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2012 Road To The Kentucky Derby

CONGESTED ROAD TO KENTUCKY DERBY RAMPS UP WITH THREE SATURDAY PREPS

Bettors Face Deep Fields At Tampa Bay And Santa Anita Need To Beat Alpha In Withers At Aqueduct

Friday, February 3
Jim Hurley

January is behind us and with February comes the serious beginning of preparation for the 2012 Kentucky Derby.

On Saturday, from north to south and east to west 26 three-year olds are scheduled to discover if they have what it takes to continue on the Road To The 2012 Kentucky Derby.

As is the case every year, the Grade III Sam F. Davis will feature a full field. Eleven want-to-prove-themselves youngsters will face the starter in the mile and a sixteenth test. Perennial winner Todd Pletcher has owned this race is recent years, winning with Brethren last year, Rule (2010), Any Given Saturday (2007) and Bluegrass Cat (2006). The fact that his 2012 entrant Ecabroni has only raced twice and will be facing a slew of opponents that have already won stakes races, yet has been installed as the 7-2 on the ML attests to Pletcher's historical impact on the race and the strength ...

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