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

• Mike Schultz
• August 27, 2012

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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Union Rags is 2012 Belmont Stakes Winner

• Mike Schultz
• June 9, 2012

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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I'll Have Another Upsets Belmont Stakes Odds with Scratch

• Mike Schultz
• June 8, 2012

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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Derby-Winning Jockey Gets Hero's Welcome in Vancouver

• Joe LaTengo
• May 14, 2012

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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2012 Kentucky Derby Winner is I'll Have Another

• Mike Schultz
• May 6, 2012

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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Horse Racing: Bodemeister and Hansen to Star at Kentucky Derby

• Al Dannity
• May 3, 2012

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

• Frank Doyle
• April 13, 2012

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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2011 Breeders' Cup Winner is Drosselmeyer

• Mike Schultz
• November 5, 2011

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...

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Breeders Cup Preview: Uncle Mo Favorite, Havre de Grace, Game On Dude Challenging

• Frank Doyle
• November 2, 2011

The Breeders Cup is the World Series of horse racing. Frank Doyle looks at the runners and riders at Churchill Downs on Friday and Saturday. Uncle Mo is the ante-post story of this year’s Breeders Cup Classic. When he won the Breeders Cup Juvenile last year, hopes were high among Uncle Mo’s connections that he...

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Ruler On Ice 2011 Belmont Stakes Winner

• Ellen Delaney
• June 12, 2011

Today was the day when we found out the answer. Which horse would prevail?  Today’s Belmont Stakes was the race that would determine whether the victor would be Animal Kingdom or Shackleford, or whether they would be upset by one of the ten other competing horses. And in an upset, longshot Ruler On Ice prevailed....