It will be remembered as the Topsy-Turvy Derby, the one in which the last finished first. By the end of the mile-and-a-quarter race today at Churchill Downs, Gato del Sol had come from last place in a field of 19 to win the 108th Kentucky Derby. So it was only fitting with the tone of surprising reversals that Eddie Gregson, the winner's trainer, said that Gato del Sol would probably not run in the Preakness Stakes May 15. Gato del Sol, a son of Cougar whose name translates from Spanish as Cat of the Sun, finished 2 1/2 lengths ahead of Laser Light, who nipped Reinvested by a neck for second.

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