Trainer Todd Pletcher hopes his early favorite Renegade can overcome the dreaded inside post on Saturday to capture the 152nd Kentucky Derby.
"We're going to be on pins and needles like everyone else just hoping everything goes smoothly," Pletcher said this week at Churchill Downs, where Renedgade will break from the first post with Puerto Rican jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. in the irons.
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