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Kentucky Derby Post Position Draw Sets Todd Pletcher’s Three Horses as Favorites

The longtime trainer arrives to Churchill Downs with the strongest hand, including two favorites and an undefeated contender.

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John Clay: Todd Pletcher owns a stacked Kentucky Derby deck, but watch out for the Japanese

When it comes to this year’s Kentucky Derby, there is no question which trainer is currently holding the strongest hand.

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Practical Move heads to Kentucky Derby after winning by a nose in Santa Anita Derby

LOS ANGELES — The dream continues.

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Practical Move's owners find themselves on a journey of a lifetime

LOS ANGELES — Getting into the horse racing business and hoping to make it big requires a lot of faith, plenty of luck and a sense of optimism that will test the biggest of dreamers.

Los Angeles Times

Kentucky Derby Watch 2023: Forte emerges as clear favorite with race now a month away

LEXINGTON, Ky. — With only one month left until the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 6 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, one horse has separated itself from the pack as a clear front-runner for this year’s Run for the Roses.

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Bob Baffert moves his top Kentucky Derby horses to former assistant Tim Yakteen

Trainer Bob Baffert moved the remainder of his top Kentucky Derby horses to former assistant Tim Yakteen on Sunday including Arabian Knight, winner of the Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn and the horse given the best chance of winning the Derby, according to future odds.

Los Angeles Times

Practical Move beats three Bob Baffert horses to win Los Alamitos Futurity

LOS ANGELES — Trainer Bob Baffert has won some incarnation of the Los Alamitos Futurity 13 times and he had three of the five horses in Saturday's Grade 2 $200,000 race at the Orange County track. So, it makes sense he would up the number to 14, especially since he…

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Bob Baffert returns to Santa Anita Park after suspension expires

Trainer Bob Baffert woke up at 5 a.m. Sunday, much earlier than he has been getting up the last 90 days. He wanted to go back to a job he has enjoyed and excelled at for more than four decades.

Los Angeles Times

California Horse Racing Board issues complaint against trainer Richard Baltas for 47 horse racing violations

LOS ANGELES — In early May, Corey Martinez, who is in charge of Santa Anita’s video surveillance, was going through video of the stalls of horses entered to race on May 8, just double-checking whether the last administration of Lasix was within the time guidelines.

Los Angeles Times

Kentucky Derby should be one of the most competitive in years

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Trying to find a winner in this year’s 148th running of the Kentucky Derby is about as easy as getting through the week here without wet weather. The angles are as plentiful as the unrelenting optimism of the 14 trainers representing the 20 horses in the starting…

Los Angeles Times

Who is Tim Yakteen, besides the guy training Bob Baffert's horses at Kentucky Derby?

Tim Yakteen, by his own admission, has been handed a lottery ticket. Two lottery tickets, in fact. But collecting on them is only part of the dilemma. He also deserves to get credit if he cashes them.

Los Angeles Times

Here’s who owns every 2022 Kentucky Derby horse and the road they took to Churchill Downs

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Just getting a contender into the 20-horse Kentucky Derby field is a tall order, much less winning the race.

Tribune News Service

Bob Baffert Won’t Be at the Kentucky Derby, but Racing Still Can’t Shake Him

One of the most successful—and now controversial—trainers received a stark message: No one is bigger than Churchill Downs. But his presence still looms.

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Where 2022's Kentucky Derby contenders were born and how they made it to Churchill Downs

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky is not just the "horse capital of the world" because the Kentucky Derby happens to be here. It's the horse capital of the world because almost all the contenders for this signature American classic are born and bred in the commonwealth.

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‘I feel like I’m 30 years old.’ Ageless Mike Smith aims for Kentucky Derby history.

LEXINTON, Ky. — For Mike Smith, it’s the horses that keep him young.

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John Clay: Bob Baffert is banned, but his former trainee will be the talk of the Kentucky Derby

Bob Baffert won’t be at the 2022 Kentucky Derby, and yet he might have the favorite for the 2022 Kentucky Derby.

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Three takeaways from Zandon’s impressive win in Keeneland’s Blue Grass Stakes

Three takeaways from the 98th running of the Grade 1 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes on Saturday at Keeneland:

Los Angeles Times

Santa Anita Derby appears to be a victim of its own success

LOS ANGELES — As horse racing enters its final weekend of major Kentucky Derby prep races, all eyes are on the Santa Anita Derby, with a look to both the quality and quantity of the field. It seems the race has become a victim of its own success.

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Kentucky regulators recorded calls without consent with Baffert after Medina Spirit test

The tension between trainer Bob Baffert and the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has been increasingly heightened since he was notified May 8 last year that his then Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit, tested positive for an anti-inflammatory that is legal except on race day.

Los Angeles Times

Bob Baffert transfers some Kentucky Derby horses to Tim Yakteen and Rodolphe Brisset

LOS ANGELES — Trainer Bob Baffert, with time running out for any of his legal options to reach resolution, is transferring three of his Kentucky Derby hopefuls to Tim Yakteen, and one to Rodolphe Brisset, so that the horses can gain points and qualify to run on racing's most famous…

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