West Saratoga is long shot for Kentucky Derby 150 but his trainer, Larry Demeritte, has beaten even greater odds just to get to Churchill Downs.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — While West Saratoga is a longshot for this year's Kentucky Derby with 50 to 1 odds, his trainer, Larry Demeritte, beat even greater odds just to get to the track.
"My grandmother raised 19, 13, grandchildren, and my grandmother is the most positive woman I've ever known in my life," Demeritte said.That positivity shines through in her grandson. "The thing with this horse game is, we love these animals so much; if we decide to go and take another job, you wind right back up here," he said."So why leave just weather the storm."In 1996, Demeritte was diagnosed with bone cancer, and he continues to battle the disease to this day.
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