday's Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds.

Fri, 02/15/2002 - 00:00

Pickings look slim in Pool 1 of Derby Future Wager

By Steve Klein

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Rodney Dangerfield, concerned about the fidelity of his wife, approaches her and asks, "Is there somebody else?"

She eyes him carefully from head to toe, then replies, "I sure hope so."

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