A vicious torrent of rain soaked Churchill Downs on Friday morning, subsided in the afternoon, but is expected to return just in time for the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.
also over a sloppy track. Historically 44 Derbies have been run over a surface that was not listed as fast, leaving the other 100 on a fast track. Of course, when determining how to label a surface, most tracks tend to err on the side of making things sound better.
Most trainers can figure a way to make it sound as if their horse would be undeterred by a wet track. But the bettors tend not to listen. “He won on an off-track,” trainer Jason Servis said of Maximum Security. “He’s checked a lot of boxes. He won a major prep — the Florida Derby. He won in the mud. He lay third and came off the pace. He’s undefeated. His mare is a half to Flat Out, who won the Jockey Gold Cup twice at a mile-and-a-quarter.Vekoma, whose pedigree shows parentage that won in the mud 21% of the time, trains in the rain Friday morning.
Vekoma’s pedigree shows parentage that won in the mud 21% of the time, which along with Game Winner is the highest in the field. Vekoma’s mother, Mona De Momma, won the Humana Distaff at Churchill in 2010 in the mud.In a neglected cemetery lie black jockeys who helped create the Kentucky Derby »
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