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2024 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles: Santa Anita Derby Winner Stronghold

Welcome to 2024 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we’ll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail, usually from the Road to the Kentucky Derby schedule from which the racehorses earn points toward qualifying. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 4, 2024, at Churchill Downs.

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Breeders’ Cup Releases Challenge Series Schedule of Prep Races for 2024 World Championships

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 15, 2024) – Breeders’ Cup Limited today announced the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win and You’re In schedule of 82 races in 12 countries. Each winner will receive an automatic qualifying position, with fees paid, into a corresponding race at the 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

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Sixteen Things to Know About the Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby was first held in 1875 and ranks as the longest continuously held major sporting event in the United States.

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Five Key Takeaways to Know From Apple Blossom, Lexington Stakes Weekend

Tom Pedulla offers five takeaways from the $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park, the $600,000 Jenny Wiley Stakes at Keeneland Race Course, and the $400,000

Ron Turcotte: Secretariat’s Hall of Fame Rider

There should be no mention of the mighty Triple Crown champion Secretariat without pointing to jockey Ron Turcotte as an integral member of a dynamite team.

It might appear from watching replays of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes in 1973 as if Turcotte was merely a passenger taken for a wonderful ride by the gleaming colt they called “Big Red.” But Penny Chenery, Secretariat’s owner, knew better.

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