Post position: 2
Odds: 15-1
Jockey: Eibar Coa, 37, will ride in 2nd Derby. Was 5th on Eye of the Tiger in ’03. Native of Venezuela.
Owner: Charles Fipke, a Canadian, is a noted geologist who helped discover a diamond mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories that became the Ekati Mine in 1998.
Trainer: Barclay Tagg, 70, won the Derby on his first try in 2003 with Funny Cide. Was 10th with Nobiz Like Shobiz last year. Penn State graduate (’61).
Breeder(s): Charles Fipke
Bloodline: By Tale of the Cat-Silence Beauty, by Sunday Silence
Color and gender: Bay colt
Career record: 6 starts, 3-1-0 $769,200
Road to the Derby: Sixth in Grade 2 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds on March 8, Won Grade 1 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on April 5.
Potential trouble: Final time of 1:52 1/5 marked the slowest running of the Wood since 1952.
Meaning of name: Named for owner Charles E. Fipke’s Canadian diamond mine. The mine is located in a remote Arctic tundra region near Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories, in an area of continuous permafrost.
More: Tale of Ekati is one of two entries for trainer Barclay Tagg.
Credits: Button - Camille Weber, Herald-Leader; profile - Alicia Wincze, Rob Kandt, Erik Miller, Herald-Leader; name - Linda Niemi, Herald-Leader; photo - Tale of Ekati, right, with Edgar Prado up, led War Pass with Cornelio Velasquez to win the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct Race on April 5, 2008. | AP/New York Racing Association.
