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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — At last year’s Saratoga Race Course meeting, then-apprentice jockey Jaime Torres was honored when he realized he was named to ride a second-time starter named Seize the Grey in a July maiden for legendary Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.Torres piloted the son of Arrogate to an upset victory in […]

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Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. rode Mystik Dan to victory in the 150th Kentucky Derby to complete the most rewarding weekend of his career. The Eclipse Award winner and Breeders Cup

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Brian Hernandez Jr. will need a minute to digest his signature victory in the 150th Kentucky Derby. Maybe even more time since the milestone derby capped the best weekend of a jockey career spent mostly under the radar. The Louisiana native rode Mystik Dan to an epic win Saturday at Churchill […]

Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. rode Mystik Dan to victory in the 150th Kentucky Derby to complete the most rewarding weekend of his career. The Eclipse Award winner and Breeders' Cup champion won the milestone derby a day after guiding filly Thorpedo Anna to a wire-to-wire victory by 4 3/4 lengths in the Kentucky Oaks. He became the first jockey to complete the Derby/Oaks double since Hall of Famer Calvin Borel in 2009, fitting considering Hernandez studied Borel's derby wins and spent tim...

Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. rode Mystik Dan to victory in the 150th Kentucky Derby to complete the most rewarding weekend of his career. The Eclipse Award winner and Breeders' Cup champion won the milestone derby a day after guiding filly Thorpedo Anna to a wire-to-wire victory by 4 3/4 lengths in the Kentucky Oaks. He became the first jockey to complete the Derby/Oaks double since Hall of Famer Calvin Borel in 2009, fitting considering Hernandez studied Borel's derby wins and spent tim...

The naming of racehorses can be a fun game and an esoteric exercise that peeks deep into pedigrees and wordplay for inspiration. Take for example, Sierra Leone. One of his owners, Peter Brant, nodded to his sire, Gun Runner, because the African nation is known as a center of arms dealing.

LOUISVILLE – (TNS) The naming of racehorses can be a fun game and an esoteric exercise that peeks deep into pedigrees and wordplay for inspiration. Take for example, Sierra Leone.

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