Trainer Todd Pletcher plays numbers game at Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — If it’s May, Todd Pletcher must be at Churchill Downs preparing a horse — or several — for the Kentucky Derby. Just once since he first took a crack at America’s greatest race in 2000 has the trainer missed the Derby. Pletcher saddles three starters in Saturday’s race: Always Dreaming, Tapwrit and