Hazel Park Raceway Will Host Kentucky Derby Simulcast
HAZEL PARK (WWJ) – A big weekend for Hazel Park Raceway. Friday racing fans enjoyed opening night and Saturday, the track hosts its day long Kentucky Derby fun. Ladd Biro with Hazel Park Raceway says...
View ArticleHats Off To The Wyandotte Woman Crafting Derby Creations
By: Roberta Jasina The Kentucky Derby isn’t until Saturday, but a Detroit-area woman has already won — big time. Gena Conti says she has made and sold more than 100 fancy, high-fashion, women’s hats...
View ArticleFithian’s Kentucky Derby Winner Picks
The 138th Kentucky Derby happens on Saturday, and I’m ready to predict the winner! Win: Daddy Nose Best – Best finisher of the bunch. A Better horse than Bodemeister who is getting all the hype....
View ArticleKentucky Derby: A Solid Field Of Colts Set For The 2013 Edition
By Kevin Martin This year is the first time that colts making the field in the Kentucky Derby qualified under a new points system. In years past, colts qualified based on graded stakes earnings. A...
View ArticleLouisville Coach Chasing Derby Win As A Co-Owner
GARY GRAVES,AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rick Pitino became a Hall of Famer and an NCAA champion on the same day. Now the Louisville basketball coach is positioned to become a Kentucky...
View ArticleHow I’d Bet $100 On The Kentucky Derby
By Kevin Martin After many months of analysis, it’s time for everyone to make their picks for the Kentucky Derby. I have been high on both Goldencents and Revolutionary for a few weeks and find no...
View ArticleMichigan Farm Keeps The Flavor Flowing With Fresh Mint
DETROIT (WWJ) – Mint Juleps will be flowing Saturday for the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby. The key ingredient for those legendary drinks likely coming from the nations oldest continually...
View ArticleOrb Comes From Behind To Win Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Orb splashed through the slop to win the Kentucky Derby, giving Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey his first victory in the 3-year-old classic. When the field turned for home on...
View ArticleKentucky Derby: California Chrome Is Primed To Shine
By: Kevin Martin It has been a few years since the Kentucky Derby had a consensus favorite. Big Brown was the last back in 2008 when he won the Derby at odds of 2 to 1. When the gates open for the...
View ArticleHow I’d Bet $100 On The Kentucky Derby
By Kevin Martin California Chrome will be a deserving favorite in this year’s Kentucky Derby. With two powerful performances in races leading up to the Derby, few would be surprised to see him wearing...
View Article11 Weirdest Names Of Horses That Won The Preakness
The field is set. The 139th running of the Preakness Stakes takes place this Saturday, May 17th. Fresh off the heels of a Kentucky Derby win, California Chrome, the favorite to win, will keep us glued...
View Article11 Weirdest Names Of Horses That Won The Preakness
There may be incredible back stories explaining how these strange names came to be, but we’re just going to take them at face value.
View Article14 Hilarious Reactions to Wes Welker’s Suspension On Twitter
by @TaraLipinsky The NFL suspended Broncos wide receiver Wes Welker for four games on Tuesday for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy. Welker allegedly took MDMA aka “Molly” at...
View ArticleGoing To The Kentucky Derby? Leave Selfie Sticks At Home
BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — For the 160,000 people crammed into Churchill Downs on Derby Day, picture-taking can run neck-and-neck with betting and sipping mint juleps amid...
View ArticleKentucky Derby Preview: American Pharoah, Dortmund Favorites To Win
By Kevin Martin There is a significant talent gap between the elite runners and the likely also-rans in this year’s Kentucky Derby. In the last ten years, the Derby has brought two huge upsets with...
View Article10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Kentucky Derby
Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports On Saturday, May 2 the Kentucky Derby will take place at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky as it has for the past 140 years since 1875. There’s a ton of amazing...
View ArticleKentucky Derby: How I’d Bet $100
By Kevin Martin The Kentucky Derby is a difficult race to handicap and bet. The most popular horse race in America includes a huge field of twenty three-year-old colts, most with less than ten career...
View ArticleAmerican Pharoah Takes 141st Kentucky Derby
BETH HARRIS, AP Racing Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — American Pharoah has won the 141st Kentucky Derby before a record-setting crowd at Churchill Downs. Victor Espinoza was aboard for this second...
View ArticleAmerican Pharoah Wins 141st Kentucky Derby
By Kevin Martin The post-time favorite American Pharoah won the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville on Saturday beating one of the best fields to run for the roses in many years. After...
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