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The Wood Memorial is an opportunity for Nobiz Like Shobiz. Will blinkers help his behavior? Tagg says, hopefully. Any Given Saturday gets another try at Street Sense.

Pioneer of The Nile and The Pamplemousse match up in California's Santa Anita Derby. Musket Man is in Illinois. I Want Revenge and Imperial Council meet in New York.

Jockey Garrett Gomez helped Pioneerof The Nile adjust and win. I Want Revenge overcame a troubled trip to get up in the Wood Memorial. Musket Man impressed in Illinois.

Barclay Tagg's Tale of Ekati and Todd Pletcher's Monba and Cowboy Cal all helped bump War Pass and Pyro from a possible 1-2 Kentucky Derby favorites positioning.

There was never more speed displayed in the Kentucky Derby than put on by Secretariat in 1973. His Derby ranks No. 1 among the Best Ten Derbies ever run.

Front running 1977 Triple Crown Champion Seattle Slew equaled Secretariat's Preakness speed and romped through the classics to claim the 10th historical triple title.

An ankle fracture to War Pass has shaken up the Kentucky Derby picture once again. Jockeys have jumped to different Derby mounts. Monba and Gayego earned their way in.

Syndicated for a record $6 million in early 1973, Secretariat exceeded every expectation. His Kentucky Derby run is still untouchable. It came under great scrutiny.

Opinions are sharply defined as a wide open Kentucky Derby post offers a batch of talented and proven colts. Trainer Todd Pletcher has five trainees, but no favorite.

There are always rivalries in thoroughbred racing. Affirmed and Alydar took their six-race juvenile battle to the Kentucky Derby as three-year-olds. Fans liked Alydar.

Triple Crown Champions Gallant Fox, Omaha, War Admiral, Whirlaway, Assault, and Affirmed won April races. Carry Back and Sunday Silence surprised, others ran rivalries.

Sired by Reigh Count, a Kentucky Derby champion, Count Fleet was eventually compared to Man o' War. His jockey, Johnny Longden, convinced his owner not to sell the colt.

There cannot be a Triple Crown winner this season, but the Belmont Stakes offers girl versus boys; speedy Curlin versus speedy Hard Spun. Upsetter Tiago is also in.

There are no fewer than thirteen graded stakes scheduled across the country, a handicapper's paradise.

Stars War Pass and Pyro are No.1 and No.2 in graded stakes earnings, but War Pass is out. Colonel John and Tale of Ekati are top prospects. The filly Eight Belles is in.

I Want Revenge, Musket Man, Pioneerof The Nile, General Quarters, and Papa Clem captured Derby prep races in New York, Illinois, California, Kentucky, and Arkansas.

Big Brown, Florida Derby bomber, Colonel John, and Pyro are the preferred Kentucky Derby trifecta as betted on in Las Vegas this week. Court Vision leads the rest, 10-1.

History and stastistics make up Kentucky Derby lore, but there's also the personality of the horses themselves. There have been stalkers, closers, and front runners.

Focus was not a question as Nobiz Like Shobiz fought hard to win the Wood Memorial. Battling Any Given Saturday, then Sightseeing, Nobiz upped the Derby ante.

Records many times go by the wayside, but experience is seldom a losing proposition. Big Brown takes a three-race career against Colonel John, 6-4-2-0-0, Saturday.

In the short lineage outlook, Jerry Hollendorfer-trained Chocolate Candy has a winning Kentucky Derby pedigree. Trained by Jeff Mullins, I Want Revenge has steady genes.

With Thunder Gulch and Circle of Life in his past, Circular Quay's trainer points the colt toward the Derby winner's circle. Pletcher hasn't won roses in 14 Derby tries.

New shooters who think they have a chance to derail Derby champ Big Brown in the Preakness Stakes include Giant Moon, Yankee Bravo, and Stevil; 15 are possible.

Scat Daddy won a big Derby prep at Gulfstream Park March 3 over Nobiz Like Shobiz, a Triple Crown favorite. Daddy's second victory against Shobiz vaulted him to No.2.

Cobalt Blue and Chelokee moved into the Derby Top Ten List, while Street Sense continues as the No.1 pick. Scat Daddy, Notional, Circular Quay are headed for Kentucky.

