All of which adds up to a growing suspicion in some quarters that Mr Preval may be seeking ways to keep postponing polling day, little by little, just long enough to ensure that the polls coincide with the presidential one due in December 2000.
"Coach has been on a tremendous run, and we justkeep thinking that it's going to continue, " said Goldencents trainer Doug O'Neill, seeking his second consecutive Derby win following I'll Have Another's last May.