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Curlin Bucking History at Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Kentucky Derby purists cling to these truths: a horse can't win if he didn't run as a 2-year-old or if he comes into the race with three or fewer career starts.
It's been 125 years since Apollo won after skipping his 2-year-old season, and not since Regret in 1915 has such a lightly seasoned horse worn the blanket of red roses.
Arkansas Derby winner Curlin - unbeaten in three career races - tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.
All that history and negativity working against his horse doesn't bother trainer Steve Asmussen.
"We're not running against history," he said Monday. "We're running against who they …
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