DERBY TIE STIRS OWNER'S DESIRE.(Sports) From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: May 1, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Daily News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: KEVIN MODESTI

We begin Kentucky Derby week with affirmation that the United States' oldest sports classic is still big enough to reach from one side of the country to the other and grab a man by the heart.

The 131st Derby has stretched a foreleg all the way from Louisville to Lancaster.

It has pulled in Gregg Anderson.

``Gosh, the Kentucky Derby,'' Anderson said a couple of days ago. ``I've watched the Kentucky Derby, or listened...

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