Articles filed under Horse Racing
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Big Brown generating Triple Crown buzzMay 04, 2008 11:00 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Big Brown gobbled up a few peppermints and did some leisurely laps around his barn Sunday while camera-snapping admirers gawked at the dominant winner...
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Desormeaux in elite class: 8th jockey to win 3 DerbysMay 03, 2008 11:00 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kent Desormeaux was in such a slump that he had to do something, even if it meant moving his family from California to New York. On Saturday, Desormea...
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Valiant run ends in sadness for fillyMay 03, 2008 11:00 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Boy, did Eight Belles hang with the boys. All that heart and her gallant fight, however, ended in the worst of all possible ways: a breakdown, an ambu...
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Big Brown wins Derby; filly Eight Belles euthanizedMay 03, 2008 11:00 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Big Brown was pulling away from the field, accelerating with every powerful stride toward the finish line in the Kentucky Derby. The crowd of 157,770 ...
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What's in a name? Lots for Derby horsesMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- When it comes to picking a Kentucky Derby favorite, a lot of people simply play the name game. Be it cute, curious or catchy, that can be the deciding...
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Some good, some bad at Arlington's openerMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - The good and the bad from Opening Day at Arlington Park: Bad: The dire weather forecast for Friday afternoon no doubt kept many fans away. So much so that early on it se...
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Proud Spell pulls away late in Kentucky OaksMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Larry Jones' fillies are making the self-proclaimed "dumb cowboy" look like a genius. Proud Spell drew away in the stretch to win the $500,000 Kentuck...
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Kristufek: This Derby is a three-horse raceMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Five weeks ago, following Big Brown's monstrous win in the Florida Derby, I stated in my Horseplayer PRO blog that he would not hit the board in the Kentucky Derby. The ...
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Will Derby end happily for Tale of Ekati?May 02, 2008 11:00 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. - They told Charles Fipke he was on a fool's errand, combing through Canada's barren Northwest Territory with microscope in hand, digging for buried trea...
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Big Brown gets chance to prove he's big-time coltMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- All week, the chatter along the Churchill Downs backstretch has been about Big Brown running away with the Kentucky Derby. The talk ends today and the...