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Pletcher starts Derby Trail with strong hand

By Jay Privman
Daily Racing Form

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Just when is Todd Pletcher going to finally end our long national nightmare and win the Kentucky Derby? He's been training on his own for, gosh, an entire decade. He's almost 40 years old. It is wearing on him so much, he's turning gray. Just what is taking him so darn long? In recent years, it seems almost a rite of spring - like cherry blossoms blooming, bears coming out of hibernation, and the Royals being eliminated the first week of the season from the World Series - that Pletcher is viewe ...

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