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Support, disapproval from horsemen for Derby berth

By Claire Novak
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, March 20, 2009

One day after Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's Mafaaz took the inaugural Kentucky Derby Challenge Stakes at Kempton Park in England, American trainers were more or less resigned to the idea that the 3-year-old colt's resulting guaranteed entry in the May 2 Kentucky Derby would equal one less chance at 20 hotly-contested starting stalls on the first Saturday in May. But John Ward Jr., who won the 2001 Derby with Monarchos, had other things to say. The inaugural "win-and-you're-in"-style contest -- tak ...

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