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Forecast Cloudy Weather With Threat of Showers ShowersCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 2 Weather for the seventy eighth running of the Kentucky Derby here tomorrow afternoon remained an enigma with the last available fore ¬ cast being cloudy with a threat of showers There is a mild strom front reported moving from western to cen ¬ tral Kentucky at a leisurely pace and it was in the lap of fortune so to speak as to whether the showers would arrive by Derby afternoon It was con ¬ ceded by the weatherman however that showers would be pretty positive by Saturday night and in any event before Sunday SundayThis This if coming forecast had Derby owners and trainers on pins and need ¬ les for some horses like Arroz step way up in the slop while others like Cold Command want no part of it Churchill Downs officials were hoping for the best and thought that maybe the most excellent weather which has prevailed all week to date would con ¬ tinue through tomorrow
