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Winners and Losers of Kentucky Derby 2024

The 150th Kentucky Derby will be a race that lives long in the memory, as racing fans witnessed one of the closest ever finishes to the Triple Crown race.

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150Th Kentucky Derby: Wide-Open Race With Top Contenders

Exciting 150th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs with diverse contenders and legendary figures.

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Belmont Stakes live stream 2023: how to watch online from anywhere – runners and riders, race time

The final of the 2023 Triple Crown takes place over 1.5 miles of dirt at the Big Sandy. Here's how to watch a 2023 Belmont Stakes live stream from anywhere. Odds, runners, post time.

TechRadar

Another weekend of death at the Kentucky Derby but don’t expect change

There is no other mainstream sport where carnage and indifference occur so regularly – and are as tolerated

The Guardian - US

Horse deaths cast shadow as Triple Crown shifts to Preakness

Horse racing's Triple Crown moves on to the Preakness with horse deaths at Churchill Downs casting a big shadow

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Mage’s Victory Provides Thrilling End to Tragic Week at Churchill Downs

A horse with 15-1 odds ridden by a jockey who’d never won the Kentucky Derby in 15 tries could only momentarily distract from a concerning string of deaths leading up to the race.

Sports Illustrated

Kentucky Derby Has Two New Co-Favorites After Saturday Morning’s Unfortunate Forte News

Currently, Angel of Empire and Tapit Trice have 9–2 odds of winning the 1 1/4-mile race.

Sports Illustrated

Kentucky Derby favourite withdrawn hours before race after four deaths in week

The Kentucky Derby has faced a tough week with four horses dying and favourite for the big race, Forte, has now been separately scratched from the event hours before the start

Daily Mirror

Early Kentucky Derby favourite horse Forte scratched from race

It was the fifth scratch this week from the race

The Independent UK

Kentucky Derby Favorite Forte Scratched Hours Before the Race

Forte is the fifth horse to scratch since the field was entered on Monday.

Sports Illustrated

Early Kentucky Derby favorite Forte scratched from race

The early favorite for the Kentucky Derby has been scratched hours before the race

The Independent UK

19 horses to tangle in wide-open 149th Kentucky Derby

The cast of characters for the 149th Kentucky Derby was rewritten in the days leading up to Saturday's race

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Daily Mirror

Kentucky Derby 2023: Confirmed full list of 19 runners and riders for US racing showpiece

Long time favourite Forte is heading a 19-strong field for Saturday's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs where Forte's trainer Todd Pletcher has three contenders in the field

The Independent UK

Horse racing poised for new antidoping, medication rules

Horse racing’s new antidoping and medication control program has stumbled out of the starting gate

USA Today Sports Media Group

Every Kentucky Derby winner since 2000

A look back at some Kentucky Derby history, including a couple Triple Crown winners.

Sports Illustrated

Kentucky Derby Post Position Draw Sets Todd Pletcher’s Three Horses as Favorites

The longtime trainer arrives to Churchill Downs with the strongest hand, including two favorites and an undefeated contender.

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Tribune News Service

John Clay: Todd Pletcher owns a stacked Kentucky Derby deck, but watch out for the Japanese

When it comes to this year’s Kentucky Derby, there is no question which trainer is currently holding the strongest hand.

Tribune News Service

Tapit Trice outduels Verifying to win the Blue Grass Stakes, clinch Kentucky Derby spot

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Tapit Trice was the favorite in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland on Saturday and considered one of the top choices for next month’s Kentucky Derby, but his last race had left some questions.

Tribune News Service

John Clay: Five questions to be answered in Saturday’s Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Keeneland’s Grade 1 Kentucky Derby prep race hits the dirt on Saturday when 11 colts head to the post for the $1 million Blue Grass Stakes.

Tribune News Service

Kentucky Derby Watch 2023: Forte emerges as clear favorite with race now a month away

LEXINGTON, Ky. — With only one month left until the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 6 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, one horse has separated itself from the pack as a clear front-runner for this year’s Run for the Roses.

Los Angeles Times

Forte’s win in Florida Derby makes him the big Kentucky Derby favorite

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — If there was any doubt who will be the favorite for the Kentucky Derby, Forte erased it with a rousing come-from-behind win Saturday in the $1 million Florida Derby.

Tribune News Service

Kentucky Derby Watch 2023: A look at the top 10 contenders, including Bob Baffert horses

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Less than three months remain until the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 6 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, and a strong field of top contenders has already begun to form.

Los Angeles Times

Santa Anita-based Flightline easily wins Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year

LOS ANGELES — Flightline, whose brief two-year, six-race career drew comparisons to Secretariat, was given horse racing's highest annual honor on Thursday when he was given the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year. He also was named top Older Dirt Male among the 17 horse and human awards announced…

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