Whicker: Baffert, Authentic handle the ups and downs, win the Kentucky Derby

Churchill Downs nearly turned into Planet Of The Horses on Saturday.
Thousand Words reared up in the paddock and fell on his side, sending Jimmy Barnes, Bob Baffert’s faithful assistant, into an ambulance with a broken arm.
His stablemate Authentic then held off Tiz The Law, the 4-to-5 favorite, to win, thereby sending the betting public into a ticket-tearing funk. Of the 14 horses on the card at the time, only one favorite had won.
Then they placed the garland of roses on Authentic in the