John Oxley’s Classic Empire was made the 4-1 morning-line favorite for Kentucky Derby 143 when post positions were drawn on May 3. Royal Mo and Master Plan were entered in the Derby on the also-elig...
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A look at how the 2017 Kentucky Derby might set up — and which horses will benefit. Ray WallinRay Wallin is a licensed civil engineer and part-time handicapper who has had a presence on the Web sin...
It has been a wild Kentucky Derby trail season with inconsistency and numerous favorites getting beat. It is probably unnecessary to say at this point, but the 2017 Kentucky Derby is wide open. In f...
We hear it every year: Post position one is the kiss of death in the Kentucky Derby — the equivalent of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s albatross, Edgar Alan Poe’s raven or a movie that includes �...
“Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (from “A Psalm of Life”) Thoroughb...
“Breezing” or “breezed” indicates the horse was not under strong urging. “Handily” indicates the horse was under urging from its rider. Numbers in parentheses represent the ranking among o...
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One of the most unique things about the Kentucky Derby, aside from the thrill of the Greatest Two Minutes in Sports, is the beautiful display of colors going on under the Twin Spires. In addition to t...
We are five days out from the 143rd Kentucky Derby — “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports,” it’s been called. Far be it for me to argue against that position. I love The Kentucky Derby and...
