"We're certainly not afraid of those good horses," said Pletcher, who made his Kentucky Derby debut last year by entering no less than four horses.

The California trainer expects to enter eight horses in six of the eight races, and he turned seven of them loose by the dawn's early light.

Neither McGaughey nor anybody else can win six races tomorrow because no trainer has entered six horses.

We entered 13 horses in the sale.

When they ran it again last Saturday, Lukas entered 11 horses in the Kentucky Cup races.

But in the Juvenile Fillies, we entered five horses and ran 1-2-3.

In 1996, he entered five horses in the Run for the Roses, and won it with Grindstone.

D. Wayne Lukas, the trainer who has won a record four cup races from a record 22 starters, entered 15 horses this year.

Walden entered two horses in two stakes and won $780,000 for his owners and $78,000 for himself.

But the trainer, who entered five horses in the Kentucky Derby, said he felt no pressure.