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Last Seen Profiles
Thousand Words just reared badly in the paddock, late in this video.
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Kentucky Derby winner Mage out for a jog this morning on a muddy Churchill Downs track.
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“Champagne tastes with a beer budget.” Want a real Kentucky Derby underdog story? Meet Larry Demeritte, the 70-something-year-old trainer from the Bahamas who’s battling cancer. He has an $11,000 horse in West Saratoga and seeks “The Impossible Dream.”
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Human version of blinkers off from Duramente before the Dubai Sheema Classic.
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BREAKING Churchill Downs will allow 23,000 fans at Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby; infield shut down
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Gallery | Vogue magazine photographs American Pharoah at Churchill Downs
http://t.co/OfRBBKGZc9
http://t.co/qD8V4OxVJs
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Kentucky Derby winner Mage a bit amped up as he heads from the barn to the track before the Preakness.
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Rombauer co-owner Diane Fradkin on the decision to skip the Kentucky Derby: "We won the El Camino Real Derby. That was our Derby.”
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Kentucky Derby winner Mage about to head to the track at Churchill Downs on Friday morning.
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Attendance today in Kentucky...
UofL spring game: 16,221
UK spring game: 28,441
Keeneland: 38,863
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UPDATED Kentucky Derby prep/TC schedule:
June 6: Santa Anita Derby
June 20: BELMONT
July 4: Los Alamitos Derby
July 8: Indiana Derby
July 11: Blue Grass
July 18: Haskell
Aug. 1: Shared Belief
Aug. 8/9: Ellis Park Derby
Aug. 15: Pegasus
Sept. 5: KY DERBY
Oct. 3: PREAKNESS
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American Pharoah's Triple Crown made the front page of a newspaper in all 50 states. A slideshow of those covers:
http://t.co/W0eSCs62ao
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My Boy Jack going from 30-1 in the morning line to the 5-1 second choice for the Kentucky Derby is one of the craziest betting phonemena I've ever seen.
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From the AP, American Pharoah winning the Belmont on the
#Yankees
' big screen before tonight's game vs. the
#Angels
.
http://t.co/jOfSOAFObf
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Trainer Tim Yakteen says Santa Anita Derby winner Taiba will work 6 furlongs at Santa Anita Park on Thursday. "Look for a nice, strong drill. He has good energy, and we're on schedule. He looks great."
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Todd Pletcher says Pioneer of Medina, now No. 20 on Kentucky Derby points list, will work Monday morning at Churchill. If all goes well, Kentucky Derby is a go.
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Todd Pletcher went to the “Anchorman” reference this morning regarding Fierceness’ 3-for-5 record: “60% of the time he wins every time.” Classic!
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"One last look," says Bob Baffert asst. Jimmy Barnes before taking American Pharoah to his equine van at Churchill.
http://t.co/kafbIaNrmw
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Victor Espinoza's agent, Brian Beach, says the jockey will appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday.
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UPDATE: Kentucky Derby hopeful Wild On Ice has been euthanized following a training accident at Churchill Downs on Thursday.
@Fchavezeptimes
confirmed news with owner Frank Sumpter
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Tapit Trice on the track Monday morning at Churchill Downs
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Mark Casse on Classic Empire in Preakness: "We're running him because we still think he's the best horse, and we want to prove it."
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Japan’s Forever Young goes by. He’s set to breeze Tuesday.
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Kentucky corn maze themed for American Pharoah:
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http://t.co/IMSckdn8fZ
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Bob Baffert to Justify: "You better get used to this. This is your new life."
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Bob Baffert says he's hearing Kentucky Derby could be moved to "maybe June or in September"
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Ccongressman writes to Obama requesting American Pharoah be honored at the White House:
http://t.co/sYcpf3Blsg
http://t.co/DbeI6Nfk4k
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Another race, another case of
@EspinozasVictor
peering back at American Pharoah's competition:
http://t.co/VcVvKZ8Ksq
http://t.co/kxqI5QCUWT
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"We'd be some kind of tough" if the whole gang was still together, D. Wayne Lukas says.
http://t.co/8njN8h19zk
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Mage connections make it official: Kentucky Derby winner will head to Preakness. He will leave from Louisville to Baltimore on Saturday.
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Steve Asmussen confirms Morello (foot injury) won’t run in Kentucky Derby. That puts Pioneer of Medina at No. 20 on the points list.
