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Desormeaux back on track with probable Derby favorite

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Desormeaux back on track with probable Derby favorite (AP)

Jockey Kent Desormeaux wears a broad smile in the winner's circle after riding Lomaki to a win in the Doninga Julep Cup horse race at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., Thursday, April 17, 2008. Desormeaux is riding high these days. The Cajun jockey will be on probable Kentucky Derby favorite Big Brown Saturday, while a move from Southern California to the East Coast has revived his career at 38.

Kent Desormeaux is having fun again. Gone are the dark days that prompted his relocation from Southern California to the East Coast two years ago — days when all he had to show for his efforts were mounting losses. Now, at 38, the Hall of Fame jockey will ride the probable favorite in Saturday’s 134th Kentucky Derby, when he hopes to steer Big Brown into the winner’s circle.


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