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1 Cool Coal Man,</strong> Julien Leparoux, Nick Zito, 20-1<br />

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<strong> 2 Tale of Ekati</strong> , Eibar Coa, Barclay Tagg, 15-1<br />

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 3 Anak Nakal</strong> , Rafael Bejarano, Nick Zito, 30-1<br />

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 <strong> 4 Court Vision,</strong> Garrett Gomez, Bill Mott, 20-1<br />

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 5 Eight Belles (f)</strong> , Gabriel Saez, Larry Jones, 15-1<br />

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 6 Z Fortune</strong> , Robby Albarado, Steve Asmussen, 30-1<br />

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 7 Big Truck,</strong> Javier Catellano, Barclay Tagg, 50-1<br />

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 <strong> 8 Visionaire,</strong> Jose Lezcano, Michael Matz, 20-1<br />

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 <strong> 9 Pyro, </strong> Shaun Bridgmohan, Steve Asmussen, 6-1<br />

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<strong> 10 Colonel John</strong> , Corey Nakatani, Eoin Harty, 4-1<br />

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11 Z Humo</strong> r, Rene Douglas, Bill Mott, 30-1<br />

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<strong> 12 Smooth Air</strong> , Manoel Cruz, Bennie Stutts Jr., 20-1<br />

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<strong> 13 Bob Jack Black</strong> , Rich Migliore, James Kasparoff, 20-1<br />

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<strong> 14 Monba, </strong> Ramon Dominguez, Todd Pletcher, 15-1<br />

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15 Adriano,</strong> Edgar Prado, Graham Motion, 30-1<br />

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<strong> 16 Denis of Cork, </strong> Calvin Borel, David Carroll, 20-1<br />

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<strong> 17 Cowboy Cal,</strong> John Velazquez, Todd Pletcher, 20-1<br />

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<strong> 18 Recapturetheglory</strong> , E.T. Baird, Louie Roussel, 20-1<br />

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<strong> 19 Gayego, </strong> Mike Smith, Paulo Lobo, 15-1<br />

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<strong> 20 Big Brown, </strong> Kent Desormeaux, Rick Dutrow Jr., 3-1

Gomez on a Bill Mott, JV on a Pletcher horse, Bejarano.

There's your Derby.

All I can Say is WOW

Clocker report 5/1: Big Brown impresses

By MIKE WELSCH

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Big Brown buzz grew a little louder after the Kentucky Derby favorite worked three furlongs in 35.33 seconds here Thursday morning. Big Brown was one of two Derby starters to blow out for the race Thursday. Smooth Air covered the same distance in 37.99.

With regular exercise rider Michelle Nevin aboard, Big Brown came out on the track amidst quite a bit of traffic shortly after the renovation break and was clearly full of himself as he made his way down the backstretch before breaking off at the three-furlong pole. Hugging the inner rail and with Nevin offering no prompting, Big Brown posted splits of 11.89 seconds and 23.20 before crossing the finish line to the applause of the many fans attending the traditional Dawn at the Downs breakfast program. Nevin immediately grabbed into Big Brown to keep him from doing too much during his gallop -out.

In contrast to Big Brown, Smooth Air was less aggressive getting away from the three-furlong pole, covering his opening eighth in 13.14 seconds before picking up the pace and breezing down the quarter-mile stretch in 24.85 for exercise rider Sue Milne.

The most excitement of the morning came during Tale of Ekati's aggressive gallop when a loose horse crossed paths with the Wood Memorial winner shortly past the finish line, forcing his rider, Kristen Troxell, to take a hold and alter course slightly.

The following is a final assessment of all 20 Derby starters from observations made during training hours at Churchill Downs during the past eight mornings.