“Win and You’re In” qualifier for theBreeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), the Champagne is a key battleground for young runners taking aim at the two-year-old division championship. In addition, the Champagne offersKentucky Derby (G1)qualification points to the top five finishers on a 10-5-...
Published byCraigonJuly 12, 2024 The Kentucky Derby has been run 150 times, and this annual sporting event on the first Saturday in May has had its share of upsets. The longest-price winner was Donerail in 1913. Rich Strike’s victory in the Run for the Roses is a testament to the ...
gunnar rathbun-arkansas communications lexington, ky. — no. 2 arkansas dropped the rubber match to the no. 8 kentucky wildcats, 7-4, to relinquish first place in the sec, leaving 11 runners on while allowing the wildcat bats to tag razorback pitching with five extra-base hits. "it's ...
Front-Runners in the Kentucky Derby (Posted 2015-04-29 21:58:17)Beyer, Andrew
Fresh off a win in the Arkansas Derby, Omaha Beach seemed to be the horse to give Mandella his first Derby win. "We came flying in here like we had it written on us, and it didn't work," Mandella said. With Omaha Beach out, one of Bob Baffert's three horses -- Ga...
Unlike human runners, who broke the four-minute mile in 1954 and they consistently recorded faster times ever since, horses in classic races such as the Kentucky Derby have had winning times with little improvement: Secretariat's world-record-breaking Derby tine of 1:59 2/5, for example, was...
Silver Charm, (foaled 1994), American racehorse (Thoroughbred) who in 1997 won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes but lost at the Belmont Stakes, ending his bid for the coveted Triple Crown of American horse racing. Silver Charm was foaled in Fl
A $400,000 Fasig-Tipton August Sale purchase, Dennis’ Moment is owned by Albaugh Family Stables, with the Tiznow colt looking to follow in the footsteps of that stable's previous Kentucky Derby runners. There were Brody's Cause (2016), J Boys Echo (2017) and Free Drop Billy (2018) be...
One out of four is odds-on; Kentucky Derby runners still have edge over fresher rivals.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)Guidi, Gene