More than 20,000 thoroughbreds were foaled in 2017. Only 18 of them, barring a late scratch, will make it to the starting gate of the rescheduled Kentucky Derby.
Former Detroit Tigers slugger Victor Martinez, owner of Victoria's Ranch, overcame enormous odds and possesses one of those 18 Derby entrants. King Guillermo — named in honor of Martinez's father who died when he was 7 years old — qualified for the world’s most famous horse race back in March by winning in the Tampa Bay Derby at odds of 49-1.
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