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INDEX TO ENTRIES

>A>Always for You , 7Amber Coast , 7Awesome Heart , 1> B>Beeliner , 1Bellamy , 5Blue Sixty Four , 9Brass Pear , 6Bridget Moloney , 8Brilliant Einstein , 4Buddy Red , 5Burned Bridges , 7

> C>Cactus City Road , 7Coldwater Flat , 4Copywriter , 7Cry Holy , 9Cuckoo House , 4> D>Doubledown Again , 5> E>Eight Cents , 1Ellen Dorene , 9Evasive Cat , 9> F>

First Ranger , 3Freddie G , 3Front Cover Dream , 8> G>Gabriel's Flame , 4Giulio Cesari , 6Glich , 1Grace's Honor , 4Gramma G G , 2Griffin Rock , 7> H>Happy Recap , 8Henry's Gal , 8

Horatio , 6> I >In the Beat , 5Inaflash , 5Irish Sweepstakes , 8It's Easy , 2> J >J P's Fling , 7Jealous , 9> K>King Gettigan , 4Kiss Cat , 8> L>

Life's a Roar , 1Lion Keen , 1Longride to Wisdom , 8>M>Margaret Ownzit , 8Maybry's Fortune , 2Mental Iceberg , 3Midnight Missile , 6Miss Silver Birch , 9Moments Notiz , 5Muscles Marinara , 1My Girl Madison , 8> N>

No It's Not Me , 9> P>Pax in Terra , 3Peach Lake , 2Peggy Virginia , 9Perfect Trippi , 5Possetivevibration , 8Prince Raja , 4> R>Rettalfa , 9Ride a Cat , 6Ronnie's Whey , 6Rumble Doll , 2

> S>Shangaloo , 2She's a Sizzler , 2Shot to Win , 6Shylock , 4Sidearm , 3Sir Maurice , 6Social Rebellion , 3Steve Came Thru , 4Storm , 3> T>Tactical Pal , 4Tummel , 5

> V>Vee's Accolade , 7Vivi's Party Girl , 9Volatile Markets , 1>W>Waterway , 6Western Grit , 7

INDEX TO TRAINERS

>A>Aquilino Joseph , 8Asmussen Steven M , 6> B>Baker Charlton , 6Barbara Robert , 7, 9Belsoeur Yvon , 5, 8Breed Debra A , 2> C>Cash Russell J , 3, 6Chatterpaul Naipaul , 4

Contessa Gary C , 3, 4, 5, 8> D>D'Alessandro Ralph , 8DeMola Joseph , 5DiPrima Gregory , 3, 4Disanto Glenn B , 9Divitto Debra , 1Donk David , 7> E>Englehart Chris , 1, 2> F>

Ferraro James W , 3> G>Grusmark Karl M , 1Gullo Gary P , 8, 9Gutierrez Luis A , 7> H>Held Dieter K , 7Hennig Mark , 8> I >Imperio Joseph , 9Iwinski Allen , 1

> J >Jacobson David , 5, 8, 9Jones Eduardo E , 5> K>Kenneally Eddie , 2> L>Legall Ricardo E , 9Levine Bruce N , 1, 5, 7>M>Martin Carlos F , 5Mazza JosephW , 1

Miranda Luis A , 4> O>O'Brien Leo , 6, 9Orseno Joseph , 7> P>Parker Joseph , 1Persaud Randi , 4, 8Pletcher Todd A , 2, 3> R>Reynolds Patrick L , 4Rodriguez Rudy R , 2, 7, 8, 9

Ryerson James T , 4> S>Schettino Dominick A , 6Sciacca Gary , 2, 6, 7Scott Phillip , 6Sedlacek Roy , 6Smith David J , 6> T>Trombetta Michael J , 1

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By Jay Privman

Horse racing long has been known as the Sport of Kings, but it truly is one of the few places where some of the wealthiest people in the world routinely mingle with an income strata far below, where a billionaire will think nothing of asking a destitute tout who he likes in the fifth.

The Kentucky Derby has proven to be a great equalizer over the years. Old money won last year, when Orb brought the Phipps family its first Derby victory. That came on the 10-year anniversary of Funny Cide, who was owned by 10 friends from upstate New York who arrived at Churchill Downs in a yellow school bus.

This year’s Derby, run for 140th time on Satur-day, is proof that no matter how much money you spend, or how many horses you have, fate can reward anyone.

Ride On Curlin is trained by Billy Gowan, who

has exactly three horses in his care, one fewer than the four high-powered Todd Pletcher will run the Derby alone.

Medal Count is owned by B. Wayne Hughes, a regular resident in the Fortune 400 owing to the success of his well-known company, Public Storage. He has an estimated net worth of $2.2 billion, according to Forbes.

Samraat is owned by Len Riggio, the founder and chairman of chain booksellers Barnes and Noble, a Fortune 500 company.

But the horse to beat in this Derby is from a one-horse stable of a couple of working folks – Steve Coburn and Perry Martin – who live on either side of the California-Nevada border near Reno. They bred their $8,000 mare to a $2,500 stallion – a decision that prompted a friend to call them “dumb asses,” and which they used as inspiration for their silks, on which there is the abbreviation “DAP,” for Dumb-Ass Partners.

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California Chrome drew post 5 and has been rated the 5-2 morning-line favorite for the 140th Kentucky Derby.

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That mating produced a colt, and before that colt ever ran, they sent an e-mail to trainer Art Sherman that was headlined “Road to the Derby,” which Sherman said he found a bit ambitious.

Yet here they all are, having passed every mile marker on that road, with the morn-ing-line favorite for the Derby in California Chrome.

“It’s like a storybook kind of thing,” Sherman said the other morning. “It gives everyone the idea that they’ve got a chance.”

California Chrome’s backstory undoubt-edly has fueled his popularity, but it’s his race record that will make him the betting favorite. He has won four straight races, all in concert with jockey Victor Espinoza, most recently a runaway in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby.

For this storybook to have the happi-est ending, though, California Chrome will have to outrun as many as 19 rivals, and will have to negotiate 1 1/4 miles for the first time in his first start outside his native state of California.

The potholes that can cause a Derby trav-elogue to end prematurely claimed a horse on Thursday, when Hoppertunity, runner-up to California Chrome in the Santa Anita Derby and winner of the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes, was scratched from the race with an issue to his left front foot, which trainer Bob Baffert believes to be merely a foot bruise.

As a precautionary measure, Baffert sent Hoppertunity to the Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky., for a full evaluation with noted veterinarian Dr. Larry Bramlage.

Baffert said that if Hoppertunity’s prob-lem is limited to the foot bruise, and the bruise heals quickly, he could be ready to run in the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown, on May 17 at Pimlico.

“He had to be 100 percent. I don’t feel good about it,” Baffert said. “I’m pretty sure it’s the foot. It needs a couple of days to soak in hot water and Epsom salts. We ran out of time. We have to get him right. He’s not 100 percent this morning. It’s too close to the race, so I pulled the plug.”

Hoppertunity had his final work for the

Derby on Monday, on a morning when heavy rain hit the area and left the track very sloppy. Hoppertunity walked on Tues-day, then jogged on Wednesday, at which time Baffert said he first noticed Hoppertu-nity was slightly off on the inside quarter of the left front foot. The portion of the shoe covering that area was cut away, or “three-quartered,” after training on Wednesday, Baffert said.

Baffert said when Hoppertunity schooled in the paddock on Wednesday, and returned to the barn for a brief jog, he seemed fine.

But on Thursday morning, Hoppertu-nity was again slightly off during his pre-training jog at the barn. And even though Baffert said Hoppertunity seemed to be “warming out of it,” Baffert said he did not feel comfortable pressing on. So, Baffert kept Hoppertunity off the track Thursday morning, then announced the scratch.

There were 21 horses entered in the Derby on Wednesday, but the starting field is limited to 20. So, Pablo Del Monte was placed on the also-eligible list, and the scratch of Hoppertunity allows Pablo Del Monte to move into the field. He would start from the outside post.

Hoppertunity drew post 11, so if Pablo Del Monte runs, those originally in posts 12 through 20 would move in one stall in the starting gate. However, if the connec-tions of Pablo Del Monte decide to pass, and 19 run, the inside stall in the gate would be left open, and the 19 runners would go from posts 2 through 20.

Hoppertunity was the original second choice on the morning line of Mike Batt-aglia of Churchill Downs, who now has Wicked Strong as his second choice. Mike Watchmaker, Daily Racing Form’s national handicapper, had Wicked Strong as the second choice in his original line, with Hoppertunity as his third choice. Both have California Chrome as the favorite.

California Chrome’s saga is one of several compelling story lines in this Derby.

Wicked Strong was named by his Boston-based ownership group, Centennial Farms, to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. Some survi-vors of that attack are scheduled to be at this Derby, as guests of the owners.

