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Whowillwinthe2024KentuckyDerby?
That’saquestiontobeansweredthisweekendwhenthe150thRunfortheRosesstartsonSaturday,May4atChurchillDownsinLouisville,Kentucky.Morning-lineoddsareoutforall20participants–includingtwoJapanesehorses–inthisyear’srace,indicatingwhichhorsesareearlyfavoritestowinthefirstlegofhorseracing’sTripleCrown.
ToppingtheearlyoddsaretwoAmericanhorsesborninKentucky:SierraLeone,trainedbyChadBrownandjockeyedbyTylerGafflione,andFierceness,trainedbyToddPletcherandjockeyedbythree-timeDerbywinnerJohnVelazquez.
AfterSaturday’spostdrawing,weknowSierraLeonewillbetryingtobetheeighthhorsetowinthe“GreatestTwoMinutesinSports”frompost2,andFiercenesswilltrytobreakthewinlessstreak(0-for-44)ofhosesstartingfrompost17.
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