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One of the leading contenders to win the 2009 Kentucky Derby betting is out as Quality Road was scratched on Monday due to a quarter crack. “We couldn’t train him so we decided we couldn’t run him,” trainer Jimmy Jerkens said. “He just isn’t sound enough.”
Quality Road would have been one of the two Kentucky Derby betting favorites even with the quarter crack. Jerkens said he could have run the horse but without training it would have been difficult.
Quality Road was favoring his foot on Monday and Jerkens knew that the horse needed to rest. Now Quality Road will be pointed to the Preakness or the Belmont Stakes.
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One of the leading Kentucky Derby contenders, Square Eddie is out of the 2009 Kentucky Derby due to a shin injury.
Race horse trainer Doug O’Neill said Square Eddie developed a hot spot in the shin at Churchill Downs over the weekend. The injury of Square Eddie was a reoccurrence of a shin problem that hindered his training over the last 3 months and had kept him off the Kentucky Derby 135 trail earlier this year.
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By GREG MELIKOV
Do you know who founded Churchill Downs and is responsible for the Kentucky Derby? That makes for a great trivia question. It’s truly historic.
An ambitious 26-year-old Kentuckian got the idea while traveling in England and France during the early 1870s. The avid horse racing fan that lacked track management experience traveled to England, visiting the Epsom Derby that had been run annually since 1780, and France, where in 1863 the prestigious Grand Prix de Paris was launched.
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With exercise rider Bob Chapman up, Godolphin’s Kentucky Derby starters Regal Ransom and Desert Party put in their final works for Kentucky Derby 135 at Churchill Downs.
Regal Ransom backtracked to the front side then galloped to the backstretch where he broke off at the five-eights pole. Churchill Downs clockers caught Regal Ransom in fractions of :12.40, :23.80, :35, :47 and completing the 5 furlongs in :59.20 for the fastest clocking of 30 at the distance.
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Race horse trainer Jimmy Jerkens was optimistic Friday afternoon of Quality Road, one of the leading Kentucky Derby starters, would be able to make the May 2 Kentucky Derby 2009 after noted hoof specialist Ian McKinlay treated a second quarter crack in the colt’s right-front hoof at Belmont Park, home of the Belmont Stakes 2009.
Hoof specialist Ian McKinlay, whose client list includes 1997 Belmont Stakes winner Touch Gold and 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Big Brown, said he was fully confident Quality Road would be able to make the Kentucky Derby 135 on May 2 at Churchill Downs.
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By GREG MELIKOV
I’ve done pretty well picking Kentucky Derby winners, but when it comes to exotic wagers my cash-winning-tickets percentage drops off.
When I play the Kentucky Derby Day card, I do much better. So let me reflect on the past half-dozen years:
2003: It was a very good year. When I saw Funny Cide finish fifth in the Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream on Jan. 18, I had no idea if he had a shot at Churchill Downs, but there was something about him that caught my eye.
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Kentucky Derby contenders Pioneerof the Nile and Chocolate Candy arrived at Churchill Downs Thursday afternoon to prepare for the May 2 Kentucky Derby 2009.
Pioneerof the Nile, winner of the Santa Anita Derby for race horse trainer Bob Baffert, is stabled at Barn 42. Bob Baffert, who has saddled 3 Kentucky Derby winners, is expected to arrive in Louisville on Friday.
Chocolate Candy, winner of the El Camino Real Derby for race horse trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, is stabled at Barn 33.
Ten possible Kentucky Derby starters are already on the grounds at Churchill Downs, which expects a full Kentucky Derby field of 20 for the race.
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Race horse trainer Kiaran McLaughlin says Kentucky Derby contender Mafaaz won’t run in the 2009 Kentucky Derby 135 despite clinching a spot in the Kentucky Derby field.
Kiaran McLaughlin said that Mafaaz’s owner, Sheik Hamdan, had decided to keep Mafaaz at Shadwell Farm in Lexington for a week or 2, then move him to New York.
Previously trained by John Gosden, Mafaaz moved into race horse trainer Kiaran McLaughlin’s barn this week after finishing a disappointing eight in the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland on Saturday.
Mafaaz automatically became part of the Kentucky Derby entries list by winning the Kentucky Derby Challenge at Kempton Park last month.
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I Want Revenge: Two outstanding victories at Aqueduct likely will make him the favorite on the first Saturday in May. Last-to-first winner of Wood Memorial outdid his Gotham performance in a troubled trip during which he spotted the field several lengths at the start and maneuvered through a wall of horses in the stretch to score by daylight. Excellent works for this successful synthetic surface-to-dirt son of Stephen Got Even forecast the winning results in last two triumphs. He could threepeat.
Quality Road: The impressive Fountain of Youth-Florida Derby winner developed a not-so-serous quarter crack in his right hind foot, but early treatment paid off. The son of Elusive Quality breezed a half-mile in 48 3/5 Friday on Belmont Park’s training track, galloping out five furlongs in 1:02.
Pioneer of the Nile: The Best of the West after his third consecutive win in the Santa Anita Derby has only one more thing to prove…
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Blue Grass Stakes winner General Quarters will be ridden by jockey Julien Leparoux in the 2009 Kentucky Derby 135 on May 2 at Churchill Downs.
General Quarters surprised the Blue Grass Stakes field in last week with jockey Eibar Coa aboard, but owner/trainer Tom McCarthy decided to give the Kentucky Derby start to jockey Julien Leparoux after jockey Eibar Coa refused to commit to General Quarters for the Kentucky Derby.
Jockey Eibar Coa is also the regular rider for one of the probable Kentucky Derby entries, Musket Man, winner of the Illinois Derby.
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