LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Keith Desormeaux has a history with the jockey riding his horse Exaggerator in the Kentucky Derby. The trainer used to fight with him growing up in the Cajun country of south Louisiana.
Keith and Kent Desormeaux are teaming up in the Derby for the first time on Saturday. For Keith, it would be the biggest win of his career. For younger brother Kent, it would be his fourth victory in America's greatest race.
The brothers were supposed to be doing this two years ago with Texas Red. The colt had won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and stamped himself as the winter favorite for the 2014 Derby.