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Louisville's Big Four Bridge lit in honor of
@ZayatStables
on Saturday night:
http://t.co/4nKxXXTdPH
http://t.co/srOFFupIUO
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Feature on
@bradcoxracing
, the Louisville native who wanted to play in the NBA but now is one of the up-and-coming trainers in the U.S. He'll have his first two Kentucky Oaks starters next month and has dreams of even bigger things down the road:
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Julia Shining, Kingsbarns, Forte and Tapit Trice headed to the track for trainer Todd Pletcher on Oaks Day morning at Churchill Downs.
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AP photos from Friday morning at Churchill Downs with American Pharoah.
http://t.co/zf6TG1sOMY
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Bob Baffert on training American Pharoah toward Haskell: "I feel like they have me guarding a Picasso in a museum."
http://t.co/Dn5swh2GSZ
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Very cool: Baffert (to thoroughbred aftercare) and Espinoza (to cancer treatment) donate Belmont winnings --
http://t.co/Bqr4LDm3pX
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"All systems go" for American Pharoah after this morning's first appearance on the Keeneland main track:
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Trainer Chad Brown confirms via text Country Grammer (fifth in the Travers) is off the Kentucky Derby trail.
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Todd Pletcher said Tuesday morning he's still seeking clarity on Forte's status for the Preakness. Asked if court action was possible, Pletcher said, "I don’t know. I’ll talk to the ownership group at some point, and we’ll see where we are.”
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Justin Zayat after the Triple Crown winner was named a unanimous 3-year-old Eclipse champ: "American Pharoah's a true example of teamwork."
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American Pharoah lands racing on the cover of SI for the first time since 50-1 Mine That Bird:
http://t.co/UhxdDr6jC3
http://t.co/lvxXulshC2
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Bob Baffert to Ocho Ocho Ocho trainer Jim Cassidy on dealing with the No. 1 post: “Start drinking heavily, early.”
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Oh, by the way, the Keeneland
@BreedersCup
Classic has three qualifiers:
1. American Pharoah
2. Noble Bird
3. Hard Aces
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Gallery |
@MClevenger_CJ
catches Victor's signature look back in Belmont photos
http://t.co/zJzph3bKBZ
http://t.co/kHNnIj41QX
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Todd Pletcher went to the “Anchorman” reference this morning regarding Fierceness’ 3-for-5 record: “60% of the time he wins every time.” Classic!
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American Pharoah ready to train at Keeneland. "Nice barns. I could have given him a jog in here," Baffert said.
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After three decades, Louisville's Mackin family gets its shot at the Kentucky Derby with Smile Happy. Mike Mackin is a 1978 graduate of
@stxtigers
@Lucky7Stable
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Good morning from Churchill Downs. Likely Derby favorite Fierceness about to make his first visit to the track.
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Kentucky Derby winner Mage headed to the track at Pimlico just now
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Did Michael Wrona just win the Santa Anita announcer job? Great call of Songbird's romp in the Santa Ysabel.
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Exaggerator left Pimlico at 8:08 a.m. this morning for a try at the Belmont Stakes per the Maryland Jockey Club.
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Ashley Zayat on the beginning of American Pharoah's stallion career: "From what I've heard, he's no beginner. True champ."
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American Pharoah goes out for his first bit of training at Keeneland in about 10 minutes.
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Time to get this account up and rolling again. Anybody out there?
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Omaha Beach back to the barn after his final Derby workout.
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"He is a gift from God. I'm just glad he goes out the champ he is." -Bob Baffert
Some tears at the interview table right now.
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He really has the posing thing down. Right off the van and stopped for everyone.
http://t.co/Qe7Or9RXHN
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Assistant trainer Gustavo Delgado Jr. this morning after Mage went 2 miles at Churchill - 1 jogging, 1 galloping: “We really don’t want to feel any pressure about going or not going to the Preakness. We’re letting the horse tell us. It's going to be a huge effort after 2 weeks."
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Trainer Kenny McPeek, in a text, says Common Defense "unlikely" for Kentucky Derby after missing Saturday workout "due to a minor issue. Choose to take our time with him. Really nice colt with a big future." Move to turf likely.
Common Defense now ranks 21st on the Kentucky Derby points leaderboard, needing one defection to make the field. Here's what to know about the horse:
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