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Three different races and three tracks over a five-week period. when they get to the track here at bellmont this is the longest of those three and that according to experts and trainers is one of the biggest reasons so many horses have failed. >> they run a mile and a quarter on saturday and have another quarter mile to run and sometimes that fuel they normally have to finish the race is used up for another quarter mile and they may not have an explosive one on the last mile and a half race. >> reporter: affirmed was the last horse to win the triple crown in 1978. since then, 12 horses, includ...

Like sea biscuit, this 3-year-old is as far from horse racing royalty as you can get. starting with perry martin and steve coburn, two working-class guys who tapped in to their life savings scrapping together $10,000 to breed their first colt. >> it hit me hard our dream had come true. >> reporter: to get their horse into shape, they turned to art sherman. at 77, he's now the oldest trainer to ever win the derby. he came back to churchill downs for the first time since 1955, when he was a 19-year-old exercise rider for that year's winner. a horse named swaps. >> it is like a storybook. kind of...

It was approximately 100 yards it slid us down here. >> reporter: was it just you in there? >> it was just me. as far as i know, i was from in this barn. everybody else, you know, was either already gone for the day or stayed over in a different barn, but, you know, i stayed here with the horses all the time. i'm an exercise rider and i'm also the caretaker for mark lee. >> reporter: that's the thing, if we could walk over here, you were telling me that this right here is basically where you lived. so, you not only worked here, this is where you lived. >> yes. they used to have the saddles and...

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