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The high-class filly didn't make it, but the "blue-collar worker" of the barn did.
Thunder Gulch, sent to the East last winter by D. Wayne Lukas as one of his second-string race horses, the "forgotten man" of the stable, won the 121st Kentucky Derby by 21/4 lengths today over Tejano Run at odds of 24-1. And one head farther back in third place, after passing six horses in the homestretch, came the star colt of the Lukas cast of talent, the juvenile champion of last year, Timber Country.
But Serena's Song, the 36th filly to run in the Derby, failed to become the fourth to win it. After leading for one mile, she wearied of the battle and faded, finishing 16th in the field of 19 and casting doubt on the wisdom of the decision taken one week ago and announced by Lukas on national television: "She will run in the Derby and dare to be great."
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