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Rich Strike takes first at the Kentucky Derby in huge upset

Rich Strike emerged victorious among the 20 horses that competed in what is often described as "the most exciting two minutes in sports."

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Rich Strike wins the 148th running of Kentucky Derby in huge upset victory

Rich Strike, ridden by Derby debutant Sonny Leon, goes down in equine history after powering to success at Churchill Downs, having been an 80/1 longshot ahead of the start

Daily Mirror

Long shot Rich Strike wins Kentucky Derby

Saturday's race was the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby.

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Kentucky Derby should be one of the most competitive in years

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Trying to find a winner in this year’s 148th running of the Kentucky Derby is about as easy as getting through the week here without wet weather. The angles are as plentiful as the unrelenting optimism of the 14 trainers representing the 20 horses in the starting…

Los Angeles Times

Why Bob Baffert is banned from the 2022 Kentucky Derby, explained

The Hall of Fame trainer will have to miss out on horse racing's biggest event this year.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Who is Tim Yakteen, besides the guy training Bob Baffert's horses at Kentucky Derby?

Tim Yakteen, by his own admission, has been handed a lottery ticket. Two lottery tickets, in fact. But collecting on them is only part of the dilemma. He also deserves to get credit if he cashes them.

Los Angeles Times

SI:AM | Inside Hue Jackson’s Browns Tanking Claims

SI has obtained over 1,000 pages of documents related to the former coach's dispute with the team.

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Bob Baffert Won’t Be at the Kentucky Derby, but Racing Still Can’t Shake Him

One of the most successful—and now controversial—trainers received a stark message: No one is bigger than Churchill Downs. But his presence still looms.

Sports Illustrated

‘I feel like I’m 30 years old.’ Ageless Mike Smith aims for Kentucky Derby history.

LEXINTON, Ky. — For Mike Smith, it’s the horses that keep him young.

Tribune News Service

Get to know every trainer saddling a contender in the 2022 Kentucky Derby

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The 2022 Kentucky Derby is fast approaching.

Tribune News Service

Bob Baffert should be suspended from racing in New York for two years, hearing officer says

A retired New York State Supreme Court justice, acting as a hearing officer, recommended that thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert be banned from horse racing in the state for two years. The recommendation is not binding and will go to a three-person panel, which is expected to accept the punishment.

Los Angeles Times

John Clay: Bob Baffert is banned, but his former trainee will be the talk of the Kentucky Derby

Bob Baffert won’t be at the 2022 Kentucky Derby, and yet he might have the favorite for the 2022 Kentucky Derby.

Tribune News Service

Santa Anita Derby appears to be a victim of its own success

LOS ANGELES — As horse racing enters its final weekend of major Kentucky Derby prep races, all eyes are on the Santa Anita Derby, with a look to both the quality and quantity of the field. It seems the race has become a victim of its own success.

Los Angeles Times

John Clay: For many hopefuls, Saturday is the last stop on the road to the Kentucky Derby

LEXINGTON, Ky. — On the road to the Kentucky Derby, it’s make-or-break time.

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John Clay: Blue Grass Stakes features several trainers who know their way to the winner’s circle

One thing’s for sure: Come Saturday’s Grade 1 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland, trainer Kenny McPeek won’t have any trouble finding his horses.

Tribune News Service

Kentucky Derby Watch: Latest odds show the 2022 favorites are pretty much settled.

What’s one clear sign that the Kentucky Derby is getting near? The Las Vegas odds sheet goes from fine print to large type.

Los Angeles Times

Kentucky regulators recorded calls without consent with Baffert after Medina Spirit test

The tension between trainer Bob Baffert and the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has been increasingly heightened since he was notified May 8 last year that his then Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit, tested positive for an anti-inflammatory that is legal except on race day.

Los Angeles Times

Country Grammer gives Bob Baffert a win in the $12 million Dubai World Cup

No matter what happens, it seems as if it's impossible to keep Bob Baffert out of the spotlight. The Hall of Fame trainer won the second richest race in the world Saturday when Country Grammer drove wide down the stretch to win the $12 million Dubai World Cup at the…

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The Guardian - UK

Dettori delivers Dubai World Cup for banned Baffert on Country Grammer

The winning American trainer is fighting a legal battle over last year’s Kentucky Derby, Medina Spirit

Los Angeles Times

Bob Baffert transfers some Kentucky Derby horses to Tim Yakteen and Rodolphe Brisset

LOS ANGELES — Trainer Bob Baffert, with time running out for any of his legal options to reach resolution, is transferring three of his Kentucky Derby hopefuls to Tim Yakteen, and one to Rodolphe Brisset, so that the horses can gain points and qualify to run on racing's most famous…

Irish Mirror

Dubai World Cup: Frankie Dettori's rides as he bids for fourth win in £10million race

Frankie Dettori teams up with the Bob Baffert-trained Country Grammar in the Dubai World Cup. Life Is Good is the hot favourite in the betting for the valuable contest at Meydan

Tribune News Service

Kentucky Derby Watch: Ranking the top 10 contenders heading into the biggest prep races

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The most important stretch of prep races for the 2022 Kentucky Derby is finally here.

Tribune News Service

Judge grants Baffert delay of Medina Spirit drug suspension to April 4

Bob Baffert's career as a racehorse trainer may be hanging by a hair. And Monday Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas D. Wingate split that hair.

Tribune News Service

Kentucky Horse Racing Commission denies Bob Baffert’s request for stay of suspension

LEXINGTON, Ky. — In a full board meeting on Friday, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission denied trainer Bob Baffert’s request for a stay of his 90-day suspension.

Los Angeles Times

Trainer John Shirreffs seeks first Santa Anita Handicap win; Baffert suspension upheld

LOS ANGELES — Trainer John Shirreffs has accomplished a lot in more than four decades in the business. He won the Kentucky Derby in 2005 with 50-1 long shot Giacomo. He won the Breeders' Cup Classic with perhaps the greatest female horse of all time when Zenyatta beat the boys…

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