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Trainer Bill Kaplan an easy Derby connection to back

By Wright Thompson
ESPN.com

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

MIAMI -- If you're wondering who to pull for in the Kentucky Derby, I've got your man. His name is Bill Kaplan, and, after you've heard about him, you're going to believe in dreams again. You're going to want to put a few dollars down and cheer for a horse named Storm in May. I first met Kaplan a few months ago, just as Derby season cranked up. The sun was rising over Calder Race Course in South Florida. Kaplan sat in his golf cart, the smell of bitter backside coffee in the air, watching his t ...

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