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2008 Kentucky Derby

Crown Of Thorns - 2008 Kentucky Derby Contender

Crown Of Thorns - 2008 Kentucky Derby Contender.

Crown of Thorns is by Repent, who finished 13th on last year's Leading Freshman Sire list. After winning the Kentucky Cup Juvenile (gr. III), Repent finished a fine second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) to Johannesburg, defeating the likes of Officer and Came Home. As a three-year-old Repent won the Risen Star Stakes (gr. III) and the Louisiana Derby (gr. II), but his career highlight came later that year via a game second in the Travers Stakes (gr. I) where he fell short of catching Medaglia d'Oro by just a half-length. From kentuckyderby.com.

Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II) winner Crown of Thorns has suffered an injury to his left front leg and will miss all three Triple Crown races, said horse trainer Richard Mandella.

The Florida-bred Crown of Thorns sold for $300,000 at the 2007 OBS March Two-Year-Olds in Training sale.

2008 Kentucky Derby 134 Entries With Jockeys, Trainers & Morning Line Odds

  1. 20/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Cool Coal Man
    Trainer: Nick Zito Jockey: Julien Leparoux
  2. 15/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Tale of Ekati
    Trainer: Barclay Tagg Jockey: Eibar Coa
  3. 30/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Anak Nakal
    Trainer: Nick Zito Jockey: Rafael Bejarano
  4. 20/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Court Vision
    Trainer: Bill Mott Jockey: Garrett Gomez
  5. 20/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Eight Belles
    Trainer: Larry Jones Jockey: Gabriel Saez
  6. 15/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Z Fortune
    Trainer: Steve Asmussen Jockey: Robby Albarado
  7. 50/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Big Truck
    Trainer: Barclay Tagg Jockey: Javier Castellano
  8. 20/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Visionaire
    Trainer: Michael Matz Jockey: Jose Lezcano
  9. 6/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Pyro
    Trainer: Steve Asmussen Jockey: Shaun Bridgmohan
  10. 4/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Colonel John
    Trainer: Eoin Harty Jockey: Corey Nakatani
  11. 30/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Z Humor
    Trainer: Bill Mott Jockey: Rene Douglas
  12. 20/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Smooth Air
    Trainer: Bennie Stutts, Jr. Jockey: Manoel Cruz
  13. 20/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Bob Black Jack
    Trainer: James Kasparoff Jockey: Richard Migliore
  14. 15/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Monba
    Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: Ramon Dominguez
  15. 30/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Adriano
    Trainer: Graham Motion Jockey: Edgar Prado
  16. 20/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Denis of Cork
    Trainer: David Carroll Jockey: Calvin Borel
  17. 20/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Cowboy Cal
    Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: John Velazquez
  18. 20/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Recapturetheglory
    Trainer: Louie Roussel, III Jockey: E. T. Baird
  19. 15/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Gayego
    Trainer: Paulo Lobo Jockey: Mike Smith
  20. 3/1 ML Kentucky Derby Odds Big Brown
    Trainer: Richard Dutrow, Jr. Jockey: Kent Desormeaux

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