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• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: May 4, 2013

Kentucky Derby Betting Contender – Orb

Some punters are completely against wagering the favourite in the Kentucky Derby and with a field of 20 horses ready to leave the gates for Saturday’s Fastest Two Minutes in Sports, it’s understandable from strictly a mathematical perspective. Quite simply, there are 19 other better priced options on the board and everybody loves a long...

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• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: May 3, 2013

Goldencents Worth a Bet at the Kentucky Derby

If winning really is infectious, Goldencents could be the best bet for Saturday’s 139th running of the Kentucky Derby. Goldencents is currently set at +800 at Sports Interaction in the Fastest Two Minutes of Sports and at that price, might be worth its weight in, well, gold at the finish line. Goldencents is the toast...

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• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: May 3, 2013

Legends of Kentucky Derby betting

With the Run for the Roses taking place tomorrow, Al Dannity looks over some of the greatest moments in the Kentucky Derby’s history. The Kentucky Derby has long been a pioneering event in sport. Long before Jackie Robinson broke the colour barrier in Baseball, African Americans dominated the race winning 15 of 28 derbies between...

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• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: November 3, 2012

2012 Breeders' Cup Classic Winner is Fort Larned

Santa Anita, California – After Tony Bennett sang “The Best is Yet to Come,” Fort Larned, a horse who that was NOT the heavy favorite to win, was named the 2012 $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic winner. The 1 1/4-mile race culminated in a field of 12, with top three finishers at the Breeders Cup Classic...

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• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: August 27, 2012

Movie About Former Kentucky Derby Winner Mine That Bird in the Works

With the incredible longshot Mine That Bird winning the Kentucky Derby back in 2009, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood came calling. The producer of Dances With Wolves and The Bodyguard, Jim Wilson, is set to begin production on a film about Mine That Bird, the horse who entered that race as...

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• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: June 9, 2012

Union Rags is 2012 Belmont Stakes Winner

The Belmont Stakes ran Saturday evening, but anticipation for the big race dwindled suddenly when on Friday it was announced that favorite to win and Triple Crown contender, I’ll Have Another, scratched and subsequently retired due to a leg injury. However, the show must go on… and it did, with Union Rags taking the win...

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• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: June 8, 2012

I'll Have Another Upsets Belmont Stakes Odds with Scratch

Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I’ll Have Another is suddenly out of the bid for the Triple Crown, as he was scratched today from Saturday’s Belmont Stakes because of a leg injury. Now, oddsmakers are in a frenzy after it was announced that I’ll Have Another might have tendinitis in his left front leg, according to his...

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• Joe LaTengo

• Last Updated: May 14, 2012

Derby-Winning Jockey Gets Hero's Welcome in Vancouver

Mario Gutierrez had always been an underdog. From humble roots in Veracruz, Mexico, all he ever wanted to do was carry on his father’s tradition and be a jockey. That simple ambition launched him into the global spotlight on May 5 when he and the Canadian-owned 15-to-1 longshot I’ll Have Another won the 138th running...

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• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: May 5, 2012

2012 Kentucky Derby Winner is I'll Have Another

Longshot, I’ll Have Another took the 2012 Kentucky Derby win at Churchill Downs in front of a packed stadium full of spectators. However, in a sprint to the finish, the colt made a swift move past favorite Bodemeister in the final furlong to win the Kentucky Derby, with jockey Mario Gutierrez on board. “He’s an...

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• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: May 3, 2012

Horse Racing: Bodemeister and Hansen to Star at Kentucky Derby

One horse is the big favorite, the other is looking to make history. Al Dannity breaks down the big stories at the 2012 Kentucky Derby. Racing’s White Whale has four hooves It’s never happened. Not even once. In the storied history of Churchill Downs the Horse Racing world has never seen a grey take the...

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• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: April 13, 2012

Arkansas Derby, Blue Grass Stakes Next Stops on Road to Kentucky Derby

Frank Doyle previews this weekend’s big Kentucky Derby Prep races! The Kentucky Derby is only three weeks away as the prep race season comes to its climax. There are two big races this weekend – the Arkansas Derby, run at the Oaklawn Track at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland, outside...

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• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: November 5, 2011

2011 Breeders' Cup Winner is Drosselmeyer

Louisville, Kentucky – The winner of the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic is Drosselmeyer finishing the 15-race Breeders’ Cup World Championships, which was run over two days at Churchill Downs. The 1 1/4-mile race culminated in a field of 12, with top three finishers at the Breeders Cup Classic being: Drosselmeyer, Game on Dude and Ruler on Ice. This is...