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Article: DYNA MIGHT; Pedigree analysis Dynaformer has a live Kentucky Derby hope.(Sports)
- Article from:
- The Racing Post (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 4, 2006
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Byline: TONY MORRIS
THE route to the Kentucky Derby tends to be demanding, and such is the rate of attrition that just arriving in one piece at Louisville on the first Saturday in May counts as an achievement. Getting there without a defeat in one's record is unusual, so when Smarty Jones did that two years ago, then preserved his unbeaten status with victory under the twin spires, it was understandable that he was hailed as a superstar.
Smarty Jones had run only six times in his build-up to the Derby, and never in Grade 1 company, but he had been ...