Bret Calhoun On Mailman Money

Trainer Bret Calhoun, who has Chester Thomas' Mailman Money in Saturday's $1 million TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby and who hopes to get Mr. Big News in the same 1 3/16-mile Grade 2 stakes off the also-eligible list, discusses the two colts, the delayed Kentucky Derby and the uncertainties facing horsemen amid the world of uncertainty everyone faces in the COVID-19 era.

Saturday's GII Louisiana Derby offers one of the final few springtime opportunities at amassing points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, now tentatively scheduled to be contested on the first Saturday of September. The centerpiece of the meet in New Orleans, the Louisiana Derby will be run over a mile and three-sixteenths for the first time and is one of four races scheduled to be run over the next three weeks that offers points on a 100-40-20-10 scale.

Read more about the Louisiana's Derby line-up on the TDN.

Other key points to know for the Louisiana Derby:

Trainer Greg Foley runs Lloyd Madison's Major Fed in the Louisiana Derby. Foley is a lifelong Louisvillian who thinks he has a colt good enough to be in the Kentucky Derby, which is now Sept. 5.

Jockey Gabriel Saez rides Chester Thomas' Mailman Money in the Louisiana Derby.

Trainer Steve Margolis has Al Stall Memorial winner She'sonthewarpath in Saturday's $100,000 Tom Benson Memorial on the Louisiana Derby undercard.

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