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What makes a Kentucky Derby champion? Big hearts, immense lungs and powerful legs

On a crisp, clear morning, a chestnut thoroughbred thundered down the dirt strip at Churchill Downs, his exercise rider leaning forward above the saddle. Other horse-and-rider pairs followed.

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