Byline: MATT GRAVES
It worked for Neil Drysdale and Fusaichi Pegasus last year, and now trainer Nick Zito is hoping his revised game plan will spell D-E-R-B-Y for A P Valentine.
Zito said this week that he will abandon his Florida campaign, including the Florida Derby a week from Saturday, and try to get to the Kentucky Derby via the Long Island Expressway.
``It would be suicide putting him in (the Florida Derby),'' Zito said. ``We're behind with him right now. You've just got to put the egos on ice.''
Owned by Rick Pitino's Celtic Pride Stable, A P Valentine made his 3-year-old debut in an allowance race Feb. 17 and finished third in the …
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