Vinceremos is named after a therapeutic riding center in Florida that works with children and adults with physical and emotional disabilities. A young child who attends the center, and who has become a fan of the horse Vinceremos, will attend the Derby as guests of his owners, WinStar Farm and Twin Creeks Racing.

We Miss Artie was named by owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey in honor of a family member in Michigan who died two years ago.

Uncle Sigh is owned by Chip McEwen, who named his racing stable Wounded Warrior Stables and donates 10 percent of his earnings to wounded vets.

Irad Ortiz Jr., the rider of Uncle Sigh, and his brother Jose, who rides Samraat, will become the first brothers to ride in the Derby since Eddie and Sam Maple in 1984.

Joel Rosario, the jockey on General a Rod, won last year’s Derby on Orb and is seeking to become the first jockey to win consecutive Derbies since Calvin Borel in 2009-10.

There’s a bit of mirth to this Derby. Danza was named in honor of the actor Tony Danza, who has embraced the sudden celeb-rity of the horse and cheerfully accepted an offer from the colt’s owners, Eclipse Thor-oughbreds, to attend the Derby. There is no truth to the rumor that if Danza wins, the new giant video board on the backstretch here will play episodes of “Who’s the Boss” on a loop.

And there’s a bit of tension in this Derby regarding Tapiture, and his trainer Steve Asmussen, who was accused by The New York Times, and an accompanying video by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, of not caring properly for his horses. Asmussen has become a lightning rod in the sport, with camps as varied as the chairman of the Jockey Club insisting he not even show up this week, to those who believe Asmussen deserves due proc-ess and has done nothing illegal.

That is the background under which this Derby will be contested. It might not be the strongest or deepest field, but it is a part of the great American fabric, a spectacle as much as a race. Only a dumb ass would miss it.

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Daily Racing Form’s Jay Privman and Mike Watchmaker present their final contenders list for Derby 140.

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HORSE/ TRACK WATCHMAKER BEST JAY PRIVMAN AND POST SIRE ODDS ODDS BEYER MIKE WATCHMAKER COMMENTS

California Chrome 5-2 3-1 108 by Lucky Pulpit Owner: Steven Coburn and Perry Martin; Trainer: Art Sherman; Jockey: Victor Espinoza

JP: Deserving favorite based on strong performances during four-race win streak. Can stalk if pace is hot.MW: His romps in the San Felipe, SA Derby were both better than any pair of races anyone else here has.

Wildcat Red 15-1 20-1 101 by D’wildcat Owner: Honors Stable Corp.; Trainer: Jose Garoffalo; Jockey: Luis Saez

JP: Admire how he always battles, but after work this week, wonder if he’s still sharp after gruelling preps.

MW: Jury is still out on him. Set a slow pace when edged in Fla. Derby, rode speed bias in Fountain of Youth.

We Miss Artie 50-1 30-1 89t by Artie SchillerOwner: Ken and Sarah Ramsey; Trainer: Todd Pletcher; Jockey: Javier Castellano

JP: Far superior on synthetic to dirt, and even though he usually works well on dirt, he didn’t this week.

MW: Owner said that someone has to finish 20th, and if it’s him, it’s him. Wow. That’s encouraging.

General a Rod 15-1 20-1 101 by Roman Ruler Owner: Starlight Racing and Skychai Racing; Trainer: Mike Maker; Jockey: Joel Rosario

JP: Never really has run a bad race. Probably a tad inferior to the elite at this point, but he’s consistent.

MW: Was unable to really stay 9 furlongs after tracking a slow pace. Not sure how he gets 10 furlongs here.

Danza 10-1 12-1 102 by Street BossOwner: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners; Trainer: Todd Pletcher; Jockey: Joe Bravo

JP: One of more impressive-looking horses here all week. Maybe Ark. Derby a preview of coming attractions.

MW: At face value, his surprising score OP was very good, but he did capitalize on an unobstructed rail trip.

Uncle Sigh 30-1 30-1 96 by Indian CharlieOwner: Wounded Warrior Stables and Anthony Robertson; Trainer: Gary Contessa; Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr.

JP: Raced wide in Wood, but never really got into the race. Seems like water is getting too deep for him.

MW: I can toss his Wood; he had no trip after a slow start. He can run, but skeptical he wants 10 furlongs.

Samraat 15-1 15-1 98 by Noble Causeway Owner: My Meadowview Farm; Trainer: Rick Violette Jr.; Jockey: Jose Ortiz

JP: Thoroughly admirable Wood performance, fighting between rivals, getting up for second in lone loss.

MW: In some respects, his Wood loss was better than his five prior wins. Have my doubts this is his distance.

Harry’s Holiday 50-1 50-1 85 by Harlan’s Holiday Owner: Skychai Racing and Sand Dollar Stable; Trainer: Mike Maker; Jockey: Corey Lanerie

JP: Ran a good race in Spiral, was dreadful in Blue Grass. This seems like an awfully high hurdle for him.

MW: Maybe he should consider the Grand National because his “good” Spiral was a painfully slow race.

Vicar’s in Trouble 30-1 15-1 98s by Into Mischief Owner: Ken and Sarah Ramsey; Trainer: Mike Maker; Jockey: Rosie Napravnik

JP: Capitalized in La. Derby when other speed horse broke poorly. Can’t envision a similar scenario here.

MW: A nice colt, but can’t see him making the lead without paying a price, can’t see him effectively closing.

Vinceremos 30-1 50-1 90 by Pioneerof the Nile Owner: WinStar Farm and Twin Creeks Racing; Trainer: Todd Pletcher; Jockey: Joe Rocco Jr.

JP: Willing to dismiss poor Blue Grass, his first on synthetic, but was previously a cut below best on dirt.

MW: Was competitive on dirt in Tampa, but against moderate company, and that form has not held up.

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HORSE/ TRACK WATCHMAKER BEST JAY PRIVMAN AND POST SIRE ODDS ODDS BEYER MIKE WATCHMAKER COMMENTS

Hoppertunity 6-1 10-1 100 by Any Given SaturdayOwner: Karl Watson, Mike Pegram, et al; Trainer: Bob Baffert; Jockey: Mike Smith

JP: Excellent chance to erase Apollo from the record books. Battle-tested in Rebel, super prep in SA Derby.

MW: Was only prepping at SA, but was walloped by Cali Chrome, who wasn’t all out, either; still a contender.

Medal Count 20-1 20-1 94 by Dynaformer Owner: Spendthrift Farm; Trainer: Dale Romans; Jockey: Robby Albarado

JP: Give him a legit chance as longshot bomber in exotics. Had excuses in prior dirt races, worked well.

MW: His dirt form is wildly open to interpretation, but he has improved, and his closing style is a good fit.

Candy Boy 20-1 20-1 96 by Candy RideOwner: C R K Stable; Trainer; John Sadler; Jockey: Gary Stevens

JP: Think he was hindered by pace in SA Derby and laid too close. Prefer to see him sit and make one run.

MW: In addition, he can improve second start off the planned layoff; just wish his Beyers were a tad higher.

Chitu 20-1 30-1 102 by Henny Hughes Owner: Tanma Corporation; Trainer: Bob Baffert; Jockey: Martin Garcia

JP: Won 3 of 4, only Candy Boy has finished in front of him, but think the distance will be beyond his range.

MW: He likes to be involved in the pace, and for him, being pace-involved here won’t help him get the trip.

Intense Holiday 12-1 12-1 97 by Harlan’s Holiday Owner: Starlight Racing; Trainer: Todd Pletcher; Jockey: John Velazquez

JP: Didn’t have clean trip in La. Derby, wasn’t going to catch loose leader. Will appreciate a contested pace.

MW: Works have earned raves. Might improve, but he’ll have to. He hasn’t run a race yet that can win this.

Tapiture 15-1 15-1 99 by TapitOwner: Ron Winchell; Trainer: Steve Asmussen; Jockey: Ricardo Santana Jr.

JP: Was high on him going into Ark. Derby, didn’t fire after being grabbed early. Big chance if he rebounds.

MW: Seeemed to resent early rating, but I wish there was a bigger excuse because he was surprisingly flat.

Commanding Curve 50-1 30-1 89 by Master Command Owner: West Point Thoroughbreds; Trainer: Dallas Stewart; Jockey: Shaun Bridgmohan

JP: Mixed feelings on him. Had a nightmarish trip in La. Derby, but didn’t like his final workout this week.

MW: His last effort was his best so far, but question if he can improve enough to get into the mix here.

Pablo Del Monte 50-1 30-1 91 by Giant’s Causeway Owner: Mrs. John Magnier, Derrick Smith, and Michael Tabor; Trainer: Wesley Ward; Jockey: Jeffrey Sanchez

JP: Would add some pace pressure. Ran best race of life on synthetic in Blue Grass. Ambitious assignment.

MW: All of his best efforts have been on synthetic. Don’t understand the desire to get him into this race.

