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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. is back at the 150th Kentucky Derby nearly a year after Churchill Downs suspended him following the deaths of two of his horses during a tragic spate of equine fatalities. An investigation cleared him of any wrongdoing but the episode still stings, although the Barbados native has bounced back with 30-1 long shot Catalytic in the field. The horse finished 13 1/2 lengths behind in second to Kentucky Derby favorite Fierceness in the Florida Derby in March, but that was good enough to earn entry into the 20-horse field.
