So Happy is the Kentucky Derby horse worth cheering for this year
Kentucky Derby horse So Happy will ride amid grief and joy May 2 as trainer Mark Glatt grieves the loss of his wife with the horse of his dreams.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Mark Glatt stood in the grandstands at Santa Anita Park last week and watched a 3-year-old bay colt on the other side of the racetrack. Then the horse took off.
A veteran trainer, Glatt studied the horse as it ran in the cool morning air with a rider aboard, down the backstretch, through the far turn, down the homestretch and across the finish line. “He went 5/8ths in 59 and 3,’’ Glatt later told USA TODAY Sports, meaning the horse covered 5/8 mile in 59. 6 seconds.
“I thought the work was excellent. He seemed very happy. ’’ Well, of course he did.
The horse named So Happy, who sold for a modest $20,000 at a yearling sale, is headed for the Kentucky Derby. He is listed at 15-1 by TwinSpires. com for the race May 2 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, and So Happy also stands at the center of a heartbreaking and heartwarming story.
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