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Pedigree fun facts: 2021 Kentucky Derby Apr 29, 2021 Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com All 20 runners in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby (G1) – from the most expensive yearlings and aristocratic homebreds to the bargain basement specials – have ancestral ties to great champions.   Here’s a look at some of the fascinating pedigree angles in the 147th Run for the Roses. For deeper details on this spring’s major prep winners, see the pedigree fun facts section.  Into Mischief into history? Two-time leading sire Into Mischief smashed the North American progeny earnings record in 2020 – bankr...

Dubai sheikh still chasing elusive Kentucky Derby victory FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum attends the 40th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Godolphin founder Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been chasing a Derby victory for decades. He is 0-for-11 in the race, but has the early favorite in undefeated Essential Quality. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File) Amr Nabil Modified: 4/26/2021 6:04:10 PM Winning major horse races around the world is the lifeblood of Go...

Derby Notes: Rock Your World Makes Favorable Impression, Final Contenders Arrive On Backstretch Sponsored by: Rock Your World on track at Churchill Downs prior to the Kentucky Derby Earlier Tuesday morning, the cast for Derby 147 became fully assembled with the 6 o'clock arrival from Parx of Brooklyn Strong, and a later arrival from Keeneland by Hidden Stash and Like the King, both of whom galloped early Tuesday morning at the Lexington, Ky. track. BOURBONIC, DYNAMIC ONE, KNOWN AGENDA, SAINTHOOD – The Kentucky Derby quartet that calls the barn of trainer Todd Pletcher their headqu...

Dubai sheikh still chasing elusive Kentucky Derby victory By BETH HARRISApril 26, 2021 GMT FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum attends the 40th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Godolphin founder Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been chasing a Derby victory for decades. He is 0-for-11 in the race, but has the early favorite in undefeated Essential Quality. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File) FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, Prime Minister of...

Oaks Contenders Crazy Beautiful, Millefeuille Complete Serious Preparations Sponsored by: Crazy Beautiful working for trainer Kenny McPeek Saturday morning at Churchill Downs Phoenix Thoroughbred's Crazy Beautiful, winner of the Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) in her most recent start, completed her final major piece of work for Friday's Kentucky Oaks by working a half-mile in :49.20 under Danny Ramsey for trainer Kenny McPeek at Churchill Downs. Also at Churchill Downs, Juddmonte Farms' Millefeuille worked five furlongs in :59.60 in company to produce the fastest of 29 works at the dis...