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Kentucky Derby 2015: Who is bred for the distance?

This year’s Kentucky Derby might be quite polarizing between the favorites and the longshots, but the great equalizer for them all will be the distance of the race. The Derby will be the first start at 1 1/4 miles for every horse in the field. Since there is no prior ontrack performance on which to base an opinion, one helpful tool to measure a horse’s capability is the average winning distance (AWD) of the sire’s and dam’s progeny.

Joe NevillsApr 30, 2015

Bernier: Churchill Downs pick four play for Friday, May 1

While most of the attention will be focused on the later portion of Friday’s Kentucky Oaks card at Churchill Downs, the first pick four opportunity of the day presents itself in the second race and concludes with the fifth.

Matt BernierApr 30, 2015

Judy the Beauty: Champ returns in Humana Distaff

Judy the Beauty’s quest to defend her title as the filly and mare sprint champion begins Saturday at Churchill Downs in the Grade 1 Humana Distaff.

Mike WelschApr 30, 2015

Key Race report: George’s Main Man returns in claiming race

George’s Main Man (#2, ML 8-1) will return to action in Thursday’s seventh race at Santa Anita, 6 1/2-furlong claimer. It will be his first start since a first-place finish by one length in a 6 1/2-furlong maiden race April 9 at Santa Anita. The second- and third-place finishers from that race came back to win their next starts.

DRF StaffApr 30, 2015

Gulfstream: Garoffalo has shot in both stakes

Garoffalo has contenders in both Saturday grass stakes

Trainer Jose Garoffalo will send out capable 3-year-olds in the twin turf features Saturday at Gulfstream Park, with Black Martino getting added distance in the $75,000 English Channel and Gorgeous Dream looking to nail down a third straight win when she runs in the $75,000 Honey Ryder.

Mary RampelliniApr 30, 2015

Stone set to call first Kentucky Derby

Travis Stone has been acclimating himself to the announcer’s booth at Churchill, where he became the regular caller when the spring meet opened Saturday night.

Marty McGeeApr 30, 2015

13 starters represent mutuel field in Derby futures pool

Bettors who took 3-5 on the mutuel field in Pool 1 of the 2015 Kentucky Derby Future Wager last fall will have 13 horses on their side Saturday, but the top three morning-line choices – American Pharoah, Dortmund, and Carpe Diem – were separately listed interests in that opening pool, jeopardizing that play.

Marty McGeeApr 30, 2015

Beyer: American Pharoah hasn't proved himself under fire

Racing fans annually lament the low quality of the horses in the Kentucky Derby, and often their assessment proves to be correct. But few such opinions are being voiced before Saturday’s running of America’s greatest race. This is the strongest, deepest, and fastest Derby field since at least 2007 (the year of Street Sense and Curlin), and it could conceivably be the best since the great years of the 1980s.

Andrew BeyerApr 30, 2015

Stanford scratches from Derby, Frammento in

Stanford scratches from Derby, Frammento gets in

Stanford has been scratched from the Kentucky Derby, allowing Frammento to get in, according to trainer Todd Pletcher, who said he just called in the scratch to the stewards.

Jay PrivmanApr 30, 2015

V. E. Day launches campaign on turf in Fort Marcy

The Grade 3, $150,000 Fort Marcy at 1 1/8 miles Saturday at Belmont Park will mark the 4-year-old debut of Travers winner V.E. Day.

Jim DunleavyApr 30, 2015

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