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Bodemeister reflects 1954 winner ESPN The historic colt turned in a few uninspiring performances over the winter in Florida and at Keeneland, but recovered to run a record-setting time in the Derby Trial on April 27 -- a mile in 1:35 flat. Unlike this year's lightly raced Preakness |
Missing a dad at Derby Chicago Tribune Hopefully he can get us there because this is a tough race. He was trying to hang in there for the Derby, but he didn't quite make it." Ray McLaughlin was in ill health for the last few years. He suffered multiple strokes and had Parkinson's disease. |
 Christian Science Monitor | LIFE at the 1955 Kentucky Derby TIME In short, there's nothing like it — anywhere. Run every year, for 138 years and counting, on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, the Derby is not the sport's richest race. (That honor belongs to the Dubai World Cup, Kentucky Derby: Will mighty white steed ride to rescue of struggling sport? |
 Daily Beast | Must Read Fiction: ?Prague Fatale,? ?Derby Day? and More Daily Beast Philip Kerr's sleuth is hard on the heels of a Nazi killer in 1941 Prague, DJ Taylor finds drama at the race track, and debut stories feature a blind tiger among other creatures, human and otherwise. By Philip Kerr Bernie Gunther, Philip Kerr's |
 CBS Local | Kentucky Derby: Rare white thoroughbred adds to the buzz Alaska Dispatch Mint juleps and outrageous flowered hats aside, horse racing only pops up on the mainstream radar a few times a year. Fans and TV network executives behind Saturday's Kentucky Derby are always on the lookout for an angle to draw the general viewer back Narrowing down Kentucky Derby bets before the big race |