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Trainer Nick Zito always says "you've got to play the cards that are dealt you" when it comes to the Kentucky Derby even if the cards say the best play would be the unorthodox one of running his top Derby prospect Dialed In against older horses in Sunday's fourth race at Gulfstream Park.
Zito had mapped out a more traditional itinerary for Dialed In's path on the road to the Kentucky Derby this winter. But he suddenly found it necessary to call an audible after a sloppy racetrack prompted him to scratch Dialed In out of his first scheduled 3-year-old appearance in a nine-furlong allowance race ultimately won by Soldat on Jan. 21.
At that point, Zito had little choice but to bring Dialed In back against more experienced rivals in the one mile Holy Bull. Dialed In proceeded to perform above even Zito's own high expectations, winning the Holy Bull in a manner which suddenly thrust him into the upper echelon of Kentucky Derby contenders.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown2011/news/story?id=6185651
Zito had mapped out a more traditional itinerary for Dialed In's path on the road to the Kentucky Derby this winter. But he suddenly found it necessary to call an audible after a sloppy racetrack prompted him to scratch Dialed In out of his first scheduled 3-year-old appearance in a nine-furlong allowance race ultimately won by Soldat on Jan. 21.
At that point, Zito had little choice but to bring Dialed In back against more experienced rivals in the one mile Holy Bull. Dialed In proceeded to perform above even Zito's own high expectations, winning the Holy Bull in a manner which suddenly thrust him into the upper echelon of Kentucky Derby contenders.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown2011/news/story?id=6185651
