Tag: Kentucky Derby
Baffert mulling Medina Spirit’s next step after Derby win
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Medina Spirit’s surprising Kentucky Derby victory gave Bob Baffert a good problem to have — figuring out where to hang another...
Analysis: Known Agenda to start, and finish, No. 1 in Derby
Starting No. 1 in the Kentucky Derby usually equates to not finishing No. 1.
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AP Sportlight
May 2
1904 — Laska Durnell becomes the first woman to...
AP Sportlight
May 1
1920 — Joe Oeschger of the Boston Braves and...
Filly Malathaat rallies in stretch to win Kentucky Oaks
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Favorite Malathaat overtook Travel Column entering the stretch and edged Search Results in a tight duel to the finish line, winning...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
April 30
1922 — Charlie Robertson of the Chicago White Sox...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
May 4
1905 — Belmont Park in New York opens for...
Sheikh’s missing daughter casts shadow over Derby favorite
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has spent millions trying to win the Kentucky Derby, and in the process plowing money...
Derby favorite Essential Quality brings strongest resume
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Horse racing could be in line for another Triple Crown bid and this time the likely candidate is an undefeated horse...
Carmouche to be 1st Black jockey in Kentucky Derby since ’13
Long before Kendrick Carmouche started riding horses growing up in Louisiana, Black jockeys were synonymous with the sport.
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