Larry Demeritte jokes that it’s becoming “almost old news” to him.
All the attention. All the interviews. All the questions that come his way.
It’s part of the territory when you’re a first-time trainer in the Kentucky Derby, a fresh face among the mega trainers who bring multiple horses to the Derby each year.
But it doesn’t take much digging to discover that, even with this qualifier, Demeritte’s story stands out.
The 70-something year-old Demeritte is one of the most captivating narratives this week at Churchill Downs in the lead-up to Saturday’s historic 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby.
