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Race Clue #1 - A traditional prep for the Kentucky Derby, this edition featured ten betting interests.

Race Clue #2 - The two betting favorites finished 4th and 5th, leaving it to the next three choices to run 1-2-3.

Race Clue #3- The winning trainer had taken the Kentucky Derby two years earlier with the jockey who finished 2nd in this race.

Race Clue #4 - This race went impressively to a colt who would never win another race.

Race Clue #5 - Meanwhile, the two closest to him at the finish both went on to successful racing careers.

Race Clue #6 - In their next race, the top three would run in the Santa Anita, Arkansas, and Illinois Derbies respectively.

Race Clue #7 - One of three would be bet down to 5-2 in the following year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Race Clue #8 - All three arrived in Louisville, but the winner of this race was scratched due to an injury discovered the day before the Derby.

Race Clue #9- From there, he did not race again for more than a year, before finally returning in Northern California.

Race Clue #10 - The distance of this particular edition was shorter than it will be run in 2014.

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