Wicked Strong 8-1 8-1 104 by Hard SpunOwner: Centennial Farms; Trainer: Jimmy Jerkens; Jockey: Rajiv Maragh

JP: Back in best form with Wood win, should get pace he needs to help his late run, and wants 10 furlongs.

MW: Definitely one of the most dangerous stretch runners, but like all of them, he’ll need some racing luck.

Ride On Curlin 15-1 20-1 98 by Curlin Owner: Daniel Dougherty; Trainer: William Gowan; Jockey: Calvin Borel

JP: No match for Danza in Arkansas Derby, likely to be an underlay owing to having Calvin. Prefer others.

MW: Merely picked up the pieces in last. Good point on the betting. The Derby always has crazy underlays.

Dance With Fate 20-1 15-1 97 by Two Step Salsa Owner: Sharon Alesia, Bran Jam Stable, Ciaglia Racing; Trainer: Peter Eurton; Jockey: Corey Nakatani

JP: Best on turf, synthetic. Smartly managed to point for, and win, the Blue Grass, earning free lotto play.

MW: Beyond surface questions, he prefers more time between starts than the three weeks he is getting.

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Diverse statebred roster set for DerbyBy Joe Nevills

This year’s Kentucky Derby field is among the most regionally diverse in recent memory, with horses bred in five different states and one Canadian province likely to run.

As of Thursday, the projected 20-horse field was set to include runners bred in Kentucky, New York, California, Louisi-ana, Florida, and Ontario. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the last horse bred outside of Kentucky to win the race, when Pennsylvania-bred Smarty Jones took his first step toward what would become a Triple Crown near-miss in 2004.

Four of the top five horses in the 2014 field, as measured by Derby qualifying points, were foaled outside of Kentucky, with the only exception being Grade 1 Wood Memo-rial winner Wicked Strong.

The points leader and probable favorite in this year’s race is Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby winner California Chrome, who will attempt to become the first California-bred to win the Derby since Decidedly in 1962. Homebred by Martin Perry and Steve Coburn, California Chrome, a son of Lucky Pulpit, is the first California-bred to run in the Kentucky Derby since Rousing Sermon, another son of Lucky Pulpit, finished eighth in 2012.

California Chrome developed a strong local following in his home state as he trained up to the Derby. Trainer Art Sher-man bases his operation at Los Alamitos, which recently expanded its track and plans to run a full-fledged Thoroughbred meet later this year. Sherman said the track’s staff and horsemen have been welcoming.

“The people at Los Alamitos are just great,” Sherman said following California Chrome’s victory in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes in March. “The Quarter Horse people, I have more rooters over there today. You cannot believe it. Every Quarter Horse trainer came over and shook my hand and said, ‘Go get ‘em, Art.’ It made me feel good.”

Two of New York-breds are scheduled to compete in this year’s Derby after spend-ing much of the prep season going head-to-head at Aqueduct. Samraat and Uncle Sigh finished a battling one-two in the Grade 3 Withers and Gotham stakes.

Samraat, a son of Noble Causeway, was homebred in the Empire State by Len Riggio’s My Meadowview Farm. Dr. Jon Davis’s Milfer Farm in upstate New York bred Uncle Sigh, an Indian Charlie colt

owned by Wounded Warrior Stable.Both horses will attempt to duplicate the

success of dual classic winner Funny Cide, who became the first New York-bred to win the Kentucky Derby in 2003.

Gary Contessa, the trainer of Uncle Sigh, said he was well aware of what it means to have a New York-bred on the Derby trail and discussed it prior to the colt’s fifth-place finish in the Wood Memorial.

“It’s not the norm to see a horse win a New York-bred maiden race, then go to the Withers, then go to the Gotham, and then be talked about being one of the favorites in the Wood,” he said. “As far as learning experi-ence, [he] kind of went from kindergarten to fifth grade to high school to college.”

Vicar’s in Trouble will attempt to become the first Louisiana-bred Kentucky Derby winner. An Into Mischief colt bred by B. Wayne Hughes’s Spendthrift Farm, Vicar’s in Trouble will be the first Louisiana-bred to run in the Derby since Zarb’s Magic finished 13th in 1996.

Regardless of his finish, Vicar’s in Trou-ble will break new ground as the first gradu-ate of the fledgling Equine Sales Co. of Loui-siana to race in the Derby. He commanded $8,000 at the auction company’s inaugural

yearling sale in September 2012.There will be at least two Florida-breds

– and possibly three – among this year’s Derby contenders: Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes winner Dance With Fate (bred by Best A Luck Farm) and Grade 2 Fountain of Youth winner Wildcat Red (bred by Moreau Bloodstock International and Winter Racing Enterprise). Pablo Del Monte, a possible late addition to the Derby as of midday Thursday, was also bred in Florida, by trainer Wesley Ward.

They will be the first Florida-breds to race in the Derby since 2011, when five Sunshine State horses left the starting gate, led by third-place finisher Mucho Macho Man. Florida is the second-most prolific producer of Derby winners behind Kentucky with six, most recently Silver Charm in 1997.

Rounding out the list of contenders bred outside of Kentucky is We Miss Artie, bred in Ontario by Richard Lister. The Grade 3 Spiral Stakes-winning son of Artie Schiller will be the first Canadian-bred to run in the Derby since eventual Belmont winner Victory Gallop finished second in 1998. Two Canadian-breds have won the Kentucky Derby: Sunny’s Halo in 1983 and Northern Dancer in 1964.

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Untapable deserving favorite in OaksBy Marty McGee

Steve Asmussen was a mere spectator five years ago at Churchill Downs when Rachel Alexandra set a Kentucky Oaks record by winning the filly classic by 20 lengths.

“That’s the day she made the transition from a horse with a lot of ability to a true superstar,” Asmussen said. “That was her coming-out party.”

Shortly after the Oaks and a private sale, Asmussen was hired on as the trainer of Rachel Alexandra, who would go on to become the Horse of the Year for 2009. This history lesson has some similarities to what might unfold here Friday, when Asmussen puts a saddle on the heavily favored Untapable for the 140th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Oaks.

Untapable, bred and owned by Winchell Thoroughbreds, is an odds-on morning-line favorite for the 1 1/8-mile Oaks, the anchor event on a sensational 12-race card that starts at 10:30 a.m. Eastern. Unta-pable is held in such high regard mostly because of recent performances in New Orleans, where she easily won the Grade 3 Rachel Alexandra and Grade 2 Fair Grounds Oaks.

“Obviously, she’s not at the same level Rachel made it to,” Asmussen said, “but you’d have to say the stage is set for some-thing good to happen.”

With Rosie Napravnik riding, Untapable will break from the outside gate in a field of 13 3-year-old fillies in the Oaks, and Asmussen said the post might be more of an advantage than not.

“There’s enough of a run to the first turn for Rosie to use the filly’s speed to get posi-tion,” Asmussen said. “Plus, there’s less of a chance to find trouble with another horse pressuring you from the outside. I’m more than good with that post.”

Napravnik, a 26-year-old New Jersey native who has been a leading jockey in Maryland, Louisiana, and Kentucky, made history two years ago aboard Believe You Can when she became the first woman

jockey to win the Oaks. She has been aboard Untapable in all but one of the filly’s six career starts, with the Fair Grounds Oaks being most noteworthy for this compelling reason: Five of the last 10 Kentucky Oaks winners have exited that race, a remark-able span that also includes one year (2006) when Fair Grounds was shuttered.

Beyond Untapable, the balance of the Oaks field appears very well matched, with Ria Antonia, Rosalind, Fashion Plate, and My Miss Sophia being the secondary favorites.

Ria Antonia (post 2, Mike Smith), the

winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies by disqualification six months ago, rebounded from a disappointing effort in the Rachel Alexandra to finish a good second as the favorite in her most recent race, the Grade 1 Santa Anita Oaks.

Rosalind (post 4, Joel Rosario), a dead-heat winner of the Grade 1 Ashland Stakes last out, has been a consistent and versatile filly and is “coming into this about as good as I can get her,” trainer Ken McPeek said.

Fashion Plate (post 7, Gary Stevens) figures to have her name called quite a bit by new Churchill announcer Larry Coll-mus, given her penchant for flashing big speed, which she used in sweeping back-to-back Grade 1 races, the Las Virgenes and Santa Anita Oaks.

My Miss Sophia (post 11, Javier Castel-lano) also has a terrific turn of foot and will be trying to give Todd Pletcher his fourth Oaks victory. Pletcher also will send out longshot Got Lucky (post 12, John Velazquez).

The rest of the Oaks lineup is Please Explain, Sugar Shock, Thank You Mary-lou, Kiss Moon, Aurelia’s Belle, Unbridled Forever, and Empress of Midway.

The Oaks goes as the 11th of 12 races and follows five other stakes: the Grade 1 La Troienne (race 5), the Grade 3 Twin Spires Turf Sprint (race 6), the Grade 3 Eight Belles (race 8), the Edgewood (race 9), and the Grade 2 Alysheba (race 10).

