also wants veterinary records for three days leading to the race. New rules last year angered several trainers, including Doug O ' Neill . His horse, I'll Have Another, was bidding to become the first Triple Crown winner since 1978. The colt was scratched
April. ''Orb's not like a one-race hit. All year long he's been super impressive,'' said Goldencents trainer Doug O ' Neill , who won the Derby and Preakness last year with I'll Have Another, only to scratch the colt the day before the Belmont
would make Kevin Krigger the first black jockey to win the race since Willie Simms with Sly Fox in 1898, and it would make Doug O ' Neill the first back-to-back Preakness winning trainer since Bob Baffert in 2001 and 2002. 6. THREE CHANCES. D. Wayne Lukas
Just like last year, Doug O ' Neill was the first trainer to bring his Kentucky Derby entrant to Pimlico Race Course for the Preakness. The similarity ends there
Doug O'Neill on Goldenscents' Kentucky Derby chances.
early mornings hustling at the racetrack to find a ride finally began to pay off when he landed a few belonging to trainer Doug O ' Neill , whose own breakthrough came last season when he won the Derby with I'll Have Another. Last September, after letting
toward the area where the three former players were standing with the roses. “It just didn’t happen,” trainer Doug O ’ Neill said. “I figured when people [before the race] said there wasn’t a lot of speed that it usually turns out to be a lot
pre-race choice, just barely. Nearly overshadowed is his trainer, Shug McGaughey, who really, really wants this race. Doug O ' Neill trying to win back-to-back. And then there's the threat of rain, which has done in some of the best-laid plans on
worry about all of that. Plus, he’s on quite a run.” Goldencents, trained by last year’s Derby-winning trainer Doug O ’ Neill , is listed as the third-choice in the field at 5-1 odds. He drew the No. 8 post position in the 20-horse field that
is Saturday at Churchill Downs. Here are five things you should know before the 6:24 p.m. post time: DOUG'S DOUBLE Doug O ' Neill is back at Churchill Downs trying to win his second straight Derby. He put unknown Mario Gutierrez on I'll Have Another