Derby Trail Next Start-Likely/Possible

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by justindew

Blatantly false. Only 20 horses entered the Derby that year. He would have gotten in with $0 in earnings. In fact, the 20th ranked horse by earnings, Nowhere to Hide, was a late addition to the field. They almost drew with 19 horses.

They almost drew it with 19? I may be wrong, but there was enough time for them to not only realize Win Willy was scratching, but then enough time to talk to Zito and get quotes and write stories about it. I believe the x-rays on Win Willy were done on Tuesday...