The Oaks is part of a three-hour broad-cast on NBC Sports Network that starts at 3 p.m. Eastern, with post time set for 5:49. The race starts a pair of two-day wagers, the $1 Oaks-Derby double and the 50-cent Oaks-Woodford-Derby pick three.

An ontrack crowd of more than 100,000 is expected to enjoy Oaks Day under partly cloudy skies and a high temperature of 63.

The Oaks is as old as the Kentucky Derby, having first been run in 1875, when Vinai-grette was the winner. The race is a peren-nial factor in divisional honors, with recent champions Ashado (2004), Rags to Riches (2007), Proud Spell (2008), and Rachel Alex-andra having won this race.

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Kentucky Derby rookies with a historyBy David Grening

It is a little surprising, but perhaps appropriate, that Centennial Farms and trainer Jimmy Jerkens will be making their Kentucky Derby debuts together when they send out Wood Memorial winner Wicked Strong in Saturday’s 140th Run for the Roses.

The relationship between Centennial – a Massachusetts-based racing partnership founded by Don Little Sr. in 1982 and now run by his son Don Little Jr. – and the Jerk-ens family goes back three decades. It went dormant for a period, but has been revived over the last decade.

“We couldn’t be more pleased going there with Jimmy,” said Don Little Jr., 54, who took over as president of Centennial follow-ing the death of his father in 2012.

When Little’s father established Centen-nial, he tabbed Allen Jerkens, already a member of the Hall of Fame, to be the outfit’s trainer. Jimmy Jerkens was then his father’s assistant.

The Littles and Jerkenses knew each other from the polo circuit, as both the father and son in each family played the sport.

In the early years, Allen Jerkens trained stakes-winning fillies Aptostar, Topicount, and Silent Account, among others, for Centennial.

But as Centennial grew its partnership, a key component to attracting investors became educating racing novices, which included trips to the barn to see the horses and talk to the trainer. Allen Jerkens preferred to educate his horses.

“Allen, he’s a very private person, and as we grew and took people to the barns Allen focused on his horses,” Little said. “He didn’t have time to handle the investors.”

In the summer of 1990, after Rubiano ran poorly in an allowance race on the turf, Centennial took its horses away from Allen Jerkens and moved them to Scotty Schul-hofer.

“I felt very bad about it at the time,” Allen Jerkens recalled. “Then I got going again.”

“I know my dad was really hurt by that,” Jimmy Jerkens said.

Rubiano was the champion sprinter of 1992. Centennial went on to have success with horses like Colonial Affair, the 1993 Belmont winner, and Lil’s Lad, the 1998 Fountain of Youth winner.

Meanwhile, Jimmy Jerkens left his father’s employ to go out on his own in 1997. Jimmy Jerkens trained a bevy of graded stakes winners led by Artie Schiller, who won the 2005 Breeders’ Cup Mile, and Smokey Glacken, a five-time graded-stakes-winning filly.

In 2005, the veterinarian Stephen Carr, who is the manager of horse operations

for Centennial, said he approached Jerk-ens and asked him to train some horses for Centennial “as a favor to me.” Carr had done vet work for Jerkens for many years.

“There was a lot of water under the bridge, different people involved,” Jimmy Jerkens, 55, said when asked about reunit-ing with Centennial.

Among the first horses Centennial and

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Jerkens campaigned together was Corin-thian, who was disqualified from first in the 2006 Fountain of Youth, and eventually removed from the Triple Crown trail with a hind leg injury that March. At 4, Corinthian came back to win three stakes, including the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap and the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile.

Jerkens was also working for other owners, including Edward Evans, for whom he trained Grade 1 winners Quality Road and Christmas Kid, and Susan and John Moore, for whom he trained the Grade 1 winner Zaftig and Smokey Glacken.

In 2009, Quality Road was the closest Jerkens came to getting to the Kentucky Derby. But following his victory in the 2009 Florida Derby, Quality Road was plagued by quarter cracks that prevented him from making the Derby.

“His talent was far beyond anything of any horse I ever had by a longshot,” Jerk-ens said. “He could do things that’d just make the hair on the back of your neck stand up as easy as he could do them. . . . He had so much talent and to know that you had a horse that was much better talent-wise and not be able to get him over there was incredibly frustrating.”

Life got more frustrating for Jerkens as he lost Evans and the Moores as clients. His numbers dwindled. In 2011 and 2012, Jerkens won just 17 races each year. Last

year, Jerkens saddled only 112 starters, the fewest in any full year in which he’s trained.

“It was tough losing nice horses like that,” said Jerkens, who noted that Centen-nial stood by him during that time.

Jerkens has become the main trainer for Centennial, getting all the horses that race in New York.

“He’s got a small operation,” Little said. “You couldn’t ask for a better hands-on individual. He’s done a phenomenal job for us. He’s got a phenomenal eye in terms of talent, how horses progress and digress one way or the other. He can see the minute changes in horses that, even though I’ve been around horses all my life, I can’t see.”

Everybody in Centennial saw the talent from the start in Wicked Strong, a son of 2007 Derby runner-up Hard Spun. Centen-nial purchased him for $375,000 at the Keeneland September yearling auction. He won his second start by two lengths at Belmont on Oct. 26 and finished third, beaten just a half-length by the highly regarded Honor Code, in the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct.

In Florida this winter, Wicked Strong misbehaved at the gate prior to the Jan. 25 Grade 2 Holy Bull Stakes and stopped abruptly during the race, finishing ninth. On Feb. 22, Wicked Strong came back in a

first-level allowance race, finishing fourth, a result Jerkens maintains was better than it looked because the race was run over a speed-favoring track and Wicked Strong was last early. Constitution, the winner of that allowance race, came back to win the Grade 1 Florida Derby.

“Unlike what everybody else thinks – that he didn’t like Florida – he loved Flor-ida,” said Carr, the Centennial manager for horse operations. “He thrived down there and trained great, and we thought ,‘Oh boy, here we go.’ But he had a little gate issue and it took him another race to get all that sorted out. We came into the Wood Memo-rial very confident. I was very confident he was going to run well. I didn’t know he’d win by three lengths.”

Recently, the closest Centennial has come to having a starter in the Derby was in 2007, when Chelokee failed to make the cut due to a lack of graded stakes earnings.

In Wicked Strong, a horse named in honor of the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, Centennial is here and with a real chance.

“In terms of running style, his pedigree to get a mile and a quarter, he’s a true Derby-type of horse, and going in we’re thinking he has a shot, and he’s got a shot,” Little said.

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Hovdey: This year’s Derby a California storyIn his preview of the 1958 Kentucky

Derby for Sports Illustrated, Whitney Tower took a step back from the hoopla surrounding the exciting California favorite to shed a little calm on the proceedings.

“Silky’s accomplish-ments, belittled in some quarters, exaggerated in others, have placed him in the unique position of being a full-fledged hero before his supreme trial,” Tower wrote. “As a Califor-nia phenomenon – in a land where phenomena are not uncommon – Silky Sullivan is more popular than the Los Angeles Dodgers, the San Francisco Giants and even, as one Santa Anita regular dared to suggest recently, ‘more popular than Swaps ever was.’ ”

In a way, it is comforting to real-ize that all things pertaining to the Kentucky Derby were just as insanely exaggerated 56 years ago as they are in 2014. The social media of that bygone era – better known then as newspa-pers, corner bars and a smattering of network TV – were captivated heart and soul by the stretch-running chestnut from the West. Silky Sullivan was the California Chrome of his day, saddled with expectations of nothing less than a triumphant flight down the stretch at Churchill Downs.

This reporter was a budding fan at the time, glued to his grandfather’s side as the images of the 84th Kentucky Derby flickered in black and white on the set in our living room in a St. Louis suburb. We were hidebound Californians, temporarily displaced by a father’s job opportunity, and the sight of a Thor-oughbred hero from back home must have addled my 7-year-old brain. I couldn’t wait to watch Silky mow them down, but my grandfather, who knew the score, patiently explained that there was a horse in the field named Tim Tam who was every bit the equal of my California flash.

Tim Tam walked his beat, handling

Lincoln Road by a half-length, while Silky Sullivan floundered in the Kentucky mud and finished up the track. So began my slow descent into dark cynicism and disappointment, tempered only by our return the follow-ing year to Southern California and a Dodgers victory in the ’59 World Series. The things you don’t forget.

Like Silky Sullivan, California Chrome has come to mean more than he ever should. Think he’s carrying only 126 pounds and Victor Espinoza on Saturday against Wicked Strong, Danza, Tapiture, and Candy Boy? Think again.

His picture hangs in the state capitol building. His birthplace has become a shrine. Santa Anita management is turning the track into a Chrome Zone on Saturday to take advantage of its favorite son, while Los Alamitos, where California Chrome trains, has done everything but paint the grandstand red.

