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Saturday’s Kentucky Derby (gr. I, video below) was, we suspect, a history-making one on more than one count. We have a strong suspicion that the winner, Animal Kingdom, is the first horse to capture the Run for the Roses on his dirt debut, and we’d also nominate him as candidate for the title of “Derby Winner With the Most International ...

By Jennifer Wirth, of The Saturday Post When I was a twenty-year-old college student, I paid a visit home to my mother one weekend.  It wasn’t your typical visit home from college.The reason I had come home that weekend was because my mother had just undergone one of her many chemotherapy treatments in her fight to survive breast ...

Do you remember the episode of “Seinfeld” where George Costanza decided to do everything the opposite of what he normally would do even if it defied all logic, etiquette, and political correctness? Well, it worked for him, so we felt, with the utterly confusing state of this year’s Kentucky Derby, this was the perfect time to test that approach. ...

People have been asking me for days who my picks are for the Kentucky Oaks. It’s hard this year, because there are so many great stories behind these fillies and their connections, and for sentimental reasons alone, I would be happy if almost any of them won. That’s definitely not always the case with a race like this. Aside from the sentimental ...

Let me start out by saying that I have no idea what to do with this Kentucky Derby. I have thought that Uncle Mo was a standout for months now and had he not gotten sick would have been all in on him. Now that he is not running, nothing in this hodgepodge collection of 3-year-olds stands out to me. I will gladly offer my thoughts on this blog, ...

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  I do not like Archarcharch's  Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands (gr. I) post down on the rail, but I'm still going to pick him as the Run for the Roses winner. Here's why: 1. I saw him Monday waiting to go on the track after the renovation break and was impressed with his poise with all the people gawking and the cameras ...

Her Smile is a filly that came into the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) game a little late and lacks the buzz factor that has surrounded some of the other contenders in the Run for the Lilies. But after talking with her owner, celebrity chef Bobby Flay, on Churchill's busy backstretch May 5, it appears she has just as good of a shot as any of the 12 other ...

With the all mysteries and unknown factors surrounding the 137th Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), there is no greater mystery than Master of Hounds, who was out on the racetrack for the first time Thursday.Most feel the Ballydoyle boys are looking through rose-colored glasses running this colt in the Derby, but whether you do or ...