Tag: Kentucky Derby
Belmont Stakes: New York a standard-setter on medications
NEW YORK — When Bob Baffert was banned from entering horses in the Belmont Stakes, it was the latest example of the New York...
Prat honors commitment to ride Hot Rod Charlie in Belmont
NEW YORK — After Flavien Prat rode Hot Rod Charlie in the Kentucky Derby, he committed ride him again at the Belmont Stakes.
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New horse racing chief calls sport’s clean-up ‘steep climb’
The chairman of horse racing’s future governing body said the failed drug test of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit shows the need for a...
Embattled Baffert earns record-tying 8th Gold Cup victory
ARCADIA, Calif. — Country Grammer edged Royal Ship by a head to win the $300,000 Hollywood Gold Cup, giving embattled trainer Bob Baffert his...
Essential Quality is 2-1 morning line favorite for Belmont
NEW YORK — Essential Quality was set Tuesday as a 2-1 favorite for the Belmont Stakes, which will be run without a horse from...
AP Sportlight
May 21
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AP Sportlight
May 19
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Bob Baffert’s Concert Tour a disappointing 9th in Preakness
BALTIMORE — For all the hype surrounding Medina Spirit coming off his victory at the Kentucky Derby, fellow Bob Baffert-trained Concert Tour was a...
AP Sportlight
May 17
1875 — Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby by...
Horse racing has more questions than answers post-Preakness
BALTIMORE — After a week dominated by the failed drug test of trainer Bob Baffert's Kentucky Derby-winning Medina Spirit, horse racing enjoyed a rare...
