This year's Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks have come and gone, but the memories will always remain. Following is a pictorial essay of some of my favorite scenes throughout the week leading up to both...
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There are heavy rains, torrential rains, and the rain that all but drowned Churchill Downs Monday morning. The lightning came fast and furious; one bolt knocked out light, and the flooding came just as...
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God love the seasoned warriors; the ones who rise up and reclaim glory in stunning fashion when everyone else has begun writing them off. During the Sochi Winter Olympics, Austrian skier Mario Matt, two...
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We’ve already seen some stress and low tolerance building in the camp of one of the leading Kentucky Derby hopefuls. Following the Seahawks – Forty Niners game, we saw what can happen when the media probes...
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 11, 2013) -- Twenty-five races remain on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), with the Jan. 4 Jerome Stakes (gr. II) at Aqueduct and the Jan. 11 Sham (gr...
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Saturday Delta Downs, Race 7, Local Post Time 4:15 pm CST The G3 Delta Downs Jackpot , 1 and 1/16 Miles, 2YO, Dirt By Douglas Salvatore After many years of disappointing editions, everything finally clicked...
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Photo by Anne M. Eberhardt ARCADIA, Calif. -- (Nov. 1, 2013) Photographers are setting their remotes. Reporters are filing into the press box. Sun up over the San Gabriel mountain range. The buzz is rising...
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Bob Baffert, Todd Pletcher, Aidan O’Brien and Kathy Ritvo are on a mission: get rid of that agonizing, heartbreaking second-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Classic that is hanging over their heads and...
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This is an unconventional way to demonstrate how special a horse Unbridled’s Song was, but it still is my main remembrance of the colt, and how brilliantly fast and courageous he was. Because of soundness...
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Bob Baffert has taken numerous paths to the Kentucky Derby, but perhaps the one he’ll remember most fondly is the one taken by his first Derby winner, Silver Charm. Looking back, the path Silver Charm...
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