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Ready, Aim, Draw

POSTED: April 30, 2019

By Kate Richards It is the stuff that sends handicappers into a frenzy and rises into a tsunami of prediction. It is the annual random...

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What's On Your Kentucky Derby Menu?

POSTED: April 30, 2019

Each year for the Kentucky Derby many of us throw parties at our homes and entertain guests with food and drink as they enjoy the...

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Plus Que Parfait Points To Kentucky Derby 145

POSTED: April 30, 2019

Plus Que Parfait More Than Perfect for Breeders By Peter Lee If Plus Que Parfait brings home the roses on Saturday in the 145th Kentucky...

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1999 - Charismatic vs. Cat Thief

POSTED: April 28, 2019

Get an edge in this year’s Kentucky Derby and the all stakes Pick 4. Join Past the Wire’s Kentucky Derby webinar. We will have analysis, selections,...

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1998 = Real Quiet vs. Indian Charlie

POSTED: April 28, 2019

By Nick Costa and MaryDixon Reynolds When Bob Baffert purchased Real Quiet by Quiet American at Keeneland’s yearling sale for Mike Pegram, he described the...

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1996 - Grindstone vs. Editor's Note

POSTED: April 28, 2019

Get an edge in this year’s Kentucky Derby and the all stakes Pick 4. Join Past the Wire’s Kentucky Derby webinar. We will have analysis, selections,...

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Wild Writer: A Look Back at Hunter S. Thompson and the Kentucky Derby

POSTED: April 27, 2019

It is a forever question associated with Derby lore. Did Hunter S. Thompson attend the Kentucky Derby with artist Ralph Steadman, or did they do...

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Kentucky Derby Favorite Streak in Jeopardy

POSTED: April 27, 2019

Saturday May 4 sees the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby staged at Churchill Downs, Louisville and despite the competitive nature of this great thoroughbred racing...

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The Lasix Ban Reaction

POSTED: April 27, 2019

The Lasix Ban Industry Reaction: By Mary Dixon Reynolds The day after Battle of Midway won the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Del Mar, I...

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