Machado Confident Final Gambit Can Win Kentucky Derby – Video –
Jockey Luan Machado is confident that Juddmonte Farms’ Final Gambit can take to the dirt surface for the first time and win the Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs May 3.
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