LOUISVILLE — Here’s the Baffert-less Kentucky Derby, abounding with prospects even in its Baffert-lessness.
Other folks have storylines.
Trainer Todd Pletcher has his Derby entries Nos. 60, 61 and 62 since 2000; he’s such a mainstay round right here as to be just about a 3rd spire. (He has Wood Memorial winner Mo Donegal on the rail.) Trainer Steve Asmussen, winner of nearly each different huge factor from right here to Dubai, tries once more with Derby horse No. 24 since 2001, hoping second-favorite Epicenter will exceed Fifty Stars, Private Emblem, Quintons Gold Rush, Storm Treasure, Private Vow, Curlin, Zanjero, Pyro, Z Fortune, Nehro, Daddy Nose Best, Sabercat, Tapiture, Gun Runner, Creator, Lookin At Lee, Hence, Untrapped, Combatant, Long Range Toddy, Max Player, Midnight Bourbon and Super Stock.