Lukas unable to pick among his 5 entries If 'Song' is withdrawn, Smith will ride 'Honour'

Kentucky Derby notebook

May 01, 1996|By Tom Keyser | Tom Keyser,SUN STAFF

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- D. Wayne Lukas still has no jockey for Honour and Glory, the fast-breaking speedster in his stable of five Kentucky Derby entries. He said Mike Smith would ride if Unbridled's Song does not enter.

Holding court yesterday outside his barn, Lukas said he's having trouble ranking his starting five. The others are Grindstone, Editor's Note, Victory Speech and Prince of Thieves.

So is Lukas' regular exercise rider, Donna Barton, who works them all.

"Honestly, it's so hard to pick them apart," Barton told the Louisville Courier-Journal. "Every time I get off them, I think, 'How are you going to beat this horse?' Then I get on another one and think the same thing.

"I'm not trying to be evasive, really. It's that they're all coming around at the right time."

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