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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Mitchell Armentrout

Two Phil’s, out to ‘prove himself to everybody,’ gives Illinois its first Kentucky Derby contender since 2007

Gonzalo Gonzalez rides Two Phil’s — the first Illinois-based horse to qualify for the Kentucky Derby since 2007 — during a training run at Hawthorne Race Course on April 21. (Victor Hilitski/For the Sun-Times)

Larry Rivelli is a body in constant motion on the backstretch at Hawthorne Race Course. 

When Rivelli’s not doting on one of the 70-plus thoroughbreds in his stable, he’s talking to one of his 30-plus workers for the latest intel on his horses.

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