At The Back Of The Pack: Taiba finishes twelfth out of twenty in the 148th Kentucky Derby on May 07, … [+] 2022, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY. (Photo by Jeff Moreland/Icon Sportswire via...
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Saturday Odds, Picks, And Epicenter’s Two-Front Battle With Zandon And Early Voting
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – MAY 21: Jockey Jose Ortiz #5 and Early Voting lead Epicenter and jockey Joel … [+] Rosario #8 to win the 147th Running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course ...
Bob Baffert Suspended One Year By New York Racing Association, But Hall Of Fame Status Remains Intact
Trainer Bob Baffert at Del Mar Race Track on November 5, 2021. Getty Images Even before Bob Baffert was a two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer, the Arizona-born man with the shock of white hair had r...
Post Positions, Morning Line Odds, And Rich Strike’s Run To Prove He’s Not A Fluke
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 04: Rich Strike during the morning training for the Kentucky Derby at … [+] Churchill Downs on May 04, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty I...
Mint Juleps Aren’t Just For Derby Day
Who cares if Derby Day is done for the year? Buck tradition and enjoy drinking cool refreshing Mint … [+] Juleps anytime. Elizabeth Karmel It had been a long time since I made—or drank—a Mint Ju...
Kentucky Derby Winner Rich Strike Will Skip Preakness—Ending Triple Crown Bid
Topline Rich Strike—the longshot horse who pulled off a historic upset win at Saturday’s Kentucky Derby—won’t race at next week’s Preakness Stakes, his owner Rick Dawson announced Thursday, stopping t...
IRS Taxes Kentucky Derby Wins, But Can You Deduct Losses?
Rich Strike’s improbable Kentucky Derby win made the owner flush, with a $1.86M purse on a horse that only cost $30,000. There were plenty of other winners too, for anyone bold and prescient enough to...
Rich Strike, 80-1 Long Shot, Blazes By Epicenter And Zandon To Win The 2022 Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 07: Rich Strike with Sonny Leon up wins the 148th running of the Kentucky … [+] Derby at Churchill Downs on May 07, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Jamie...
Odds, Time, TV, Stream For Triple Crown Horse Race At Churchill Downs
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 04: Country House #20, ridden by jockey Flavien Prat, War of Will #1, … [+] ridden by jockey Tyler Gaffalione , Maximum Security #7, ridden by jockey Luis Saez a...
Why 2022 Has Become The Kentucky Derby Of Investing
Ashley Mailloux 1/ST Racing 1/ST Racing In the race to investment success, you can learn a lot from the Sport of Kings Today’s Kentucky Derby, horse racing’s most well-known event, is an unmistakable ...
Saturday Odds, Race Day Bets, And The Fractious Battle Royal Of The Favorites
A Damp Friday’s Work: Zandon addresses his morning maintenance before the Oaks races on May 6. (AP … [+] Photo/Charlie Riedel) ASSOCIATED PRESS The bracing uncertainties of there being no ...
Jim ‘Mattress Mack’ McIngvale Is Back Wielding His Odds-Wrecking $2-Million-Plus Bet On The Nose
HOUSTON, TX – APRIL 07: Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale walks the runway during ‘Dressed to Kilt’ at … [+] Million Air Houston on April 7, 2018 in Houston, Texas. (Ph...
Kentucky Derby owner Churchill Downs doubles down on horse race betting
Churchill Downs, which owns the Kentucky Derby, is changing its strategy when it comes to sports wagering. The company is doubling down on horse race betting and moving away from online sports betting...
Zandon’s Fight To Beat Epicenter, And Bets You Should Make
Man Of The Hour: Zandon out for his morning constitutional at Churchill Downs on May 04. (Photo by … [+] Andy Lyons/Getty Images) Getty Images As the 2022 Kentucky Derby’s post time draws toward...
Post Positions, Morning Line Odds, And The Top-Favorite Switcheroo Of Zandon Over Epicenter
Giving His Exercise Rider A Workout: Zandon hits the track at Churchill on May 02, 2022. (Photo by … [+] Andy Lyons/Getty Images) Getty Images Very few pre-race events in racing are more fraught...
The Top Favorites, And The (Very) Long Shadow Of Bob Baffert Among Them
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 01: (L-R) Trainer Bob Baffert, jockey John Velazquez, and owner Amr Zedan … [+] of Medina Spirit raise the trophy after winning the 147th running of the Kentucky...
Woodford Reserve Debuts Its 2022 Kentucky Derby Bottles
Woodford Reserve Woodford Reserve Today Woodford Reserve debuted its 2022 commemorative Derby bottle. The bottle features the artwork on Kentucky native Jaime Corom, who is known for her horse portrai...
Medina Spirit Stripped Of 2021 Kentucky Derby Win And Trainer Bob Baffert Suspended And Fined
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, during happier times, after his horse Authentic won the 2020 … [+] Kentucky Derby. Getty Images In an announcement Monday, Kentucky Horse Racing Commission offi...
Medina Spirit Stripped Of 2021 Kentucky Derby Win And Trainer Suspended
Topline The horse that crossed the finish line first in the 2021 Kentucky Derby has been stripped of its win and its famed trainer has been suspended after an investigation into a failed drug test, th...
Bob Baffert Prepared To Take On Churchill Downs In A Legal Showdown
Hall of Fame horse trainer Bob Baffert is still engulfed in controversy a year after his Kentucky … [+] Derby winner, Medina Spirit, tested positive for a banned substance. Getty Images Clark Br...