Posts Tagged ‘kentucky derby winner’

Preakness Odds: Can Kentucky Bear (14/1) Challenge Favorite Big Brown?

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Big Brown, this year’s Kentucky Derby winner, faces 12 probable challengers at Saturday’s Preakness Stakes in Baltimore in his bid to become the first thoroughbred since Affirmed in 1978 to win horse racing’s Triple Crown. BEHINDATTHEBAR’s come-from-behind win in the Lexington Stakes at Churchill Downs two weeks before the Derby showed a style of running [...]

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The Preakness Field

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

The Todd Pletcher-trained thoroughbred was listed at 10-to-1 for the 133rd Run for the Black-Eyed Susans. Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown is an early 1-to-2 favorite to put himself in position to become horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. To remedy that, we are introducing new features. You can create your [...]

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Preakness Stakes Field

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

The only horse with a shot at the Triple Crown will be Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown. The Preakness Stakes will have a much shorter field than that of the Kentucky Derby, and Big Brown will be the only horse racing in both the derby and the Preakness Stakes. This makes for a very interesting [...]

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Farewell Eight Belles. . . And Ruffian Too

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

A man who answered Whiteley’s home and identified himself as Whiteley’s son, Alan, said the famed trainer had died. He did not want to give additional details or discuss his father’s career. Although Whiteley saddled many champion horses, he’s probably remembered most for training Ruffian, the filly who began her career with 10 victories. Ruffian’s [...]

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Big Brown Wins The 2008 Kentucky Derby | Churchill Downs

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Watch the 2008 Kentucky Derby video above, showing Big Browns victory and Eight Bells ankle injury (she broke both of her front ankles). Latest 2008 kentucky derby winner video. Response to 2008 Kentucky Derby Preview. Kent Desormeaux ran undefeated colt Big Brown to a victory at the Kentucky Derby.
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Kentucky Derby Results Kentucky Derby Winner

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Big Brown becomes the 7th unbeaten Kentucky Derby Winner and he is the 4th horse now that was Favored to Win and actually won. Big Brown, trained by Rick Dutrow, gave jockey Kent Desormeaux his 3rd Kentucky Derby win. Latest 2008 kentucky derby winner video. Response to 2008 Kentucky Derby Preview. The Kentucky Derby is [...]

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Kentucky Derby Results Kentucky Derby Winner

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Face it, for a hardened horse player, the Kentucky Derby is not the way to make money - you have to start out figuring out who will win the race. The Wood Memorial had an extremely fast pace. The Blue Grass had an extremely slow pace. Those last two races make it difficult to assess [...]

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Big Brown Wins Kentucky Derby 134

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Leading the personality in the 1X-mile fly at Churchill Downs is Big Brown, a 3-1 favorite. The colt, trained by Rick Dutrow Jr., is unbeaten in three starts, including a quelling at the Florida Derby. The end Kentucky Derby winner with just three pervious starts was the filly Regret in 1915. Big Brown will also [...]

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Deadspin’s Will Leitch Stands Tall To Swearing Old Dude

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

The mainstream sports medias principled respect for reason and the English language has strikingly failed to reach me. Most sports blogs are terrible. His most recent article for Vanity Fair, Gone with the Wind (August 2007) about the saga of 2006 Kentucky Derby Winner Barbaro, has been optioned by Universal Pictures. The man who wrote [...]

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