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Giaco-who?

Giacomo, who was 0-for-3 this year, made his first victory as a 3-year-old a memorable one, closing powerfully from 18th with a half-mile to go to win the Kentucky Derby.

Updated: May 12, 2005, 1:07 PM ET
By Ed McNamara | Special to ESPN.com

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The racing writer looked through her binoculars as the colt in the green and pink colors took the lead five strides from the wire. "Who is that?" she asked of nobody in particular. "Who's that in front?"

It was a good question, because no one had given Giacomo a second look going into the 131st Kentucky Derby, so who would have known the silks that Mike Smith was wearing? Here was a colt still eligible for a non-winners-of-1 allowance race and had been an uninspiring fourth ...

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