There are delegations of Californians in Louisville this week, hoping against hope that California Chrome can single-handedly jump-start a racing renaissance in the West. Racing else-where might be troubled with issues like medication, takeout, and under-cover videos. In California, they’re basically trying to figure out where racing will be presented from one week to the next, and if anyone will show up.

Still, California Chrome has no one to blame but himself. In a racing scene now shrunken to fit every iPad and cellphone, his record this year speaks loudly to all constituencies.

“If California Chrome runs 90 percent of the race he ran in the Santa Anita Derby, he’ll win,” said Chris McCarron, who won the Kentucky Derby twice. “Victor never told the horse to run. All he did was ask him to run. When he pushed the button at the five-sixteenths pole, he put those horses away. I could tell by Victor’s movements that he felt a tremendous turn of foot. He went the last eighth of a mile in 12 and 2, geared down. It was without a doubt the most impressive Derby prep race I saw this

year.”In the eye of this storm of expecta-

tions stands Art Sherman, California Chrome’s trainer and protector. Now 36 years removed from his life as a jockey, Sherman still can’t watch one of his horses run without imagining what it’s like to be perched in the saddle, racing hell-bent down the stretch, the wind and sand lashing his face as the Thor-oughbred beneath him pounds out a beat that shakes a rider to his very soul.

“I wish everyone could have that feel-ing, just once,” Sherman said.

On Saturday at Churchill Downs, as California Chrome does his thing, Sher-man will be somewhere in the stands, his eyes glued to a television screen. His guts will be churning, his hands busy, his brain on fire – a helpless witness to events suddenly far beyond his control.

“I love this colt, and I love where he’s taken us,” Sherman said before he left for Kentucky. “But the most important thing to me is keeping him sound and healthy. If the Derby is meant to be, it will be.”

This is hardly the message horseplay-ers want to hear before they leap into the Derby pools. But maybe it is the perfect spirit necessary to rise above the “Hunger Games” atmosphere that has come to surround the Derby, with its thirst for loud spectacle, its corpo-rate calculation, its video board you can see from Alaska. Surviving the Derby has become an accomplishment every bit as significant as winning it.

“If, in reality, he is a hobo masquer-ading at Churchill Downs with false credentials, he will be quickly put in his place by the likes of Tim Tam and Jewel’s Reward,” Tower wrote of Silky Sullivan. “But, even should this happen, the Silky fans will probably not take to swigging hemlock. For the Silk Man has already made the first part of the 1958 racing season – and win or lose next Saturday, this one will always go down as Silky’s Derby. It can be no other way.”

Win or lose, this one will always go down as Chrome’s Derby. It can be no other way.

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3-YEAR-OLD ALLOWANCE BEST BEYERS, MALES, DIRT4/21 THROUGH 4/27

BEYER NAME SEX SIRE TRACK DATE DIST. FIN.

89 Captain Serious ..........G ........Successful Appeal .....AQU ........26-Apr ...... 6F .................. 188 Starry Moon ................C ........Malibu Moon ...............PEN .........26-Apr ...... 1M ................. 286 Swell ............................C ........Langfuhr .......................AQU ........26-Apr ...... 6F .................. 285 Rebranded ...................C ........Tiznow ..........................SRP .........22-Apr ...... 7F .................. 181 Mr Brioni ......................C ........Jump Start ...................PRX .........22-Apr ...... 1M ................. 181 Grasshoppin ................G ........Cat Thief .......................PRX .........22-Apr ...... 1M ................. 281 He’s Achance ...............G ........Cactus Ridge ................PIM .........26-Apr ...... 1 1/16M ........ 181 Tiger Tank ....................C ........Tale of the Cat ..............PIM .........26-Apr ...... 6F .................. 180 Wonderfella .................C ........Harlan’s Holiday ..........PIM .........26-Apr ...... 6F .................. 279 Shaka Sign ..................G ........Fairbanks .....................PRX .........22-Apr ...... 1M ................. 377 Garen............................C ........Street Cry (IRE) ............SA ...........25-Apr ...... 1M ................. 677 Handsome Harley .......C ........Scipion .........................PIM .........26-Apr ...... 1 1/16M ........ 275 Starship Ace ................C ........Congrats.......................PIM .........26-Apr ...... 6F .................. 374 Predicting ....................C ........Visionaire .....................PRX .........22-Apr ...... 1M ................. 474 Swarm ..........................C ........Powerful Goer ..............HAW........26-Apr ...... 1M 70Y ......... 172 Zalmon .........................C ........Jump Start ...................PRX .........22-Apr ...... 1M ................. 572 Culpa ............................G ........Magna Graduate ..........HAW........26-Apr ...... 1M 70Y ......... 271 Sir Genghis ..................G ........Tale of the Cat ..............EVD .........25-Apr ...... 6F .................. 171 Kowboy King ...............C ........Kodiak Kowboy ............PIM .........26-Apr ...... 1 1/16M ........ 370 Stormin Encore ...........G ........Storm and a Half ..........EVD .........23-Apr ...... 5 1/2F ............ 370 Sparkling Jewel ...........C ........Lemon Drop Kid ..........PIM .........26-Apr ...... 1 1/16M ........ 570 Yiruma .........................G ........Brave ‘n Away ...............MNR .......27-Apr ....... 1M ................. 269 Check Ride ..................G ........Early Flyer ....................LS ............25-Apr ...... 5 1/2F ............ 169 Makoshika ...................G ........Rainmaker ....................PRM ........27-Apr ....... 5 1/2F ............ 169 Dave the Usher ............C ........Cowtown Cat ...............PIM .........27-Apr ....... 6F .................. 666 Awesome J T ...............G ........Chief Three Sox ...........LS ............25-Apr ...... 5 1/2F ............ 266 Tairneach .....................G ........Singing Saint ...............TDN.........27-Apr ....... 1M ................. 165 Everett’s Legacy ..........G ........Half Ours ......................EVD .........25-Apr ...... 6F .................. 264 Tensas Carlos ..............C ........Half Ours ......................PIM .........26-Apr ...... 6F .................. 464 Tulum (MEX) ...............C ........Famous Again ..............LS ............27-Apr ....... 1M ................. 164 Special Praise .............G ........River Squall ..................LS ............27-Apr ....... 1M ................. 263 Added Expectation ......G ........Valid Expectations .......LS ............25-Apr ...... 5 1/2F ............ 463 Hayq’s Fable ................G ........Elhayq (IRE) .................HAW........26-Apr ...... 6 1/2F ............ 362 Risky Forest .................G ........Teton Forest .................EVD .........25-Apr ...... 6F .................. 361 D’cajun Cat ..................C ........D’wildcat.......................EVD .........23-Apr ...... 5 1/2F ............ 7

3-YEAR-OLD ALLOWANCE BEST BEYERS, FEMALES, DIRT4/21 THROUGH 4/27

BEYER NAME SEX SIRE TRACK DATE DIST. FIN.

83 Curlin’s Gold ................F ........Curlin ............................CRC ........26-Apr ...... 6F .................. 183 Phaniebdancing ..........F ........Congrats.......................HAW........27-Apr ....... 1 1/16M ........ 174 Magic Lily ....................F ........With Distinction .........GP ...........27-Apr ....... 6F .................. 170 Road to Prosperity ......F ........Bellamy Road ...............PEN .........24-Apr ...... 6F .................. 169 Pink Flash ....................F ........Flashy Bull ...................PRM ........24-Apr ...... 1M 70Y ......... 169 Size ...............................F ........First Samurai ...............AQU ........27-Apr ....... 6F .................. 168 Star Omega ..................F ........Imperialism ................PEN .........23-Apr ...... 1M ................. 168 Miss Nightlinger .........F ........Mr. Nightlinger .............LS ............25-Apr ...... 6F .................. 267 Legal Laura ..................F ........Wildcat Heir .................TAM ........23-Apr ...... 6 1/2F ............ 167 Sheriffa ........................F ........Posse ............................AQU ........23-Apr ...... 6 1/2F ............ 267 Haveyougoneaway ......F ........Congrats.......................LS ............25-Apr ...... 6F .................. 366 Crown Ready ...............F ........More Than Ready ........TAM ........23-Apr ...... 6 1/2F ............ 266 Ari the Adventurer .......F ........Pioneerof the Nile ........AQU ........27-Apr ....... 6F .................. 266 Rock Me Mama ...........F ........Broken Vow ..................AQU ........27-Apr ....... 6F .................. 363 Lil Ditty ........................F ........The Visualiser ..............WRD .......22-Apr ...... 5 1/2F ............ 163 Manda Moo .................F ........War Pass ......................PEN .........23-Apr ...... 1M ................. 263 My Sweet Dove ...........F ........Hello Broadway ............TAM ........23-Apr ...... 6 1/2F ............ 363 Cajun Sunrise ..............F ........Northern Afleet ............GP ...........27-Apr ....... 6F .................. 362 Gigi’s Alina ...................F ........Mutakddim ...................PRM ........24-Apr ...... 1M 70Y ......... 262 Gem City Gal ...............F ........Mr. Sekiguchi...............AQU ........27-Apr ....... 6F .................. 461 Farewell Kiss ...............F ........Montbrook ...................TAM ........23-Apr ...... 6 1/2F ............ 461 Princess Marcela ........F ........High Cotton ..................PIM .........24-Apr ...... 6F .................. 661 Tacones ........................F ........Sightseeing ..................CRC ........26-Apr ...... 6F .................. 260 Cowgirl Spirit ..............F ........Cowtown Cat ...............TAM ........23-Apr ...... 6 1/2F ............ 560 Elmra ............................F ........Mizzen Mast.................AQU ........25-Apr ...... 7F .................. 159 Swiss Army Wife .........F ........Colonel John ................PEN .........23-Apr ...... 1M ................. 359 Very Accomplished .....F ........Borrego ........................AQU ........23-Apr ...... 6 1/2F ............ 555 Bridget Moloney..........F ........Pollard’s Vision ............AQU ........27-Apr ....... 6F .................. 554 Go Solo ........................F ........Stroll .............................PEN .........23-Apr ...... 1M ................. 454 Stormquility .................F ........After Market .................LS ............25-Apr ...... 6F .................. 554 Epona’s Grace..............F ........With Distinction .........CRC ........26-Apr ...... 6F .................. 354 Sweetsoutherndame ...F ........Colonel John ................AQU ........27-Apr ....... 6F .................. 653 Ignite ............................F ........Jump Start ...................PEN .........23-Apr ...... 1M ................. 553 Witch Alert ...................F ........Tiz Wonderful .............PRM ........24-Apr ...... 6F .................. 253 Lemme Rock ................F ........Bustin Stones...............FL ............25-Apr ...... 4 1/2F ............ 252 Kiss Cat ........................F ........Catienus .......................AQU ........25-Apr ...... 7F .................. 3

