Kentucky Derby ‘Cinderella story’ – bought for just $30k and trainers’ horses died in horrific barn fire before winning

TRAINER Eric Reed had one of the greatest comeback stories in horse racing history.

The trainer nearly lost his entire livelihood in a fire before coming back to win the Kentucky Derby.

Years ago, a fire ripped through one of Reed’s barns in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 23 thoroughbred horses.

It left him with hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and was nearly enough to end his training career…

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