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Rich Strike
12
May
  • Kaymarie Kreidel
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Rich Strike, the pony, the bite, and the controversy

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 6
  • 8 min read

After winning the Kentucky Derby, Rich Strike tried to take a bite out of a pony, prompting a forceful outrider response – and a bit of a firestorm.

Rich Strike
10
May
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  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
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What history says about Rich Strike’s Preakness chances

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 3
  • 4 min read

Lovable longshot Rich Strike was the kind of out-of-the-clouds head-scratcher of a winner the Kentucky Derby produces. How do they fare in the Preakness?

Rich Strike
07
May
  • Churchill Downs
  • Eric Reed
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  • Sonny Leon

Rich Strike posts Kentucky Derby shocker for the ages

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 4
  • 5 min read

Rich Strike, who barely got into the Kentucky Derby field and was 80-1 at post time, scored an upset for the ages, and for the little guy and gal.

War of Will
07
May
  • handicapping
  • Kentucky Derby
  • Triple Crown

Kentucky Derby picks from our experts

  • The Biz / 4 years
  • 4
  • 5 min read

We asked some of our experts and handicappers to provide their picks fro today’s Kentucky Derby and several other stakes.

06
May
  • Bodemeister
  • Derby Bill Watson
  • Kentucky Derby
  • Nick Hahn
  • Triple Crown

Kentucky Derby memories: The wager that got away

  • Nick Hahn / 4 years
  • 2
  • 7 min read

In this Kentucky Derby memory, Nick Hahn recalls a Derby which was the best of times, and the worst of times, because of the bet that didn’t get made.

Triple Crown trail 2022
06
May
  • Derby Bill Watson
  • Kentucky Derby
  • Triple Crown

Podcast: Derby Bill talks Kentucky Derby

  • Derby Bill Watson / 4 years
  • 2
  • 1 min read

It’s Kentucky Derby time, and we unleash the man who has Derby in his name, Derby BIll Watson, to talk Derby to us and pick the top contenders.

Triple Crown trail 2022
06
May
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Ethereal Road out of Kentucky Derby

  • Press Release / 4 years
  • 2
  • 1 min read

Longshot Ethereal Road, the D. Wayne Lukas trainee who slipped into the Kentucky Derby, has been declared out.

Zandon
05
May
  • handicapping
  • Kentucky Derby
  • Triple Crown

Kentucky Derby horse-by-horse analysis

  • Joseph Aiello / 4 years
  • 2
  • 27 min read

With the Kentucky Derby upon us, our annual Kentucky Derby horse-by-horse analysis also makes its return, plus video of all the prep races.

05
May
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  • Sunday Silence
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Kentucky Derby memories: East versus West

  • Jennifer Kelly / 4 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Correspondent Jennifer Kelly recalls a favorite Kentucky Derby moment: when West Coast invader Sunday Silence and the East’s Easy Goer squared off.

Medina Spirit
04
May
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  • Kentucky Derby
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  • Off the Pace
  • Triple Crown

Off the Pace: Thankful for the Kentucky Derby memories

  • Mike Valiante / 4 years
  • 5
  • 6 min read

In a new “Off the Pace”: Mike Valiante shares snippets of more than 50 years of Kentucky Derby memories, from heartwarming stories to impossible upsets.

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