PLAY BALL!
By: by John Piesen
There have been years in which I stepped up to the Derby plate, the ball came in belt-high, and I drilled it up the alley.
In fact, there have been many such years and many such Derbys.
There was the crazy '80s at the New York Post when I nailed Pleasant Colony (and the cold $500
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Double Action Angle
By: Ray Taulbot
This angle was originally devised for the purpose of getting a price on a fit, well-meant horse.
Its one weakness, however, is that horses frequently are dropped in class or claiming price
for reasons other than
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American Turf Club Lead
This week’s lead is a system concerning two-year-olds. With the new two-year-olds upon us, especially in
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Uncle Mo scratched from the Kentucky Derby
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Uncle Mo has been scratched from Saturday's running of the Kentucky Derby.
An intestinal problem was discovered after last year's Breeder
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Velazquez gains Derby mount on Animal Kingdom
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Despite the scratch of Uncle Mo from Saturday's Kentucky Derby, jockey John Velazquez will be aboard one of the starters in the race.
The award-winning rider has picked up the mount of Spiral Stakes winner Animal Kingdom.
Team Valor, owner of Animal Kin
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Pat Day, now promoting the sport, won't get dirty on Derby day
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - When Pat Day wanders onto the grounds at Churchill Downs Saturday morning, three things are certain. His media interviews will come before the Kentucky Derby; he won't get dirty and his post-race smiles will come not in the winner's circle, but on Millionaire's R
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Expect surprises in Kentucky Derby
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The field is set and the horses are stabled in their barns at historic Churchill Downs for Saturday's 137th running of the Kentucky Derby. Robert LaPenta's Dialed In is the 4-1 morning- line favorite with Uncle Mo second at 9-2 and Arkansas Derby runner-up Nehr
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Favorite draws rail for Kentucky Oaks
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Morning-line favorite Joyful Victory has drawn the inside post for Friday's $1 million Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. The 1 1/8-mile companion race to the Kentucky Derby has attracted 13 three-year-old fillies.
Missing from the Oaks is pre-race favorite R
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Weekly Television schedule
May 6
- 1986 Kentucky Derby, 7:00-7:30AM, ESPN Classic
- SportsCentury: Seabiscuit, 7:30-8:00AM, ESPN Classic
- SportsCentury: Secretariat, 8:00-9:00AM, ESPN Classic
- SportsCentury: Secretariat, 12:00-1:00PM, ESPN Classic
- 1977 Kentucky Derby, 1:00-1:30PM, ESPN Classi
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Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
- May 6
- Churchill Downs: Kentucky Oaks (G1), $1,000,000, 3yo f, 9f
- Churchill Downs: Alysheba Presented by Besilu Stables (G3), $300,000, 3&up, 8.5f
- Churchill Downs: La Troienne S. (G2), $300,000, 3&up f&m, 8.5f
- Churchill Downs: American Turf S
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