Word: fusaichi
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...male affair this year, trainer Jenine Sahadi is attracting ink as she bids to become the first woman to train a winner in the race's history. Sahadi conditions the Irish-bred colt The Deputy, who should go off as the bettors' second choice and provide competition for Fusaichi Pegasus down the stretch. Since shipping across the Atlantic late last year, The Deputy has won three of four starts, including the Santa Anita Derby, the major California Derby prep, in which he handed second-best War Chant his first career loss. The Deputy's only loss in the U.S. came...
...Prima Donna: Hard to pronounce and harder to ignore, Fusaichi Pegasus comes with regal breeding, a hefty price tag, and the attitude of an impatient diva. Bought by the Japanese entrepreneur Fusao Sekiguchi for $4 million as a yearling, the prohibitive favorite enters the Derby on a four-race winning streak, including an overpowering four-length victory in the Wood Memorial April 15 at Aqueduct. Fusaichi Pegasus has been likened to Secretariat so often that the comparison has acquired the resonance of clich...
...winged wonder" has done everything right on the oval, but hasn't looked quite content doing it. Both before and after the Wood, Fusaichi Pegasus misbehaved, balking before entering the starting gate and then bucking and snorting his way back to the paddock after crossing the wire. Last week, he looked disagreeable by refusing to run an early-morning workout at Churchill, then bucking and throwing his exercise rider before laying down on his rump in the middle of the track a few days later...
...Englishman Neil Drysdale, who indulges his prize colt and assures defectors that he's just "feeling his oats" when he acts out--which doesn't exactly reassure his backers, who will nonetheless be fighting to queue up for a 9-5 price on Derby day. If he fulfills expectations, Fusaichi Pegasus will become the first morning-line favorite to win the Derby since Spectacular...
...Enigma: Fusaichi Pegasus's stablemate, also trained by Drysdale, is War Chant, who is lightly raced but frighteningly strong. The grandson of Derby champ Northern Dancer, War Chant is 3-for-4 lifetime, with his most impressive win in the March 4 San Rafael Stakes. But while cruising down the home stretch, the impressionable youngster broke stride when he stopped to look at a sign on the inside rail, spooking his backers. War Chant gets blinkers tomorrow, and is equally capable of a misstep as he is of a money run. Although War Chant has never run outside California...
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