Justify ready to challenge for Triple Crown
by John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times
Jun 08, 2018
3 minutes
ELMONT, N.Y._The journey started in early February when trainer Bob Baffert walked into the office of Santa Anita racing secretary Rick Hammerle to inquire whether there would be enough entrants for an upcoming maiden race.
"I have a horse in there that can win the Kentucky Derby," Baffert told Hammerle.
Who would have thought Baffert was underselling that horse?
On Saturday at Belmont Park, Justify is looking to join the highest stratum of horse racing immortality by becoming the 13th thoroughbred to win the
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