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Article: KENTUCKY DERBY; Tagg, is he it?; Showing Up has a shot.(Sports)
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- The Boston Herald
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- May 6, 2006
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Byline: ED GRAY
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - As Barclay Tagg answered questions from the media yesterday morning, his voice became inaudible when "A Minute With God" suddenly blared from the loud speaker outside Barn 48 on the Churchill Downs backstretch.
When the daily inspirational reading was completed, Tagg broke the silence with a prayer of his own.
"I'll need a couple of minutes with God tomorrow," Tagg quipped, a knowing smile spreading across his customarily stern ace.
Indeed, Kentucky Derby history dictates that Showing Up will need the benefit of divine intervention today in order for the lightly raced colt to find the Churchill Downs ...