Endlessly’s trainer wants to skip the Kentucky Derby

ARCADIA – Almost all of America’s top thoroughbred trainers spend the winter and spring trying to get their best 3-year-olds into the Kentucky Derby, planning the way in like cat burglars casing the Louvre.

Michael McCarthy, this year, is different. He’s trying to keep his best young horse out of the Kentucky Derby.

The horse is Endlessly, one of two California colts who have qualified for the May 4 race, the other western hope being Santa Anita Derby winner Stronghold.

Endlessly’s breeders and owners...