The crowd packed into a hotel lounge off State Road 40 on the outskirts of Ocala, Fla., the afternoon of May 5, 1990, buzzed about Florida’s horse in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I). No mint juleps here. And...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Question: What do Commanding Curve, Golden Soul, Went the Day Well, Make Music for Me, Mine That Bird, Denis of Cork, Imawildandcrazyguy, Jazil, Giacomo, and Don’t Get...
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Peter Beagle wrote in The Last Unicorn, “Great heroes need great sorrow and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.” Kiaran McLaughlin has always been a hero...
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California trainer Bob Baffert appears to have the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) favorite in his barn for the third time since 2000. The remarkably easy eight-length win April 11 by American...
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Mubtaahij , runaway winner of the UAE Derby, was scheduled to fly to the United States tonight, April 15 (early Thursday morning Dubai time), with a stopover in Amsterdam, and will spend two days in quarantine...
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1 American Pharoah Bob Baffert Pioneerof the Nile —Littleprincessemma, by Yankee Gentleman He had to win the Arkansas Derby and win impressively to keep that superstar aura that has surrounded him since...
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International Star winning the Louisiana Derby. - Order This Photo Photo by Hodges Photography/Lou Hodges When 2-to-1 favorite International Star edged Stanford by a neck in the Louisiana Derby (gr. II...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") @J_Keelerman Let the waiting begin! With the last of the Kentucky Derby prep races having been run, and with nearly three weeks remaining until the first Saturday in...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") @J_Keelerman We have waited months for this day—the day when the last of the Kentucky Derby prep races will be run, the last Derby qualification points will be distributed...
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1 American Pharoah Bob Baffert Pioneerof the Nile —Littleprincessemma, by Yankee Gentleman With all the huge performances this week, does his body of work, running style, and pedigree combined warrant...
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