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70Horse Racing Heats Up With The Weather
Memorial Day is behind us and summer is officially on. It’s been a great spring for horse racing, as I’ll Have Another has captured the attention of the sports world by posting come from behind wins in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes,...
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78I'll Have Another Just One Win From Glory
The 138th running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky on May 5th was truly a day to be remembered. More than 165,000 race fans packed into Churchill Downs to set an all-time record. The weather cooperated, unlike the day before, when the...
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66Part Two From Thoroughbred Contenders -- Why I Didn't Win the Kentucky Derby But How About Me in the Preakness Stakes?
There are always excuses in Thoroughbred racing. Why didn't this, or that horse win? It's no different exiting the Kentucky Derby, but this time the Thoroughbreds themselves speak out.
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68Blood Horses: Notes of a Sportswriter's Son
I figured I would order a copy from my local library and if I didn't like it I could return it with no harm done. I did get my library copy around the time of Thunder Over Louisville which takes place two weeks before the running of the Kentucky Derby. It is the grand, and certainly in many ways most disgusting, kick-off for all the Derby festivities to come.
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72Run for the Roses 2012
Run for the Roses, the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs has long standing traditions that still exist today after 138 years. The garland of roses presented to the winning horse is one of those traditions that's held dear.
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79The Kentucky Derby -2012 - a haiku poem
"I'll Have Another" wins the 2012 Kentucky Derby this evening.
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76Part One Kentucky Derby Thoughts and Tips From the Thoroughbred Contenders
Get some tips and thoughts on the 138th Kentucky Derby straight from the horses' mouths!
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70An Essay Not Necessarily True
Ander Monson is not the only writer coming from the bowels of northern Michigan. It is to my own credit that I hailed also from that northern clime of hostility and the need for gloves. The weather can be as brutal as the economy.
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80The Kentucky Derby and Why Secretariat Is Its Greatest Champion
Secretariat still reigns as the speed champion of the Kentucky Derby. Find tidbits on other champions and quotes from trainers and jockeys on the race known as the "Run for the Roses", as well as some history of the Derby traditions.
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76What Does Triple Crown Mean In Horse Racing?
The Triple Crown of horse racing most often refers to the American running of a series of three races for three-year-olds that determine champions. However, many countries hold a Triple Crown and have internatioal rankings and champions of the racehorse track. Fillies have an opportunity to win a female Triple Crown series, but in America fillies often have entered the male-dominated Triple Crown races.
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