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Our horse racing team breaks down how they see the field in the run for the roses to help you make your 2021 Kentucky Derby bets.

Prison Commissioner Charles Murphy NASSAU| Prison Commissioner Charles Murphy reinstated access to cigarettes for inmates after they protested the move on Thursday. Murphy quickly lifted the ban on smoking and cigarettes, which took effect today, after angry inmates refused food, flooded corridors of cells and threw waste at guards. The inmates also called for the removal of Murphy as commissioner. Many inmates use cigarettes as a coping mechanism for the harsh conditions at the prison. The dec...

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — Concert Tour won the $1 million Rebel Stakes by 4 1/4 lengths on Saturday, giving Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert yet another candidate in pursuit of his seventh Kentucky...

Concert Tour won the $1 million Rebel Stakes by 4 1/4 lengths on Saturday to remain undefeated in three career races.

Pedigree fun facts: Concert Tour Mar 13, 2021 Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com Concert Tour is bred along a pattern similar to Maximum Security (Coady Photography/Oaklawn Park) Concert Tour is bred along a pattern similar to another homebred campaigned by Gary and Mary West – champion Maximum Security, who was disqualified after crossing the wire first in the 2019 Kentucky Derby (G1).  Both are by sons of Street Cry and out of A.P. Indy-line mares, but Concert Tour’s rendition of the them...

By Bulawayo Correspondent DEFIANT Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) leader Mqondisi Moyo has vowed he will not hand himself over to the police, insisting state security agents were ‘murderers’ plotting to assassinate him. Police in Bulawayo are reportedly on a manhunt for Moyo after he led a group of party activists last Monday to intervene in farm ownership wrangle between white farmer Brian Davies and Floyd Ambrose in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province. Ambrose, the son-in-law of form...

A racehorse dope dealer who was part of a “systematic, international scheme” to corrupt races with illegal performance-enhancing drugs was sentenced to 18 months in a federal prison Tuesday. He will also forfeit more than $3 million and complete three years of supervised release. Maximum Security, pictured here at Del Mar, is one of the horses federal agents allege was fed performance-enhancing drugs by the doping ring. (Image: Racing Post) Scott Robinson, 48, of Tampa, Florida, was among ...

Tales from the Crib: Life Is Good Mar 11, 2021 Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com When early Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite Life Is Good extended his unbeaten record to 3-for-3 in the March 6 San Felipe (G2), the manner of his victory became a hot topic of conversation.  His imperious eight-length romp, in good time, underscored the idea that Life Is Good could give Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert a record-breaking seventh Derby win. Yet his bearing out significantly in the stretch also evoked comm...

Ron Flatter notes that popular favorites for the Run for the Roses are carrying very short odds

March 8, 2021 368 Today is Tuesday, March 9, the 68th day of 2021. There are 297 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 9, 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. The Amistad, ruled 7-1 in favor of a group of illegally enslaved Africans who were captured off the U.S. coast after seizing control of a Spanish schooner, La Amistad; the justices ruled that the Africans should be set free. On this date: In 1916, more than 400 Mexican raiders led by Pancho Villa (VE...