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5 beaten Derby faves who won Preakness, Belmont

Last updated Friday, May 18, 2012 - 3:45pm

For those who aren't sold on Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another adding the Preakness to his winning resume Saturday and setting up a Triple Crown try in the Belmont Stakes, we present the Bodemeister scenario: beaten Derby favorite returns to avenge his defeat by not only winning the Preakness, but going on to take the Belmont.

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Union Rags still the 1 in AP's Run to Roses Top 10

Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 1:30pm

Picking the favorite for the Kentucky Derby may be as tough as picking the winner.

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Union Rags replaces Hansen atop AP's Derby Top 10

Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 16, 2012 - 11:07pm

Hansen blue his chance to be a Kentucky Derby favorite. He finished second in the Blue Grass Stakes after a daylong art project in which the near-white colt's tail was dyed blue, only to be rinsed off before the race.

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Gemologist unbeaten, stays No. 2 Derby contender

Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 6:31pm

Derby fever is springing up all over.

Owner Kendall Hansen has it now, saying he "can hardly work" as he counts down the week before his horse named Hansen runs in the Kentucky Derby on May 5.

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Tebow name stretches into horse racing

Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 1:51pm

Tebow's a horse, too.

Of course.

In fact, there are at least six thoroughbreds listed by The Jockey Club carrying the Tebow name.

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Baffert's Secret Circle moves up Top 10 Derby list

Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 19, 2012 - 3:35pm

Bob Baffert's Arkansas Shuttle keeps rolling, likely carrying a couple of his 3-year-old colts to the Kentucky Derby in less than seven weeks.

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Hansen heading in right direction for Derby

Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 4:33pm

With a few equipment tweaks and a new running style, Hansen is on his way to becoming one of the favorites for the Kentucky Derby.

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Barbaro's trainer has leading Kentucky Derby contender

Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 7:19pm

Six years after Barbaro, trainer Michael Matz has another star attraction for the Kentucky Derby.

Union Rags confirmed his status as the Derby front-runner with an impressive four-length victory in the $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes over the weekend at Gulfstream Park.

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Leparoux lands Derby favorite, and a bride to be

Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 20, 2012 - 8:57pm

Julien Leparoux is on a winning streak, on and off the racetrack.

Over the past 10 days, the French jockey landed the ride aboard early Kentucky Derby favorite Union Rags, revealed he'll be racing in New York shortly and flew cross-country to win the El Camino Real Derby in California aboard Daddy Nose Best.

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Union Rags on road seeking Kentucky Derby riches

Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 13, 2012 - 9:49pm

Some bloodlines run really deep.

And we're not even talking about the lineage of Union Rags, the No. 1 Kentucky Derby contender on The Associated Press' opening Run to the Roses Top 10 list.

It's the owner of the 3-year-old colt and her husband who have caught the attention of the racing world. And why not? Owner Phyllis Mills Wyeth is the daughter of the late Alice du Pont Mills, a thoroughbred owner and breeder, noted aviatrix, environmentalist, philanthropist, and prominent member of the du Pont family. Her husband is contemporary realist painter Jamie Wyeth, son of artist Andrew Wyeth, grandson of artist and illustrator N.C. Wyeth.

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A Pick Six changing of the quarterback

Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 21, 2011 - 4:33pm

Yes, we've already gone through this exercise of looking at teams with problems on the horizon at quarterback.

Well, Week 6 created too much news to move on to another topic.

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Derby-winning trainer Dutrow granted 30-day stay

Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 5:30pm

NEW YORK -- Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. received a 30-day delay of a ruling that revokes his license for 10 years.

The stay was issued Monday by Judge Richard Giardino in Schenectady, N.Y., and allows Dutrow's lawyer, Michael Koenig, time to appeal the decision by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board.

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Belmont stages pre-Breeders' Cup extravaganza

Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 30, 2011 - 4:21pm

NEW YORK -- For those interested in a sneak preview of the Breeders' Cup in five weeks, check out Belmont Park on Saturday.

A cavalcade of stars featuring 3-year-olds Stay Thirsty and Uncle Mo along with Horse of the Year contending filly Havre de Grace headline a card that includes six graded stakes races -- five of them Grade 1's -- in a span of three hours.

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Pick 6: QBs, Saints D, Gonzalez are clutch

Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, September 24, 2011 - 4:09pm

Talk about clutch players in the NFL, and two names come to mind: Joe Montana, Adam Vinatieri.

The four-time Super Bowl winning quarterback's most memorable play is known simply as "The Catch" -- an on-the-run, 6-yard TD toss hauled in by a leaping Dwight Clark with 51 seconds left that lifted the 49ers to a 28-27 win over the Cowboys in the 1982 NFC championship game.

Vinatieri has twice kicked pressure-packed field goals to win Super Bowls for the Patriots: one against the Rams with no time left in 2002; the other against the Panthers with 4 seconds left in 2004. He also delivered in the "Snow Bowl" playoff game in 2002, kicking a game-tying 45-yarder in blizzard-like conditions, and a 23-yarder in OT to win a divisional playoff game against the Raiders.

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A Pick Six of best shots at 2-0 starts

Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, September 17, 2011 - 6:00pm

There are four games matching 1-0 teams this weekend -- Jaguars at Jets, Raiders at Bills, Cardinals at Redskins and Chargers at Patriots.

The odds surely were long that all eight would win on the opening weekend of the NFL season. Let's face it, who picked the Bills AND Redskins last Sunday?

But that's what happened, and there's eight other 1-0 teams -- of course -- heading into Week 2. All this means is that no fewer than four and as many as 12 teams could be 2-0 heading into Week 3.

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