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April 2008 - Posts

• Notes: Pletcher brings in pair for double opportunity
  Apr 30 2008, 11:54 PM

  Trainer Todd Pletcher brought his two Kentucky Derby hopefuls to Churchill Downs on Wednesday, completing the field of 20 set ... Read More... Posted by USATODAY.com Horse Racing - Top Stories with no comments

• Casner's Colonel John ranks as prime threat
  Apr 30 2008, 11:34 PM

  Susan Casner knew what she wanted to name the foal almost from the instant that her mare, Sweet Damsel, gave birth. Read More... Posted by USATODAY.com Horse Racing - Top Stories with no comments

• Derby draw: Favorite Big Brown is 20th
  Apr 30 2008, 05:58 PM

  Favorite Big Brown had the 16th pick in the Kentucky Derby draw and wound up starting 20th, all the way to the outside, in Saturday's ... Read More... Posted by USATODAY.com Horse Racing - Top Stories with no comments

• Big Brown, Colonel John lead early Derby odds
  Apr 30 2008, 04:47 PM

  Big Brown will be the morning line 3-1 favorite for Saturday's Kentucky Derby, oddsmaker Mike Battaglia said Wednesday.Santa ... Read More... Posted by USATODAY.com Horse Racing - Top Stories with no comments

• Derby entrants must re-learn to run on dirt
  Apr 30 2008, 04:38 PM

  For generations, the most-asked question of trainers Kentucky Derby Week was whether they thought their horses could handle ... Read More... Posted by USATODAY.com Horse Racing - Top Stories with no comments

• Full field of 20 horses set for Kentucky Derby
  Apr 30 2008, 11:52 AM

  Unbeaten Big Brown and the filly Eight Belles are among a full field of 20 horses entered for the Kentucky Derby. Read More... Posted by USATODAY.com Horse Racing - Top Stories with no comments

• Gayego has his Cuban owners Derby dreamin'
  Apr 30 2008, 12:00 AM

  Cuban-born Thoroughbred owners Carlos Juelle and Jose Prieto left behind heartache and hardship in their native land to find ... Read More... Posted by USATODAY.com Horse Racing - Top Stories with no comments

• Derby notes: Fipke hopes Tale of Ekati is part of a happy ending
  Apr 29 2008, 09:26 PM

  Charles Fipke would like to win a Triple Crown, and maybe a Breeder's Cup Classic. Saturday, he'll have his first shot at that ... Read More... Posted by USATODAY.com Horse Racing - Top Stories with no comments

• Derby notes: Borel back for repeat at Roses
  Apr 28 2008, 10:33 PM

  Last year's Kentucky Derby winning jockey Calvin Borel started out Monday lamenting he might spend one of horse racing's biggest ... Read More... Posted by USATODAY.com Horse Racing - Top Stories with no comments

• For Pletcher, perennial Derby hopes rise again
  Apr 28 2008, 08:49 PM

  Todd Pletcher is as even-keeled as it gets in the nerve-wracking, emotion-driven sport of Thoroughbred racing. Read More... Posted by USATODAY.com Horse Racing - Top Stories with no comments

• Trainer has two shots at Roses in return
  Apr 27 2008, 10:29 PM

  Trainer Steve Asmussen thought he had the Kentucky Derby in his sights last May as he prepared lightly raced but extremely talented ... Read More... Posted by USATODAY.com Horse Racing - Top Stories with no comments

• For Stutts, Smooth Air revives an old dream
  Apr 27 2008, 07:44 PM

  As a boy, Bennie Stutts Jr. "traveled around like a gypsy" going from racetrack to racetrack with his father, a well-respected ... Read More... Posted by USATODAY.com Horse Racing - Top Stories with no comments

• Big Brown looks like solid Kentucky Derby favorite
  Apr 24 2008, 10:41 PM

  Undefeated Big Brown will have to be something special to win the 134th Kentucky Derby on May 3. Oddsmaker Mike Battaglia thinks ... Read More... Posted by USATODAY.com Horse Racing - Top Stories with no comments

• Long before Danica, this female made history with horsepower
  Apr 21 2008, 04:20 PM

  This message went out Monday. Let's just hope the e-mail was working in the great horse stable in the sky. Read More... Posted by USATODAY.com Horse Racing - Top Stories with no comments

• Prado, Nafzger among Racing Hall inductees
  Apr 21 2008, 02:08 PM

  Edgar Prado, who rode Barbaro to his Kentucky Derby triumph two years ago, and two-time Derby-winning trainer Carl Nafzger are ... Read More... Posted by USATODAY.com Horse Racing - Top Stories with no comments