Post Position: 1
Trainer: Nick Zito
Jockey: Julien Leparoux
Zito named him in honor of his sire, the accomplished Mineshaft. After winning the Fountain of Youth in late February (a race where the respected Court Vision was third), he crashed like so many others in the Blue Grass, finishing 9th in his only race on a synthetic surface. At this point, even Zito calls him a ''longshot,'' and invokes the name of 2005 winner Giacomo, the patron saint of nearly hopeless Derby causes.