Louisville, Kentucky has hosted the Kentucky Derby for 134 years. The race track was built in 1875. It held its first horse race that same year.

Tale of Ekati, by Sunday Silence mare Silence Beauty, and Colonel John, by Tiznow, win late in Wood Memorial and Santa Anita Derby under Edgar Prado and Corey Nakatani.

Big Brown has created a realistic Triple Crown buzz. Casino Drive, Roman Emperor, Denis of Cork, and Tomcito take on possible spoiler roles for the 140th Belmont.

Riding money leader Edgar Prado had his pick of some of the year's best Thoroughbreds for his Derby ride May 3. He opted for Adriano, trained by his long-time employer.

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Champ Street Sense is headed to the Kentucky Derby ahead in graded stakes earnings and ranked No.1 by the NTRA. Can he break the juvenile jinx?

In any case of leg fracture in a Thoroughbred, healing is slow to occur. Infection and laminitis often result after fractures. Is weak breeding part of the problem?

He's called Bo-Rai-el by his riding peers because he consistently takes his Thoroughbred mounts to the rail for victories. Calvin Borel repeated the feat on Derby day.

Despite finishing far behind the Preakness freak, Big Brown, Macho Again (place) and Icabad Crane (show) didn't show discouragement. They'll try again. Macho.

Crippled by a surveyor's stake as a yearling, Assault showed tenacity on the track, surprising his trainer, Max Hirsch, on the way to a Triple Crown title.

In her juvenile year, Smarty Jones' daughter Be Smart wasn't ready to take on the star status of the gray daughter of Tapit, one of Smarty's old rivals from 2004.

Big Brown is a huge favorite at Pimlico. Only one horse from the Kentucky Derby follows Big Brown to the Preakness Stakes; no other is being seriously betted.

Curlin beat the Derby champ by a long nose; now he takes on a distance-bred filly trained by Todd Pletcher, who is 0-28 in TC matches, in Saturday's Belmont Stakes.

Discovery, foaled in 1931, became known as "Iron Horse."  He started 63 races and seemed made of metal.  His blood flowed to Ruffian; so did the blood of Native Dancer.

The Preakness Stakes line-up has been altered with the possible addition of super filly Rachel Alexandra, and by injuries to I Want Revenge and Friesan Fire.

Thirty-nine fillies have entered the Kentucky Derby in its 134 runnings. The first to win was Regret in 1915. Genuine Risk scored in 1980. Winning Colors won in 1988.

Not an immediate favorite in the American classics, Gallant Fox earned his status slowly and won nine races in 1930, after a bleak two-year-old season.

Did Godolphin Racing bid on Quality Road? Was G.R. watching when I Want Revenge, Musket Man, and Pioneerof The Nile scored Kentucky Derby-worthy wins on April 4?

With just three weekends of Kentucky Derby prep races left before the Run for the Roses, contenders Quality Road, Pioneerof The Nile, and Friesan Fire await May 2.

Who will beat the Derby ghosts of distance, dirt, and running style? Big Brown is Vegas's No.1, while Bob Black Jack, Denis of Cork, and Halo Najib miss the latest cut.

Just the ninth gelding in Kentucky Derby history to win the Run for the Roses, Mine That Bird joined a cast with speed pedigrees in Funny Cide and 1929's Clyde Van Dusen.

When trainer Barclay Tagg first laid eyes on Nobiz Like Shobiz, he told owner Elizabeth Valando that the colt was a potential Triple Crowner. Now he's a turf star.

Three early season stars now lead the ranks of thoroughbreds with two wins from five starts. Nobiz Like Shobiz, Any Given Saturday, Tiago were Triple Crown hopefuls.

In Omaha's Triple Crown season, he lost to Rosemont in the Withers Stakes between the Preakness and the Belmont. In June, Omaha bested Rosemont for the TC title.

Two of three polls rank Pioneerof The Nile as the No. 1 choice for Saturday's 135th running of the Kentucky Derby. Friesan Fire and I Want Revenge follow as No. 2.

Females trainer Kristin Mulhall and jockey Chantal Sutherland, and riders Aaron Gryder, Corey Nakatani, Iggy Puglisi, and Joe Talamo deal out Animal Planet racing drama.