An August day at Ellis Park helped decorate the lore of Rich Strike, the long-long-longshot who won the Kentucky Derby on May 7, sat out the Preakness on May 21, and is now prepping for the Belmont Stakes this coming Saturday.
“Oh, I love Ellis,” said Hamilton, who trains out of Keeneland. “A really great place for 2-year-olds. A nice, quiet backside. A lot of good people there. Kind of a good little hometown kind of place … I think it’s a cool spot.”
“I think everyone thought it was a great story,” longtime trainer Oliver said. “I think everyone gets excited” when smaller operations get a moment, she said. “Everyone roots for that.” And she said of old Race 9, “You don’t really remember those kinds of races until you look back, ‘Oh, we were in that race.’ ”Yet way back at Ellis Park in the wilds and depths of August, the unforgettable had happened to someone.
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