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Kling: Take the Holy Bull route
As a three-year-old facing older horses, Holy Bull carried ten pounds less than the top-weighted Devil His Due and Colonial Affair. Bettors hammered Croll's colt down to even money and…
May 8 2012, 5:13am | Visit source ›
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BBC News - Is the Kentucky Derby still decadent and depraved?
The sun is barely over the yardarm at Louisville's race course, but the notorious infield is already looking not dissimilar to the "sea of drunken horrors" and "huge outdoor loony…
May 7 2012, 5:31pm | Visit source ›
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Bleacher Report: Horse Racing, American Sports and This Generation's Sport of Kings
Horse racing has become a three-event season, maybe four if you are particularly into the Breeders' Cup. What was once widely called the "Sport of Kings" has fallen out of…
May 7 2012, 7:01am | Visit source ›
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Banning Lasix is wrong for the horses
I respectfully submit that those pursuing the elimination of race day Lasix® (Salix®; furosemide) present fallacious arguments that not only cause diversion from vital issues, but also promote a position…
May 7 2012, 6:44am | Visit source ›
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Squires: Long History of Drug Use in the Derby
By all accounts, the 90th Kentucky Derby in 1964 was the first to include a competitor running on the drug furosemide, then known as Lasix. The initial dose was given…
May 6 2012, 12:09pm | Visit source ›
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Kentucky Confidential - Thanks for Another Derby
Has it been a week already? When John Scheinman and I launched Kentucky Confidential for its sophomore season last Sunday, we didn’t know what lay ahead in the next seven…
May 6 2012, 9:48am | Visit source ›
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Attenberg via Twitter: Thank Goodness Bodemeister Lost
The game, at its best, rewards both horses and those who train and ride them when they learn to leverage their brilliance--to parse it out through the course of a…
May 6 2012, 9:13am | Visit source ›
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Novak: The Morning After: Plans for Derby Starters
“He looks pretty good, but he’s not going anywhere right now,” Baffert said. “He’ll stay here and I’ll come back in a week and see how he looks. I’m just…
May 6 2012, 9:01am | Visit source ›
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Mike Smith: A bright future for Bodemeister
Before today's Kentucky Derby, I thought Bodemeister was a very good horse. Now? I think he's brilliant. Sure, we lost. And I'm obviously very disappointed to come so close to…
May 6 2012, 8:20am | Visit source ›
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Bobina's short life ends tragically
t was not an outcome that anyone could have foreseen. Bobina, a three-year-old Malibu Moon filly, won the Grade III grassy Senorita at Betfair Hollywood Park today, narrowly prevailing after…
May 6 2012, 7:49am | Visit source ›
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Novak: Bodemeister ran huge in defeat
The Twin Spires, and anyone who knew anything about horse racing, knew they were witnessing something special. But the quick early fractions were suicidal in a race so long; the…
May 6 2012, 7:47am | Visit source ›
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Kentucky Confidential - Kentucky Derby 138: The Day in Pictures
Eclipse Sportswire captured Kentucky Derby day from start to finish.
May 6 2012, 7:43am | Visit source ›
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Cronley: Recapping the Kentucky Derby
Union Rags should get a job at the airport baggage claim area where he could get paid for sniffing around trouble. The break was a joke. That he finished where…
May 6 2012, 7:42am | Visit source ›
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Lane One: Notable Stats from the 138th Kentucky Derby
'll Have Another; The first winner from Post Position 19 Sixth straight year a horse has won the Derby after running just twice as a 3-year-old (before 2007, only six…
May 5 2012, 6:07pm | Visit source ›
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Lava Man, the winner of over 5 million dollars, tied with the great Hall of Famer and fellow Cal bred Native Diver with three straight Hollywood Gold Cups. The richest…
May 5 2012, 5:37pm | Visit source ›
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DeRosa: Good opinions should make good money
I feel I had too many right ideas this week to come up with nothing in this year's Kentucky Derby (not counting future wagers). The good: -I thought the West…
May 5 2012, 5:02pm | Visit source ›
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Finley: Now or never for Union Rags
I am giving Union Rags one more chance. But just one more chance. AP Photo Union Rags stretches his legs in a work on the main track at Churchill. I…
May 5 2012, 6:39am | Visit source ›
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They've run the Kentucky Oaks for 138 years. It only took Rosie Napravnik two to get it won. Last year, Napravnik became the third woman to ride in the Oaks…
May 4 2012, 8:27pm | Visit source ›
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Kentucky Derby Picks and Ponderings
The Kentucky Derby. The Run for the Roses. Handicapping it though, is a mess. You are presented with a field of twenty horses (which is rarely seen other times than…
May 4 2012, 7:22pm | Visit source ›
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A Saturday Afternoon Horse: Derby Day
I love the Kentucky Derby for all of its elegant traditions, historic importance, and unbridled excitement. I also love it for the wagering opportunities. The best horse does not always…
May 4 2012, 6:52pm | Visit source ›
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Kentucky Confidential - The Back of the Book
For a long time, I used to make a habit out of hanging on to every racing paper I ever bought, as well as the corresponding track program, and keeping…
May 4 2012, 6:01pm | Visit source ›
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Kentucky Confidential - Oaks Day Comes Up Rosie
A sudden late afternoon storm drove Kentucky Oaks revelers from the infield and delayed the start of the day’s feature, but couldn’t keep Believe You Can, trained by Larry Jones,…
May 4 2012, 5:59pm | Visit source ›
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Kentucky Confidential - Who Do You Like?
Standing outside Barn 33 on the backside of Churchill Downs, Mayor Greg Fischer confidently rattled off his selections for the big weekend. “Union Rags,” he said, “and On Fire Baby…
May 4 2012, 11:07am | Visit source ›
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Injured racehorse is her dream come true
Susie Harris grasped tightly to the lead rope connecting her to the injured racehorse, a gentle animal who was the physical embodiment of what she had always wanted. Hardly daring…
May 4 2012, 8:41am | Visit source ›
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Courthouse News Service: Quarrel Over Income From a Classy Horse
A Saratoga Springs company with a stake in the thoroughbred "Inherit the Gold" asked a court for its share of the gelding's 2012 winnings and an accounting to see if…
May 4 2012, 8:36am | Visit source ›
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Kentucky Confidential - Ready to Run: The Healing Hands of an Equine Surgeon
He is the last person anyone wants to see on TV in the moments after the Kentucky Derby, but any other time the presence Dr. Larry Bramlage is a welcome…
May 4 2012, 8:34am | Visit source ›
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Kentucky Confidential - No Races, No Problem
Kathy Neuner paused briefly from setting up her tent to gaze out onto the Churchill Downs track, where a handful of favorites for this year’s Kentucky Derby were galloping down…
May 4 2012, 6:17am | Visit source ›
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Kentucky Confidential - Don’t Listen to Wise Guys (Unless They’re Right)
So how smart are they, these wise-guy improvers of the breed, these worshippers at the Shrine of the Bleeding Fetlock, who would rather drink muddy water and sleep in a…
May 4 2012, 6:14am | Visit source ›
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A Saturday Afternoon Horse: Fillies First
Oaks Day is here, and it’s lilies for the fillies. Here’s my quick look at the $1,000,000 Kentucky Oaks. It’s a full field and wide open. On Fire Baby –…
May 3 2012, 7:28pm | Visit source ›
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Genaro: Who Do You Like? Betting the Kentucky Derby
People look forward to the Kentucky Derby for a lot of reasons: they get to drink mint juleps, they get to wear big hats, they hope they’ll see a Triple…
May 3 2012, 1:28pm | Visit source ›
