It is the dream of every owner and trainer to get a horse into the Kentucky Derby. Our very own horsewoman Lisa Rodriguez’s cousin Nick Zito has two horses in this year’s Kentuck Derby. It has been 16 years since Nick Zito has had a Kentucky Derby winner with Go For Gin.

Nick Zito thinks his odds are good this year with Ice Box, who is a powerhouse come from behind closer who came up from last place to win the Florida Derby and Jackson Bend who has placed second in the last three straight graded preps.

Ice Box has not had a race in six weeks, which may or may not be a problem in this years Kentucky Derby.  Ice Box’s fractions are what make him fast enough to win. He ran the last three-eighths in :36.6 and the last eighth in :12.3. That would be fast enough to win most of the Kentucky Derby races over the past 25 years.

“But he’s going to have to get lucky,” Zito cautioned.