Under normal circumstances, the Kentucky Derby would’ve been run May 2 at Churchill Downs and Casse said there’s no way his horse, Enforceable, would’ve been ready to go. “Had they run the Kentucky Derby in May, we wouldn’t have been in it,” Casse said via telephone Wednesday as he drove from Ocala, Fla., to Kentucky. “After the Louisiana Derby, he was a tired horse that needed a rest,” said Casse, 11 times Canada’s top trainer. But missing from the field is Art Collector, who had the second-highest odds to win the Kentucky Derby at 9-2. “Bruce is from Kentucky and I’m sure his dream, like mine, has been to win the Kentucky Derby and to get so close, it’s just disappointing.

Source: thestar September 02, 2020 21:10 UTC