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05/03/2015

KENTUCKY DERBY TRAINER QUOTES

Simon Callaghan, trainer of Firing Line, second – “It is disappointing, for sure. But on the other hand I’m very proud of how well my horse ran. Gary (Stevens) rode a great race, he had him in the right spot. We just got beat. I didn’t expect him

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05/03/2015

KENTUCKY DERBY JOCKEY QUOTES

Gary Stevens, jockey of Firing Line, second – “Going into that first turn, he was pulling hard. I looked over and saw that Martin’s horse (Martin Garcia on Dortmund) was pulling just as hard as mine. I eased back off him a little bit and gave both h

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05/03/2015

KENTUCKY DERBY’S TOP THREE HAVE PREAKNESS ON RADAR

Baffert said the one-length victory was about the horse, not him. American Pharoah and third-place finisher Dortmund may both go on to the Preakness Stakes (GI) at Pimlico on May 16. Baffert, 62, won the Derby with Silver Charm in 1997, Real Quiet in 1998

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05/01/2015

Breaking: Scratch #7 El Kabeir from Kentucky Derby

Trainer John Terranova has notified Kentucky Horse Racing Commission stewards that #7 El Kabeir has been scratched from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. Post position No. 1 will be left open (no horse) an

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05/01/2015

Kentucky Derby 141 Update - 5/1

OTHER KENTUCKY DERBY NOTES AMERICAN PHAROAH/DORTMUND – Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s colts -- Zayat Stables’ American Pharoah and Kaleem Shah’s Dortmund -- galloped at 5:45 Friday morning, shortly after the track opened for training. Baffert

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04/29/2015

Kentucky Derby Post Position Draw Quotes

Carpe Diem (Post position 2, morning line 8-1)/Materiality (Post position 3, morning line 12-1)/ Stanford (Post position 11, morning line 30-1)/Itsaknockout (Post position 13, morning line 30-1 – Todd Pletcher (trainer) – “In a perfect world, I woul

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04/29/2015

Kentucky Derby & Kentucky Oaks 141 Update - 4/29

KENTUCKY DERBY NOTES AMERICAN PHAROAH/DORTMUND – On “is this an omen front?” there was good news out of Germany’s top soccer league in this week for Kaleem Shah, owner of Dortmund: the club team his horse is named defeated Bayern Munich in an over

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04/28/2015

Kentucky Derby & Kentucky Oaks 141 Update

Also Tuesday morning, 15 fillies were entered for Friday’s 141st running of the $1 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI). Churchill Downs linemaker Mike Battaglia made Stellar Wind the 7-2 morning-line favorite for the 1 1/8-mile test for the 3-year-old f

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04/27/2015

Kentucky Derby & Kentucky Oaks 141 Update

Trained by John Terranova, El Kabeir was making his second trip here, having first made the journey in November to win the Kentucky Jockey Club (GII) under Calvin Borel. Borel, a three-time Kentucky Derby-winning rider, will have the mount Saturday. El Ka

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04/26/2015

Record Single-Day Rainbow 6 Handle Generates Multiple $14,592 Payoffs

Bettors wagered a record $5,672,198 into Saturday's Rainbow 6 with a $1.4 million carryover. The previous record for money wagered into the Rainbow 6 was $3.5 million in 2011 with a $1.4 million carryover. The Rainbow 6 got off to an exciting start with 2

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