Alexis Barba is the horse trainer for Make Music For Me, a thoroughbred horse which came in 4th in the 2010 Kentucky Derby

2010 Kentucky Derby

The 2010 Kentucky Derby was the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 1, 2010, and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network. The post time was EDT . The stakes of the race were US$2,185,200...

. Make Music For Me is known to have late speed which he used to improve from 20th position to finish 4th in the Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...

. This ability to close (late speed) was displayed earlier in the year in winning the 2010 Pasadena Stakes at Santa Anita Racetrack. Barba also trains Alphie's Bet, winner of the 2010 Sham Stakes

Sham Stakes

The Sham Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The Sham Stakes is open to three-year-olds and is held at one and one-eighth miles on the dirt...

 also at Santa Anita Racetrack. Alexis Barba was a protege of Eddie Gregson, a horse trainer who won the Kentucky Derby with Gato Del Sol

Gato Del Sol

Gato Del Sol was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was foaled at Stone Farm in Paris, Kentucky, the son of U.S...

in 1982.

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