A crowd of 160,000 will attend the Kentucky Derby on May 4 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The next best place to be for the first of three Triple Crown races is Las Vegas.
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By RICHARD ENG / RJ
Quick, name the racetrack that will host two Santa Anita Handicap winners Saturday. Santa Anita? Keeneland? Aqueduct? Would you guess Charles Town?
By RICHARD ENG / RJ
It is down to the wire for horses to earn enough points to be among the 20 starters for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 4.
RICHARD ENG
It is a misnomer to call Saturday’s $1 million Wood Memorial or $750,000 Santa Anita Derby “prep races” for the Kentucky Derby. Until you earn enough Derby points to secure a spot, no one is prepping anymore. You must run well or end up watching the Derby on TV.
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