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About 10 years ago, trainer Rick Dutrow Jr.'s address was Barn 1, Tack Room D, Aqueduct Racetrack, New York. Park Avenue, it wasn't. "I loved it," he said, a hardy laugh following. "I was right there in the barn with my horses. I had my microwave set up. I was good. Really. If I lost everything and had to do it again, I'm there." From there to here, Dutrow has emerged as one of the nation's top trainers. He also happens to have the expected favorite for Saturday's Kentucky Derby in unbeaten Big Brown.

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