Insulted and decorated, Bob Befurt is back back to Churchill Downs this week with a story ahead of the 151st Kentki Derby.
A three-year-old suspension in the rearview mirror returned to a complex-baffert for Corticosteroid Betamethasone for Spirit Testing-2021 Kentki Winner Madina Spirit Testing, returning to the spotlight of horse racing, expecting another chapter for another chapter in a complex heritage.
“Everyone has been really good for me,” Befurt said about his reception to other trainers and horsemen. “They say they are happy to see me, and I am happy to come back.”
Morning line favorite journalism who has 3–1 out of number 8 positions, according to the 72-year-old trainer, qualified favorite.
The draw was not the reception that he expected to receive, with a pair of entries in the first phase of the Triple Crown, run on Saturday night at Kentki.
Citizen Bull (12–1), which was expected to be the best chance of the trainer in a strong finish, attracted the position of the dreaded number 1.
“I wish I had a challenge flag. If I had it, I would have thrown it out,” said Befurt.
Citizen Bull, the winner of the Eclipse award as the top 2-year-old in 2024, was the fastest of the 15 horses working in Churchill Downs in Churchill Downs on 1: 12.40 in Churchill Downs.
On its resumption, six-time Derby-Derby Trainer with two triple crown winners, Befart can break the tie with Ben Jones with his seventh win this week. He is actively driving horses during the Churchill Down suspension raised in November, when he seized his legal battle against the ban, and won.
To win the 17th win in a triple crown race this week, Bafurt realized that it could be even the winner of the Wood Memorial Rodriguez, who attracted the position of number 4. Mike Smith, to become the oldest jockery to win the Derby at 58, will ride and said that he was insisting on bringing back back in the winner’s circle. Smith was justifying the buffert jockey piloting for Triple Crown in 2018, when he became the oldest to meet that achievement at the age of 52.
Smith said that he told Befurt that he was just sitting here on the bench “.
“If you want him, you found him,” Befurt told Smith.
Justif’s son American Promise, trainer D. Wann also worked on Monday before returning to the barn of Lucas. Virginia Darby Winner has discussed a lot since his last outing. He has easily run the distance and beyond the distance, and Lucas insisted that stamina is a certain force.
Lucas said about a calf with 30–1 obstacles, “This is a big plus that does not need to worry about anything.”
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