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Originally Posted by Port Conway Lane
California Chrome may be trying to overcome a trend as rare as Apollo, if not historically then at least numerically in the last 40 years.
I can't recall a derby starter, let alone a derby winner who ran before May 1st of their 2 YO season.
If I was to stab I'd choose a Florida bred, maybe Foolish Pleasure.
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More Than Ready won his debut on 4-11-99 at Kee, then finished 4th in the 2000 derby. There may be others, and I will edit this post as needed.