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    Kentucky Derby storylines: 150th running clouded by who is not in race

    by John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times Apr 29, 2024 5 minutes
    Catalytic runs on the track during the morning training for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on April 28, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky.

    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 reason the race doesn't have a full octane endorsement among the public is because not all of the best 3-year-olds will be running after Churchill Downs expanded its ban of trainer , who has won this race six times. It's hardly an argument anymore that Baffert is the best trainer of Derby prospects currently in

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