Absence of Bob Baffert horses lessens the star power of Kentucky Derby. Fierceness and Sierra Leone are the favorites. Can Forever Young break shipper streak?
Regardless whether you think this is Kentucky Derby 150, Kentucky Derby 150* or Kentucky Derby 149½, most of the animus around this year’s historic race will be forgotten, if only briefly, when the gates open at Churchill Downs on Saturday evening. Somewhere around 20 of the best 3-year-old horses in the world will be hoping to win the most famous horse race on the planet and cement their place in history and lucrative fees in the breeding shed.
The track has taken extensive measures to try to make racing safer, including adding a telemetric device to horses in an attempt to detect a sign of trouble before it happens by slight changes in their biometrics. Churchill Downs also added 2,200 tons of new dirt, giving the track a greater cushion. Every year you hear the same thing. A phenom wins a huge 3-year-old race in either Saudi Arabia or Dubai and the buzz starts.
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