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3-YEAR-OLD ALLOWANCE BEST BEYERS, MALES, TURF 4/21 THROUGH 4/27

BEYER NAME SEX SIRE TRACK DATE DIST. FIN.

87 Smooth Daddy ............C ........Scat Daddy ...................GP ...........26-Apr ...... 1 1/16M ........ 285 Afortable ......................C ........Fort Prado ....................KEE .........24-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 184 Can’thelpbelieving (IRE) ........C ......Duke of ...............KEE .........24-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 2 ...........................................................Marmalade (IRE)84 Special Envoy ..............C ........Stroll K ..........................EE ............24-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 384 General Sham’mah .....G ........Kodiak Kowboy ............GP ...........26-Apr ...... 1 1/16M ........ 383 Scoria ...........................R ........Giant’s Causeway ........KEE .........24-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 483 All Tied Up ...................C ........Even the Score .............GP ...........26-Apr ...... 1 1/16M ........ 479 Proud Azteca ...............C ........Kitten’s Joy ...................KEE .........24-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 577 Next Up ........................G ........First Samurai ...............TUP .........21-Apr ....... 1M ................. 274 Camden Street ............R ........Elusive Quality .............AQU ........25-Apr ...... 1 1/16M ........ 173 Cry From the Heart .....C ........First Defence ................KEE .........24-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 672 Sly Tom ........................C ........Kitten’s Joy ...................KEE .........24-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 772 F J Uncle Vic ................C ........Uncle Abbie ..................LS ............26-Apr ...... 1M ................. 672 Daddy’s Kid .................G ........Scat Daddy ...................TAM ........27-Apr ....... 1 1/16M ........ 172 So Kitten ......................G ........Kitten’s Joy ...................TAM ........27-Apr ....... 1 1/16M ........ 270 Belly of the Whale .......C ........Red Giant ......................AQU ........25-Apr ...... 1 1/16M ........ 270 Springs R Loaded .......G ........Not For Love ................PIM .........26-Apr ...... 5F .................. 368 Steve ............................G ........Halo’s Image ................AQU ........25-Apr ...... 1 1/16M ........ 368 Mister Popsicle ...........C ........Brother Derek ...............AQU ........25-Apr ...... 1 1/16M ........ 468 J to the Croft ................C ........Curlin ............................AQU ........25-Apr ...... 1 1/16M ........ 566 Mental Iceberg ............G ........Freud ............................AQU ........25-Apr ...... 1 1/16M ........ 666 The Mad Hungarian ....C ........Dixie Chatter ................SA ...........26-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 965 Regal Force..................G ........Bernstein ......................TAM ........27-Apr ....... 1 1/16M ........ 364 Ex Pirate .......................G ........Malibu Moon ...............TAM ........27-Apr ....... 1 1/16M ........ 463 Gallivanting .................G ........Henrythenavigator .......PIM .........25-Apr ...... 1 1/16M ........ 662 Iconic Artist .................C ........Arch ..............................PIM .........25-Apr ...... 1 1/16M ........ 761 Sanculpa ......................G ........Langfuhr .......................KEE .........24-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 861 Hertzalot ......................C ........Smart Strike .................TAM ........27-Apr ....... 1 1/16M ........ 5

3-YEAR-OLD ALLOWANCE BEST BEYERS, FEMALES, TURF4/21 THROUGH 4/27

BEYER NAME SEX SIRE TRACK DATE DIST. FIN.

84 Sea Queen ...................F ........Lemon Drop Kid ..........KEE .........23-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 183 Famous Alice ...............F ........Kitten’s Joy ...................SA ...........26-Apr ...... 1M ................. 182 Personal Diary .............F ........City Zip .........................KEE .........23-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 282 Lawn Party...................F ........Medaglia d’Oro ............KEE .........23-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 380 Share the Sugar...........F ........Heatseeker (IRE) ..........KEE .........23-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 478 Cause Im a Bigshot .....F ........Giant’s Causeway ........SA ...........26-Apr ...... 1M ................. 276 Amnesia (IRE) .............F ........Invincible Spirit (IRE) ..SA ...........26-Apr ...... 1M ................. 376 Loan Savant .................F ........Spring At Last ..............SA ...........26-Apr ...... 1M ................. 475 Passing Pfast ..............F ........Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) .KEE .........23-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 572 Spring Again ................F ........Sky Mesa .....................KEE .........23-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 672 Vanlose Stairway ........F ........Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) .SA ...........26-Apr ...... 1M ................. 572 Takeoff Your Hat ..........F ........Cosmonaut ..................AQU ........27-Apr ....... 1 1/16M ........ 271 Valseuse ......................F ........Kitten’s Joy ...................KEE .........23-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 771 Charlie A ......................F ........Curlin ............................KEE .........23-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 868 Sommerville Miss .......F ........The Daddy ....................KEE .........23-Apr ...... 1 1/8M .......... 968 G Note ..........................F ........Medaglia d’Oro ............AQU ........27-Apr ....... 1 1/16M ........ 467 Touching My Toes .......F ........Wild Desert ..................AQU ........27-Apr ....... 1 1/16M ........ 567 Jcs American Dream ..F ........Catienus .......................AQU ........27-Apr ....... 1 1/16M ........ 666 Nevada Deputy ............F ........Pollard’s Vision ............LS ............24-Apr ...... 1M ................. 565 Princess Genevieve ....F ........Whatsthescript (IRE) ...SA ...........26-Apr ...... 1M ................. 663 Mlle. Minuit .................F ........Midnight Lute ..............AQU ........23-Apr ...... 1 1/16M ........ 763 Rumble Doll .................F ........Street Boss ...................AQU ........27-Apr ....... 1 1/16M ........ 759 Morethanawarning ......F ........More Than Ready ........KEE .........23-Apr ...... 1 1/8M ........ 1053 Sassy Little Cat ...........F ........Albert the Great ............PIM .........24-Apr ...... 5F .................. 753 Daddy’s Lil Saint .........F ........Scat Daddy ...................AQU ........27-Apr ....... 1 1/16M ........ 9

3-YEAR-OLD ALLOWANCE BEST BEYERS, FEMALES, SYNTHETIC4/21 THROUGH 4/27

BEYER NAME SEX SIRE TRACK DATE DIST. FIN.

78 Maythefourthbwithu ...F ........Silent Name (JPN) .......WO ..........27-Apr ....... 5F .................. 171 Virreina ........................F ........Vibank ..........................WO ..........27-Apr ....... 5F .................. 260 Neesa ...........................F ........Sligo Bay (IRE) .............WO ..........25-Apr ...... 7F .................. 144 Cristina’s Halo .............F ........Leonnatus Anteas ........WO ..........25-Apr ...... 7F .................. 244 Craigie Hill ...................F ........Milwaukee Brew ..........WO ..........25-Apr ...... 7F .................. 341 My Bid ..........................F ........Smooth Bid ..................WO ..........25-Apr ...... 7F .................. 4

3-YEAR-OLD ALLOWANCE BEST BEYERS, MALES, SYNTHETIC4/21 THROUGH 4/27

BEYER NAME SEX SIRE TRACK DATE DIST. FIN.

