After Derby Debut, West Back In Action with Chunk of Gold

Ohio Derby Odds: Clever Again Returns After Bumpy Preakness

Jockey Jose Ortiz is hoping for clear sailing aboard Clever Again against nine rivals in the $500,000 Ohio Derby (G3) at Thistledown Racino on Saturday. Clever Again. Hodges Photo. For those who bet horse racing and recall it well, Clever Again was the horse in the Preakness Stakes (G1) who was bumped into the rail and out of contention by eventual winner Journalism on May 17. And he’s ready for redemption in the two-turn, 1 1/8-mile Ohio Derby…

After Derby Debut, West Back In Action with Chunk of Gold

It's rare for things to go exactly according to plan in the Kentucky Derby. Trainer Ethan West learned that lesson about five seconds into his first attempt. In the past, Chunk of Gold (Preservationist) had done his best work coming from off the pace, but in the Derby he broke sharply and, with Jareth Loveberry aboard, found himself just behind the frontrunners heading into the first turn. “That was not on the bingo card,” West admitted. “We wer…