Horse trainer lives out KY Derby dream while battling cancer [Video]

The Kentucky Derby is the pinnacle of horse racing, and Larry Demeritte has been trying to get to Churchill Downs for as long as he can remember.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — While West Saratoga is a longshot for this year’s Kentucky Derby with 50 to 1 odds, his trainer, Larry Demeritte, beat even greater odds just to get to the track.

The Kentucky Derby is the pinnacle of horse racing, and the 74 year old trainer has been trying to get to Churchill Downs for as long as he can remember.

“It’s a dream come true,” Demeritte said.

He started dreaming about it as a young man growing up in the Bahamas.

“My grandmother raised 19, 13, grandchildren, and my grandmother is the most positive woman I’ve ever known in my life,” Demeritte said.

That positivity shines through in her grandson.

Demeritte moved to the United States in 1976 to chase his Derby dream. The career road hasn’t been the smoothest, but he’s at the …