81 Speightsong ................C ........Speightstown ...............WO ..........27-Apr ....... 7F .................. 180 Man Cave .....................G ........Leonnatus Anteas ........WO ..........25-Apr ...... 7F .................. 374 Quasar Power ..............C ........Tale of the Cat ..............WO ..........27-Apr ....... 7F .................. 272 Leif Erikson ..................C ........Henrythenavigator .......WO ..........27-Apr ....... 7F .................. 370 French Quarter ............G ........Shakespeare ................WO ..........27-Apr ....... 7F .................. 469 Glenstal Abbey ............C ........Bernstein ......................WO ..........27-Apr ....... 7F .................. 565 Proroguing ..................G ........Silent Name (JPN) .......WO ..........26-Apr ...... 5F .................. 263 Tulio’s Brew .................G ........Milwaukee Brew ..........WO ..........27-Apr ....... 7F .................. 162 Brew On the Beach ......G ........Milwaukee Brew ..........WO ..........27-Apr ....... 7F .................. 257 El Mono Verde .............G ........The Green Monkey ......WO ..........27-Apr ....... 7F .................. 656 Grom ............................C ........Silent Name (JPN) .......WO ..........27-Apr ....... 7F .................. 356 Freitag ..........................G ........Giant Gizmo .................WO ..........27-Apr ....... 7F .................. 453 Money Talks ................G ........Mobil ............................WO ..........25-Apr ...... 7F .................. 5

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CALIFORNIA-BRED BEST BEYERS, ALL RACES4/21 THROUGH 4/27

BEYER NAME AGE SEX SIRE CLASS STAKES NAME TRACK DATE DIST. SURF. FIN. RECORD

104 Storm Fighter ................4 .........C ........ Stormin Fever .............. STK ............ Tiznow S. ................................................................ SA ..............26-Apr .......... 1M ..................D.............1 ...........7-3-1-098 Rousing Sermon ...........5 .........H ........ Lucky Pulpit ................. STK ............ Tiznow S. ................................................................ SA ..............26-Apr .......... 1M ..................D.............2 ........ 27-5-6-797 China Prince .................4 .........G ........ Peppered Cat ............... STK ............ Tiznow S. ................................................................ SA ..............26-Apr .......... 1M ..................D.............3 ........13-4-4-295 Kate’s Event ...................7 .........H ........ Event of the Year .......... STK ............ Tiznow S. ................................................................ SA ..............26-Apr .......... 1M ..................D.............4 ........23-6-2-394 Magic Mark ...................4 .........G ........ Benchmark .................. AOC ............................................................................................. SA ..............25-Apr .......... 1M ..................D.............1 ..........5-3-0-094 Soi Phet .........................6 .........G ........ Tizbud .......................... STK ............ Tiznow S. ................................................................ SA ..............26-Apr .......... 1M ..................D.............5 ........ 24-5-2-293 Top Kisser .....................5 .........M ........ Old Topper ................... STK ............Spring Fever S. ....................................................... SA ..............26-Apr .......... 6F ....................D.............1 ...........9-5-2-192 Lakerville .......................6 .........H ........ Unusual Heat ............... STK ............ Last Tycoon S. (G3) ................................................ SA ..............25-Apr .......... 1 1/8M ............T .............4 ........ 11-5-4-092 Pepper Crown ...............4 .........C ........ Peppered Cat ............... STK ............San Francisco Mile S. (G3) ................................... GG .............26-Apr .......... 1M ..................T .............1 ........ 10-5-2-290 Summer Hit ...................5 .........G ........ Bertrando ..................... STK ............San Francisco Mile S. (G3) ................................... GG .............26-Apr .......... 1M ..................T .............2 ...... 19-10-3-390 Queen of the Hill ...........5 .........M ........ Salt Lake ...................... CLM ............................................................................................ SA ..............27-Apr ........... 6F ....................D.............1 .........17-4-2-189 Little Jack ......................4 .........G ........ Tribal Rule .................... CLM ............................................................................................ GG .............27-Apr ........... 6F ....................AW .........1 ........ 12-3-2-488 Journey On ....................4 .........F ......... Good Journey .............. STK ............Wilshire S. (G3) ...................................................... SA ..............27-Apr ........... 1M ..................T .............5 ......... 11-4-1-187 Heat Flash .....................4 .........G ........ Unusual Heat ............... MSW ........................................................................................... SA ..............26-Apr .......... 1M ..................T .............1 ......... 12-1-1-487 Barrel Knot ....................7 .........H ........ Freespool ..................... ALW ............................................................................................. GG .............26-Apr .......... 6F ....................AW .........1 .......63-8-7-1086 Velvet Mesquite ............4 .........F ......... In Excess (IRE) ............ ALW ............................................................................................. SA ..............25-Apr .......... 6 1/2F .............T .............1 ..........5-3-0-086 Sizzlin’ Joe ....................5 .........G ........ Unusual Heat ............... AOC ............................................................................................. SA ..............26-Apr .......... 1 1/8M ............T .............1 ......... 17-3-1-286 Man From Lagos ..........6 .........G ........ Crafty C. T. ................... CLM ............................................................................................ GG .............27-Apr ........... 6F ....................AW .........2 .... 43-6-12-1085 Awesome Return ..........3 .........C ........ Decarchy ...................... STK ............Snow Chief S. ......................................................... SA ..............26-Apr .......... 1 1/8M ............T .............1 ........... 6-2-1-185 Dancingtothestars ........6 .........M ........ Good Journey .............. STK ............ Fran’s Valentine S. .................................................. SA ..............26-Apr .......... 1M ..................T .............1 ........ 23-7-4-585 Volkonsky......................5 .........G ........ Vronsky ........................ AOC ............................................................................................. SA ..............26-Apr .......... 1 1/8M ............T .............2 .........14-1-6-384 Eddie’s First ..................3 .........C ........ Square Eddie ............... MSW ........................................................................................... SA ..............26-Apr .......... 1M ..................T .............2 ...........4-0-1-084 Downtown C. T. ............5 .........G ........ Crafty C. T. ................... ALW ............................................................................................. GG .............26-Apr .......... 6F ....................AW .........2 ........ 20-3-8-1

PENNSYLVANIA-BRED BEST BEYERS, ALL RACES4/21 THROUGH 4/27

BEYER NAME AGE SEX SIRE CLASS STAKES NAME TRACK DATE DIST. SURF. FIN. RECORD

88 Starry Moon ..................3 .........C ........ Malibu Moon .............. AOC ............................................................................................. PEN ...........26-Apr .......... 1M ..................D.............2 ........... 6-2-1-186 Dancing Lounge ...........5 .........H ........ Theatrical (IRE) ........... STR .............................................................................................. ATL ............25-Apr .......... 1 1/16M ..........T .............1 ........ 19-6-2-086 Helm ..............................4 .........G ........ Henrythenavigator ...... ALW ............................................................................................. KEE ............25-Apr .......... 5 1/2F .............T .............2 ...........6-2-2-184 This Ain’t No Bull ..........7 .........G ........ Holy Bull ...................... STR .............................................................................................. ATL ............26-Apr .......... 5F ....................T .............1 .........23-9-1-182 Yougotthatgoinforu ......4 .........G ........ Student Council .......... AOC ............................................................................................. PEN ...........26-Apr .......... 1M ..................D.............3 .........13-3-1-281 Mr Brioni .......................3 .........C ........ Jump Start ................... ALW ............................................................................................. PRX ...........22-Apr .......... 1M ..................D.............1 .........13-2-4-181 Grasshoppin .................3 .........G ........ Cat Thief ....................... ALW ............................................................................................. PRX ...........22-Apr .......... 1M ..................D.............2 ........... 2-1-1-079 Shaka Sign ....................3 .........G ........ Fairbanks ..................... ALW ............................................................................................. PRX ...........22-Apr .......... 1M ..................D.............3 ...........3-1-0-179 Last Heartbreaker .........5 .........G ........ Sunday Break (JPN) .... STR .............................................................................................. ATL ............26-Apr .......... 5F ....................T .............2 .........27-7-4-478 Dorothy’s Aurora ..........5 .........M ........ Simon Pure .................. AOC ............................................................................................. PIM ............24-Apr .......... 6F ....................D.............1 ........33-9-6-477 Citi’s Barometer ............5 .........G ........ Changeintheweather ... AOC ............................................................................................. PEN ...........26-Apr .......... 1M ..................D.............4 .........13-4-1-076 Private Tutor ..................4 .........G ........ Student Council .......... AOC ............................................................................................. PIM ............27-Apr ........... 5F ....................T .............2 ........ 14-3-3-075 Rangitoto .......................5 .........G ........ Siphon (BRZ) ............... ALW ............................................................................................. PRX ...........22-Apr .......... 1M 70Y ...........D.............1 ........20-3-5-275 Well Lit ..........................5 .........M ........ Lite the Fuse ................ STR .............................................................................................. ATL ............25-Apr .......... 5F ....................T .............1 ........ 14-2-2-074 Predicting ......................3 .........C ........ Visionaire ..................... ALW ............................................................................................. PRX ...........22-Apr .......... 1M ..................D.............4 ...........7-2-0-174 Angel Terrace ................5 .........M ........ Ghostzapper ................ STK ............Bewitch S. (G3) ....................................................... KEE ............24-Apr .......... 1 1/2M ............T ...........10 ........ 14-3-3-273 Siete de Oros.................4 .........G ........ A. P. Warrior ................. CLM ............................................................................................ PRX ...........22-Apr .......... 1M ..................D.............2 ...........9-2-2-373 Early One Morning .......4 .........G ........ Devil His Due ............... ALW ............................................................................................. PEN ...........25-Apr .......... 6F ....................D.............1 .........10-2-5-173 Page McKenney ...........4 .........G ........ Eavesdropper .............. ALW ............................................................................................. PIM ............25-Apr .......... 1 1/16M ..........T .............5 ........ 20-3-5-172 Zalmon ..........................3 .........C ........ Jump Start ................... ALW ............................................................................................. PRX ...........22-Apr .......... 1M ..................D.............5 .........12-1-2-272 Al’s Gal ..........................3 .........F ......... English Channel .......... MSW ........................................................................................... AQU ...........24-Apr .......... 1 1/8M ............T .............1 ........... 3-1-1-072 So Kitten........................3 .........G ........ Kitten’s Joy .................. ALW ............................................................................................. TAM ...........27-Apr ........... 1 1/16M ..........T .............2 ........... 3-1-1-072 Agonistic .......................6 .........G ........ Stormin Fever .............. AOC ............................................................................................. PIM ............27-Apr ........... 5F ....................T .............4 ........29-3-4-4

