Baffert has three entries

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- For nearly 20 years, three trainers have compiled an incredible record of not only competing in, but winning the Kentucky Derby.

Two are in racing's Hall of Fame: D. Wayne Lukas with four Derby wins and Nick Zito with two Derby winners.

The third is Bob Baffert, a three-time winner with 14 starters and the only one in the bunch with a chance to win Saturday's $2 million Derby. The white-haired trainer has himself a potent trio of 3-year-old colts, too, in Wood Memorial winner Bob and John, Blue Grass Stakes winner Sinister Minister and Santa Anita Derby runner-up Point Determined.

All three have different running styles, and depending how the Derby unfolds when the field takes off, any one is capable of giving Baffert Derby win No. 4.

"You always want to come to the Derby with a good horse," Baffert said. "And we're back here now with three really good horses. It feels nice.

"It's just the way the chips fall. We try to get here every year. Sometimes you're the bug, sometimes you're the windshield. That's the way it works in this business."