In the 50th year of legendary Canadian stable Sam-Son Farms, wouldn’t it be something if a colt from one of the last crop of foals born on the Milton farm won the Kentucky Derby?

MESSIER (yep, his current owners, who are American, named him after a famous Canadian hockey player) is an actual contender, too; a very tall, strong, and fast bay colt who quickly became a stakes winner early in his career while being trained by Bob Baffert. He is currently being overseen by trainer Tim Yakteen, a former assistant to Baffert, as his old boss is currently barred from Churchill Downs.

But back to Messier, who has John Velazquez as his rider and so many owners that on the overnight list of entries for the Derby you need a magnifying glass to read them all:  SF Racing LLC (Gavin Murphy), Starlight Racing (Jack Wolf), Madaket Stables LLC (Sol Kumin), Robert E. Masterson, Jay  A. Shoenfarber, Waves Edge Capital LLC (W. Gregg Slager), Catherine M. Donovan, Golconda Stable (Ben Goldberg & Elliot Friman), Siena  Farm LLC (Anthony Manganaro). That’s a lot of ways to divide up the winner’s share of $1.86 million.

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