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1 Kitten’s Joy (2001, El Prado) Ramsey Farm .....................................$100,000 .......... 97..........27 ...........2 ...........2 ...............Admiral Kitten-$117,600 ...............$1,119,256 .......Gentleman’s Kitten-992 English Channel (2002, Smart Strike) Lane’s End ............................$25,000 .......... 55.......... 14 ...........4 ...........6 ...............Parranda-$244,000 ...................... $1,072,055 .......Skyring-97 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Star Channel-973 Unusual Heat (1990, Nureyev) Harris Farms .....................................$20,000 .......... 56.......... 16 ...........1 ...........1 ...............Lakerville-$106,370 ........................ $904,593 .......Lakerville-984 Giant’s Causeway (1997, Storm Cat) Ashford Stud ...........................$85,000 ..........85.......... 14 ...........2 ...........2 ...............Imagining-$60,000 ..........................$796,799 .......Abaco-95 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Imagining-95 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Segway-955 Smart Strike (1992, Mr. Prospector) Lane’s End .............................$100,000 .......... 55.......... 13 ...........3 ...........4 ...............Cloud Scapes-$181,200 ..................$771,921 .......Centre Court-956 War Front (2002, Danzig) Claiborne Farm .......................................$150,000 .......... 29............ 6 ...........2 ...........3 ...............Pontchatrain-$240,000 .................. $695,691 .......Summer Front-1027 Medaglia d’Oro (1999, El Prado) Darley ...........................................$100,000 .......... 51.......... 12 ...........1 ...........1 ...............Lochte-$310,450 ..............................$681,248 .......Lochte-1048 Stormy Atlantic (1994, Storm Cat) Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms ......................$30,000 .......... 42.......... 11 ...........3 ...........4 ...............Stormy Lucy-$214,000 ...................$663,531 .......Stormy Rush-969 Decarchy (1997, Distant View) Magali Farms ...................................... $3,000 .......... 26............ 6 ...........2 ...........2 ...............Awesome Return-$158,148 .............$610,587 .......Husband’s Folly-9110 Lemon Drop Kid (1996, Kingmambo) Lane’s End .............................$35,000 .......... 60.......... 12 ...........1 ...........1 ...............Candy Kitty-$80,000 ....................... $607,198 .......Dashing David (IRE)-9611 Tribal Rule (1996, Storm Cat) Ballena Vista Farm ............................... $6,500 .......... 30............ 5 ...........3 ...........4 ...............Tribal Spy-$135,000 .......................$532,600 .......A Toast to You-93 .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Tribal Spy-9312 More Than Ready (1997, Southern Halo) WinStar Farm ..................$50,000 .......... 41.......... 11 ...........3 ...........4 ...............Ready Signal-$99,240 ....................$509,436 .......Regally Ready-10113 Distorted Humor (1993, Forty Niner) WinStar Farm .......................$100,000 .......... 35.......... 10 ...........1 ...........2 ...............Fire With Fire-$187,710 ..................$460,636 .......Boisterous-9814 Tapit (2001, Pulpit) Gainesway .........................................................$150,000 .......... 53.......... 10 ...........1 ...........1 ...............Tapicat-$75,000 ...............................$437,716 .......Tapicat-9615 City Zip (1998, Carson City) Lane’s End ............................................$25,000 .......... 47.......... 12 ...........1 ...........1 ...............Alert Bay-$61,100 .............................$427,836 .......Ancil-9516 Any Given Saturday (2004, Distorted Humor) Pin Oak Lane Farm.... $5,000 .......... 33.......... 12 ...........1 ...........1 ...............Hey Leroy-$122,948 ........................$415,392 .......Hey Leroy-10117 Pulpit (1994, A.P. Indy) .....................................................................Died 2012 ........... 26............ 6 ...........2 ...........2 ...............Unitarian-$204,000 ........................$399,034 .......Gantry-10118 Scat Daddy (2004, Johannesburg) Ashford Stud .............................$30,000 .......... 37............ 8 ...........1 ...........1 ...............Daddy Nose Best-$90,000 .............$386,587 .......Daddy Nose Best-9519 Arch (1995, Kris S.) Claiborne Farm ..................................................$40,000 .......... 29............ 6 ...........1 ...........1 ...............Newsdad-$120,445 .........................$380,711 .......Newsdad-10020 Unbridled’s Song (1993, Unbridled) ...............................................Died 2013 ........... 35............ 9 ...........0 ...........0 ...............Pinball-$53,650 ............................... $377,156 .......Unbridled’s Note-100

2014 LEADING PENNSYLVANIA GENERAL SIRES YEAR TO DATE THROUGH 4/28

RANK NAME(BORN,SIRE)2014FARM 2014STUDFEE RNRS WNRS SWNRS SWINS CHIEFEARNER,EARNINGS 2014EARNINGS TOPRUNNER-BEYER

1 Any Given Saturday (2004, Distorted Humor) Pin Oak Lane Farm.... $5,000 .......... 99..........43 ...........3 ...........4 ...............Hoppertunity-$610,720 ...............$1,983,254 .......Hey Leroy-1012 Rockport Harbor (2002, Unbridled’s Song) ...................................Died 2013 ......... 114..........38 ...........5 ...........5 ...............Majestic Harbor-$118,000 ..........$1,363,200 .......Rise Up-993 Jump Start (1999, A.P. Indy) Northview PA ....................................... $10,000 .......... 77..........29 ...........3 ...........3 ...............Start Jumping-$97,550 ................ $1,081,658 .......Prayer for Relief-1014 Offlee Wild (2000, Wild Again) Pin Oak Lane Farm ............................ $4,000 ..........85..........27 ...........2 ...........2 ...............Bayern-$202,680 ..........................$1,014,310 .......Bayern-985 Corinthian (2003, Pulpit) Pin Oak Lane Farm ..................................... $4,000 ........ 115..........39 ...........1 ...........1 ...............Frivolity-$52,440 .............................$887,057 .......Classic Stance-896 Silver Train (2002, Old Trieste) ........................................................Died 2013 .........105..........36 ...........1 ...........1 ...............Balance of Power-$64,830 .............$854,086 .......Cee ‘n O-1017 Smarty Jones (2001, Elusive Quality) Northview PA ...........................$7,500 .......... 58.......... 18 ...........2 ...........2 ...............Old Time Hockey-$96,425 .............$666,534 ....... Isn’t He Clever-1028 Flashy Bull (2003, Holy Bull) Penn Ridge Farms ................................ $4,500 .......... 56.......... 19 ...........1 ...........1 ...............Flashy American-$92,000 ..............$534,233 .......Runnin Bull-929 Fairbanks (2003, Giant’s Causeway) Northview PA ............................ $3,500 .......... 52.......... 14 ...........0 ...........0 ...............Ms. Pickford-$34,695 .................... $424,066 .......Demographic Trend-8010 Wiseman’s Ferry (1999, Hennessy) Dana Point Farm ........................ $5,000 .......... 37.......... 12 ...........1 ...........1 ...............Wise Dan-$180,000 .........................$423,774 .......Wise Dan-101