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Louisville, Ky. • Creative Cause quieted the Kentucky Derby rumor mill with a routine gallop Thursday.

Something must be wrong, the backstretch buzz suggested, when the Santa Anita Derby runner-up did not leave the barn for two days following his Monday workout.

Turns out trainer Mike Harrington, a former veterinarian, was simply following the same pattern he has employed since opening his stable in 1993. Harrington's horses walk for two days following a workout.

No cause for concern, the California-based trainer said.

"I guess everyone will be satisfied now that the colt has gone to the track," he said. "I've always done this. Trainers handle post-workout time differently."

Creative Cause jogged about a mile before breaking into gallop of 13⁄8 miles.

Set free

Daddy Long Legs is scheduled for release from mandatory quarantine on Friday morning. He has been segregated from the rest of the Churchill Downs horse population since his arrival from Ireland on Wednesday.

Daddy Long Legs will be making his second U.S. start. He was 12th in last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

In his lone race this season, Daddy Long Legs captured the $2 million UAE Derby in Dubai.

Backup plan

My Adonis will be quickly out the door, on his way to Maryland, if he can't find an opening in the Derby field.

The colt is an also eligible, meaning he runs only if one of the 20 entrants scratches by the 9 a.m. Friday deadline time.

"I would really like the opportunity to run him," said trainer Kelly Breen.

But Breen is not sitting by idly awaiting a defection. He entered My Adonis in Saturday's Tesio Stakes at Pimlico and booked a van for the Friday morning journey if the Derby door remains closed. —

Kentucky Derby odds

Field for Saturday's 138th Kentucky Derby

Horse Jockey Odds

1. Daddy Long Legs C.O'Donahue 30-1

2. Optimizer J.Court 50-1

3. Take Charge Indy C.Borel 15-1

4. Union Rags J.Leparoux 9-2

5. Dullahan J.Desormeaux 8-1

6. Bodemeister M.Smith 4-1

7. Rousing Sermon J.Lezcano 50-1

8. Creative Cause J.Rosario 12-1

9. Trinniberg W.Martinez 50-1

10. Daddy Nose Best G.Gomez 15-1

11. Alpha R.Maragh 15-1

12. Prospective L.Conteras 30-1

13. Went the Day Well J.Velazquez 20-1

14. Hansen R.Dominguez 10-1

15. Gemologist K.Castellano 6-1

16. El Padrino R.Bejarano 20-1

17. Done Talking S.Russell 50-1

18. Sabercat C.Nakatani 30-1

19. I'll Have Another M.Gutierrez 12-1

20. Liaison M.Garcia 50-1

Weights • 126 pounds.

Distance • 1¼ miles.

Purse • $2,219,600 if 20 start. First place: $1,459,600. Second place: $400,000. Third place: $200,000. Fourth place: $100,000. Fifth place: $60,000.