1973: Two-Year-Old Season
Trained by Lou Rondinello and ridden by Angel Cordero, Jr., Little Current made four starts at age two but despite his breeding, showed little promise. Wintered in Florida, at age three his handlers set their sights on the 1974 Kentucky Derby. The colt won two of his first five races that spring, including the 1⅛ miles Everglades Stakes at Hialeah Park. Entered in the Blue Grass Stakes, under new rider Miguel Rivera he finished a disappointing fourth to Claiborne Farm's winning colt, Judger. Trained by Woody Stephens, Judger would go to the gate in the Kentucky Derby as the betting favorite.
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