no longer has Kentucky Derby in his sights

Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson no longer wants to go to Louisville to watch the Kentucky Derby.

There are 17 remaining points opportunities for horses to qualify for the Kentucky Derby. There are no more than one or two races in the next two months. The winner of the Lexington at Keeneland on April 16 will be chosen on the Road to the Derby, which includes the races already run and those coming up. Johnson has owned horses named Landeskog and Rantanen. He was raised in Minnesota and followed horse racing as a fan. In the last year and a half, he got into it on an ownership side. He and former NHL player Ed Olczyk were partners in ownership of a gelding named Bourque.

Johnson bought the son of a Triple Crown winner at an auction. Terry Frei is a Denver-based author and journalist. He has been named a state’s sportswriter of the year seven times in peer voting. His seven books include the novels “Olympic Affair” and ‘The Witch‘s Season“ and the non-fiction works ”Horns, Hogs, and Nixon Coming  and ’77: Denver, the Broncos and a Coming of Age.

no longer has Kentucky Derby in his sights.