41.   They will not have any prep races here.

42.   This is a prep race.

43.   Two prep races over the weekend did little to create a hype horse.

44.   We could have Kentucky Derby contenders going into the Churchill Downs starting gate off only two prep races.

45.   When the Horse of the Year struggled to finish third in his last prep race before the Kentucky Derby, his doubters grew in number and volume.

46.   Would a prep race have helped?

47.   And they want to win it their way, by privately training horses at their track in the desert and keeping them out of traditional Derby prep races.

48.   And they want to win it their way, by privately training horses at their track in the desert and keeping them out of traditional Kentucky Derby prep races.

49.   Ebersol said NBC also was committed to coverage of the prep races that lead up to the Derby, either on its cable channels or other cable systems.

50.   Ebersol said NBC also will cover the prep races leading to the Kentucky Derby, either on its cable channels or other cable systems.