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So Happy is the Kentucky Derby horse worth cheering for this year

By Josh Peter, USA TODAY•Courier Journal

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, G…