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Discreetly Mine may outrun his odds

Updated: April 30, 2010, 4:06 AM ET
By David Grening | Daily Racing Form

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Regardless of their post-time odds, there has been plenty of buzz concerning three of trainer Todd Pletcher's four Derby starters. There has been virtually no discussion of the Pletcher-trained Discreetly Mine.

But there are some similarities between this situation and 1995 that may want to make you consider Discreetly Mine, who will likely be a 20-1 to 30-1 longshot. In 1995, Pletcher was an assistant to trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who won the Derby that year with 24-1 ...

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