Sunday, May 07, 2000
Deputies have dog days
By GEORGE RORRER
Enquirer contributor
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jenine Sahadi's hopes of becoming the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner were left in the scorched-earth path of Fusaichi Pegasus Saturday, but she said she has no regrets.
Sahadi's The Deputy, the bettors' second choice at $4.60 to 1, was never closer than ninth place and finished 14th.
“He did his best,” Sahadi said. “(Jockey) Chris (McCarron) said he didn't have any real trouble. I could see him clearly and I didn't see anything. He just didn't fire.
“It was a disappointment, but I'm glad it's over. It's not the end of the world.
“Now we can go home. Everybody here was nice and supportive, but we're going to go home. He's very tired.”
Kenny McPeek, the trainer of Cincinnati-owned 10th-place Deputy Warlock, was among many who don't want to see Fusaichi Pegasus again soon.
“He got hung eight or 10 wide in the second turn,” McPeek said of Deputy Warlock. “We might have hooked a real champion today.”
Deputy Warlock, true to his late-running form, closed from 17th place to 10th in the stretch and made up five lengths.
Next for Deputy Warlock may be the Ohio Derby, McPeek said. Then he thought a little longer and said the Belmont may be a slight possibility.
“Obviously we wanted to win,” McPeek said, “but we start out with 20,000 horses and today we were with the 19 best in the world.
“To be in the top 10, that's not so bad.”
Fifth-place Wheelaway's trainer, John Kimmel, also said he'd likely keep his horse idle until the Belmont.
“We'll see how he comes out of it,” he said.
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