His accomplishments beforehand had been modest, but the 2 1/2-length victory for Dean's Kitten
in the $500,000 Lane's End Stakes (gr. II)
at Turfway Park March 27 pushes Ken and Sarah Ramsey's homebred right
into the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) picture.
On a day when the Ramseys' Furthest Land
finished last in the $10 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I), Dean's
Kitten's victory in the 1 1/8-mile Lane's End certainly should prove to
be more than consoling. The $291,000 winning purse moves the son of Kitten's Joy
into the top 10 among 3-year-olds in graded stakes earnings, which are
used to determine the 20 qualifiers for the Kentucky Derby.
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