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

Pedigree fun facts: Helium Although Tampa Bay Derby (G2) upsetter Helium was not an early nominee to the Triple Crown, the Kentucky-bred has a pedigree filled with classic influences.  Helium is a grandson of Distorted Humor, who has been prominent on the 2021 Kentucky Derby (G1) trail as the broodmare sire of Life Is Good (Pedigree Fun Facts) and Risk Taking (Pedigree Fun Facts). Unlike those contenders who are out of daughters of Distorted Humor, Helium descends from his male line, via Dis...

Medina Spirit To Join Baffert Stablemate Life Is Good In San Felipe Lineup Sponsored by: Heavily favored Life Is Good held off Bob Baffert stablemate Medina Spirit by three-quarters of a length in the Sham Bob Baffert will double-team his opposition with varsity Triple Crown contenders Life Is Good and Medina Spirit in next Saturdays Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. The San Felipe is a major steppingstone to the G1 Runhappy Santa Anita Derby on April 3. “L...

℘℘℘ In 1907 the Epsom gallery was horrified to see an Irish owned, Irish trained (if Berkshire bred) horse, Orby, storm to victory at 100/6 in the most prestigious classic race for three-year-olds in the world, the Epsom Derby. The reaction of the top hat and tails aristocracy was to leave the parade ring for the presentation. “It’s enough to make one’s hair stand on end. How absolutely devastating that Britain’s blue riband race has been won by a peasant from Eire” snorted some...

Sponsored by: Trainer Kristin Mulhall The Catemaco story reads like a chapter right out of “Frankenstein,” Mary Shelleys classic 1818 horror novel of a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. But Catemacos tale has a happy ending. A 4-year-old colt bred in California on March 23, 2017, Catemaco won his first start Friday by a widening four lengths at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif., leading throughout six furlongs in a sprightly 1:09.0...

Red Flag, an impressive winner of the Grade III Bob Hope in his stakes debut Nov. 15 at Del Mar, will try two turns for the first time in the $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity Saturday. A Grade II at 1 1/16 miles, the Futurity will be run for the seventh time at Los Alamitos after having its first 33 renewals at Hollywood Park (1981-2013). Post time Saturday is 12 Noon. The Futurity is the fourth of 10 races and has a scheduled post time of 1:28 p.m. Won in the past by stars such as Snow Chief, A....

Derby Prep: Red Flag Stretches Out In Los Alamitos Futurity Sponsored by: Red Flag draws off to a daylight victory in the Bob Hope Stakes under Victor Espinoza Red Flag, an impressive winner of the Grade 3 Bob Hope in his stakes debut Nov. 15 at Del Mar, will try two turns for the first time in the $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity this Saturday. A Grade 2 held over 1 1/16 miles, the Futurity will be run for the seventh time at Los Alamitos after having its first 33 renewals at Hollywood...

We know the london mayor said some were seriously injured. the mayor also making another point given what we saw play out today, given the fact according to the mayor, some civilians actually participated and stopping this attack. one social media video shows a man walking away from the scuffle unfolding in the bridge, holding the suspects knife. the mayor said what we saw on that bridge was the worse of humanity of terror attack, also the best of humanity, ordinary people going about their ordi...

Process, not substance. but, if the entire gop caucus puts party before duty, so be it. if republicans in congress fail do their jobs, voters will have to do it for them. had is not a moment to calculate the political odds, its a moment to do the right thing. gene, what gives you any confidence at this point given what weve seen over the last few weeks of republicans defending and inventing conspiracy theories to defend president trump that that will change as we see these public hearings this w...

To? >> i believe ambassador mckinley? and that would be entirely characteristic behavior on the part of a senior diplomat like ambassador mckinley, judging by everything thats in ambassador yovanovitchs record, it would be entirely appropriate and proper for him to do that. so im afraid i believe the ambassador rather than the secretary of state. >> claire mccaskill, looking at the growing amount of evidence, corob rating evidenc corroborating evidence and testimony from these career diplomats c...