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Tim Yakteen brings 2 top horses to 1st Ky Derby in charge

Trainer Tim Yakteen talks to visitors outside his barn at Churchill Downs Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in Louisville, Ky. The 148th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 7. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Trainer Tim Yakteen talks to visitors outside his barn at Churchill Downs Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in Louisville, Ky. The 148th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 7. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Messier stands in his stall in the barn of his trainer, Tim Yakteen, at Santa Anita Park on Monday, April 25, 2022, in Arcadia, Calif. Yakteen will saddle two horses - Messier and Taiba, both formerly trained by Bob Baffert - for the Kentucky Derby. Baffert is serving a 90-day suspension from horse racing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Messier stands in his stall in the barn of his trainer, Tim Yakteen, at Santa Anita Park on Monday, April 25, 2022, in Arcadia, Calif. Yakteen will saddle two horses - Messier and Taiba, both formerly trained by Bob Baffert - for the Kentucky Derby. Baffert is serving a 90-day suspension from horse racing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Messier stands in his stall in the barn of his trainer, Tim Yakteen, at Santa Anita Park on Monday, April 25, 2022, in Arcadia, Calif. Yakteen will saddle two horses - Messier and Taiba, both formerly trained by Bob Baffert - for the Kentucky Derby. Baffert is serving a 90-day suspension from horse racing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Taiba stands in his stall in the barn of his trainer, Tim Yakteen, at Santa Anita Park on Monday, April 25, 2022, in Arcadia, Calif. Yakteen will saddle two horses - Messier and Taiba, both formerly trained by Bob Baffert - for the Kentucky Derby. Baffert is serving a 90-day suspension from horse racing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Tim Yakteen stands in his barn at Santa Anita Park on Monday, April 25, 2022, in Arcadia, Calif. He will saddle two horses - Messier and Taiba, both formerly trained by Bob Baffert - for the Kentucky Derby. Baffert is serving a 90-day suspension from horse racing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Tim Yakteen walks in his barn at Santa Anita Park on Monday, April 25, 2022, in Arcadia, Calif. He will saddle two horses - Messier and Taiba, both formerly trained by Bob Baffert - for the Kentucky Derby. Baffert is serving a 90-day suspension from horse racing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Tim Yakteen stands in his barn with Tabia, one of two horses he will saddle for the Kentucky Derby, at Santa Anita Park on Monday, April 25, 2022, in Arcadia, Calif. He will saddle two horses - Messier and Taiba, both formerly trained by Bob Baffert - for the Kentucky Derby. Baffert is serving a 90-day suspension from horse racing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Tim Yakteen smiles in his horse barn at Santa Anita Park on Monday, April 25, 2022, in Arcadia, Calif. He will saddle two horses - Messier and Taiba, both formerly trained by Bob Baffert - for the Kentucky Derby. Baffert is serving a 90-day suspension from horse racing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Trainer Tim Yakteen walks though his barn after taking Kentucky Derby entrants Tabia and Messier for workouts at Churchill Downs Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in Louisville, Ky. The 148th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 7. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Tim Yakteen brings 2 top horses to 1st Ky Derby in charge