European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                And they re off the 113th run for the roses associated press o Trainer Jack Van Berg. There is Only one Derby. It is the  but to Trainer John hikes it s just another  Van Berg will be in the Churchill dawns stands on Salu Tjay his eyes on at Sheba this Lales Hope Tor a Victory in the 113th Kentucky Darby. Hikes will be seated in front of Hla television when the Derby Field thunders past barn 9, where he keeps the two horses he owns and trains. I used to Walch them run Down the backside then leave hikes said Early this week As reporters photographers and television Crews swarmed Over the Churchill Downs stable area now i usually watch it on  Churchill Downs has been an integral part of life or a lot of trainers like John hikes but id them the Kentucky Derby might As Well be run on another planet 1 was bom and raised in Louisville said hikes a Small wiry Man with a face like a worn Saddle. For 61 Trie f 13th Kentucky Derby will be telecast live on an to Germany beginning at 10 30p.m. Saturday. Years i be Ridden trained rubbed and owned horses Al Churchill Downs. One Al hikes horses a 5-year-old gelding named matto it Ford finished sixth wednesday Al Churchill Downs in a 110,500 claiming race. Sandy Hawley who will ride Candi s Gold in the Derby de mattock s Ford. Name jockeys such As Hawley Are the Only lie to racing s big time for trainers such 93 hikes. The Best horse hikes has had was or. Champ. He ran in handicaps 20 years ago and earned $150.000." hikes said. Horses from the High powered stable of d. Wayne  Loutfi Llla f Churchill Downs we its Ftp we in i met to xae Lor he Kentucky ditty saturday. File Thorn Lukas who will Start the entry of capote War and on the line in the Derby won a Tola of 134 stakes and earned $23.4 million in 1985-86. Lukas an Lead in Louisville with Carole from new York on wednesday As the Pace of Derby weak quickened. The Dotty to is Buat mss and the people who run it Are very aware that they Are dealing with a slice of americana. This is a   said Trainer Lefroy Jolley who won the Derby in 1975 with foolish pleasure and in 1980wilh the filly genuine risk. On saturday a wiil Start the entry of Gulch and Leo Castelli. They have raised purses on a lot of races and there Are a lot of major even is around the country now Jollay said bul to the Man in ills Street the Derby is is of racing sixteen or 17 3-year-Olds Are expected to be entered and assigned Post positions at Churchill Downs where a crowd of 125,000 is expected on saturday. The 1 /4-Rnile race is Worth �350,000 in added Money. Ii the Derby Winner goes on to win the other two legs of the triple Crown the Preakness on May 16 and the Belmont stakes on june g he would earn $5 million under a new Bonus arrangement. Hikes for one thinks the Derby in t what it used to be. They have messed up the  he said. They Don t Wen people Selling to shirts. They Don t want people to bring in Beer and whiskey. They want to Rob them. They should set them into the infield for  in the past Churchill Downs was surrounded by people hustling souvenirs and to shirts. Now you have to have a License to peddle. Beer and whiskey Are plentiful Al he track but if you want to bring your own you have to sneak it in and people do just that in All kinds of Clever and crazy ways. It costs $20 to get into the infield and Between 60,000 and 60,000 people will be there saturday. They will hear Tia Derby on the Public address system. They will got Only a fleeting glimpse of horses going past. John hikes will have a much better View in his living room. Then on sunday morning he will go Back to work Al barn 9,50 Yards from the track whore some 3 your old ran to glory in a race beyond the reach of trainers like hikes who ate the Hearl and soul of racing. Forget the favorite by Bruce Gardner associated press etting the Kentucky Derby could be America s most difficult Wager. The Derby has retired More handicapping systems than Nolan Ryan has baseball batters. Veteran track goers who pore Over past performances in the daily racing form searching for a moneymaker can Tell you pick by the horse s color its name or the design of the jockey Silks. Your Chance is about As Good As those who use science bul history does provide some clues Aslo which bets to avoid. The favorite hand your Money to the Guy standing behind you in Tine and walk away. You May have a better Chance of his seeking you oui to return it than the favorite has of coming Home first. The last favorite to win this race was spectacular bid in 1979 and in the last 50 years Only 18 favourites have won. At id Odds returned by favourites that s nol a Good bet. The Odds on favorite the Success rate of those horses whose Odds drop below even Money goes Way up. In 28 runnings of the Derby a horse has gone to the Post the Odds on Avorio and 17 of Hose have won making an Odds on favorite a decent bet for making a Tew pennies on your bet. Longest Longshot ignore the Guy behind you. Toss the Money into the wind. The last longest Odds horse to win the Derby was exlerminatorin19ia. The Field lots of people like betting the Field with the idea that getting Mote than one horse for your Money is a Good bet. It in t the last Winner from this group of perennial also rans was canonero ii in 1971. Color of the horse most horses Aie Bay or Chestnut so Are most Derby winners. But horses of a different color have won the race. Grays and Blacks have won four times each Browns 16, compared to 52 Bays 2 id 36chestnuts to Black has won in 62 years no Gray in Ive. State in which bred like colors this has mile bearing. Since most horses Are iwed in Kentucky most Derby winners were. For the record however 85 winners were foaled in Kentucky tour in Florida three in California Tennessee and Virginia two in Canada England Texas and new Jersey and one in Montana Missouri Kansas Illinois and Maryland. The last non Kentucky bred to win  sunny s Halo from Canada in 1982. Juvenile Champion scratch capote As a Good Bol for this year s Field the last 2-year-old titlist to win the Derby was Friday May 1, 1987 spectacular bid in 1979. Prep races Over the last 10 years the Florida Derby and the Wood memorial have been the most successful in producing horses which finished in the top three in lha Derby. The san la Anita Derby and the Fountain of youth Are not far behind. Dosage this complicated mathematical formula Borders on the mystical in its ability to predict the Winner. A numerical system of rating horses based on Breeding dosage has been used for 57 years. In that time none of the Derby winners has fallen outside the requirements of the system and some heavy favourites last year s Snow chief among them were ruled out Early. Among this year s nominees he Best rated horse is bet twice. Conquist Aioso is not far behind and Neil he Are capote. Temperate Sil demons begone and Aly Stwrba. No other horse is close. The pub system when Al else fails one local handicapper advises this approach take a race program to a neighbourhood pub. Tack it to the Dartboard and ask the most inebriated customer in the place to toss a Dart. Where in hits bet. If the Dart misses the Board pass you la save s2 More stories about the Kentucky Derby appear in today s sports Section. The stars and stripes Page 13