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Joe Torre has Horse in Kentucky Derby

playerpress.com Written by playerpress.com, Monday April 19 2010
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Out of about 30,000 thoroughbreds in the United States, 20 of them qualify to run in the Kentucky Derby, and Dodgers manager Joe Torre just happens to be the part-owner of one of them.

 

Torre will be at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on Wednesday and will meet Homeboykris, the horse that he has a stake in for the first time. He will then head to

Torre has admitted that he is about to come down with a serious case of Derby Fever.

 

"I think it's going to hit me when I see him," said Torre, who has owned race horses since 2004 but has never seen Homeboykris in person. "It's going to be exciting."

 

Torre has been involved in horse racing since 1996 when he invested $300 and made $600. He has never had a horse in the Kentucky Derby, but then only a handful of horse owners have.

 

Torres ex-Yankees boss George Steinbrenner, happens to be one of them, as he has had six Derby entrants, but no winners, including 2005 favorite Bellamy Road, who was injured in the race.

 

"When I think of the Derby, I think of Steinbrenner," said Torre. "That's the one missing piece from his trophy case."

 

Torre will be one of the rare Derby horse owners who will not actually be at Churchill Downs to watch the race, because his coaching job comes first and that night the Dodgers will be playing the Pirates at Dodger Stadium. However, he will be watching the race before batting practice on the flat screen TV in his office.  

 

"I hope my wife gets to go," Torre said. "She's starting to get a little excited."   


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