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The Derby, the Sheikh and the Missing Princess (Or: How Human Rights Became the Talk of a Horse Race) Pat Forde The billionaire ruler of Dubai has spent a fortune pursuing Kentucky glory. In Essential Quality, Saturday’s favorite, he has his best chance—but it comes at his ugliest moment. The select yearling sale at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., is where the world’s big players converge each year to throw staggering sums of money at thoroughbred racing dreams. Much of the most expensive horseflesh on the planet is paraded through a pavilion at the bucolic trac...

Shades of gray rare among Kentucky Derby favorites, winners Sign In STEPHEN WHYNO, AP Sports Writer April 27, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6FILE - Jockey Luis Saez rides Essential Quality to win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile horse race at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., in this Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, file photo. Essential Quality is expected to be the first grey horse favored to win the Kentucky Derby in 25 years.Michael Conroy/APShow MoreShow Less 2of6FILE - Kentucky Derby entrant Tapit, with exercise rider Jon Ferriday up, works out along the backstretch at Churchill Dow...

5. Vera-Tucker = Wynn: Southern California offensive tackle/guard Alijah Vera-Tucker is considered one of the safest picks in a draft considered risky because of opt-outs, the lack of a traditional combine and prospect visits, etc. Former longtime NFL general manager Bill Polian looked to the Patriots for a comparison, saying on SiriusXM NFL Radio that "this would be Isaiah Wynn -- same body type, kind of a blocky guy [6-foot-3, 315 pounds]. Can play tackle and guard." The Patriots have until May 3 to decide whether to pick up Wynn's fifth-year option for 2022, which would guarantee him about...

Flashback: Silver Charm Narrowly Denies Swain In Third Dubai World Cup Sponsored by: Silver Charm trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Gary Stevens won the third edition of the Dubai World Cup by a narrow margin ahead of Swain in 1998 The Dubai World Cup meeting celebrates its historic 25th anniversary on March 27, with six Group 1 races and three Group 2s, including one of the world's premier races, the $12 million Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline. Over the next three weeks, the Dubai Racing Club will pay tribute to each of the previous Dubai World Cup winners. Today,...

The Derby Dispatch: Road to Kentucky Derby Championship Season Begins With Grade II, $400,000 Risen Star Feb 11, 2021 Kevin Kerstein Note: Please open the attached pdf document or paste the following in your browser for additional information: https://bit.ly/3qaUWKc The Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series is set to kickoff Saturday in New Orleans with a field of 13 horses that were entered in the $400,000 Risen Star presented by Lamarque Ford (Grade II) at Fair Grounds.    Over the next nine weekends, 3-year-old Thoroughbreds will continue their quest for points in select ra...