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Toggle Sidebar Puerto Rican jockey celebrates 4th Kentucky Derby win EFE writes that Puerto Rican jockey John Velázquez won his fourth title at Churchill Downs, leading the three-year-old colt Medina Spirit to the 147th edition of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, the first Triple Crown race of the equestrian season in the United States. Here are excerpts from an article by Mark Story. For anyone who is discouraged in the pursuit of a dream, the Kentucky Derby career of jockey John Velazquez now stands as an ultimate testament to never giving up. Even as Velazquez established himself as one ...

Louisville, Ky. Before taking the first crack at unlocking how to make any money on this year’s Bob Baffert Invitational, a.k.a. Preakness 146, a peek behind the racing journalists’ curtain is in order. It reveals a little more than a half-day in the arc of the Triple Crown. Around 7 a.m. Thursday, I drove into the stable area at Churchill Downs. Knowing that trainer Brad Cox would be on a media conference call six hours later, I was hoping he would tell me first whether Mandaloun and Caddo River would be in the Preakness. Upon my arrival only barn goat Mister Man was there to greet me.

The parallels between college basketball and the road to the Kentucky Derby offer familiar settings for gamblers. Saturday’s Risen Star Stakes is a signpost that indicates more serious prep races straight ahead.

Las Vegas First, merry Christmas. Here is hoping it bears some resemblance to a positive normal. The racing year reaches a final climax Saturday. Rather than a punctuation mark on 2020 that sounds like the loser horns on “The Price Is Right,” it actually might be a clarion call for 2021. Presuming a winter storm or the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health do not re-enact any of last season’s delays, Santa Anita will host the final significant day of North American racing before horses turn another year older next Friday. The $300,000 Grade 1 Malibu will be the last big dance f...