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The Florida Derby on Saturday should be nothing more than another showcase for the incredible talents of Fly So Free, if you listen to his trainer, Scotty Schulhofer.
March 15, 1991
The horse sale was supposed to have been at Saratoga Springs, in Upstate New York.
April 30, 1995
It was the biggest race before the Kentucky Derby, and undefeated colt Nyquist was leading as he headed into the homestretch at the Florida Derby.
May 2, 2016
Jimmy Croll, a hall of fame trainer who handled the champion racehorses Bet Twice and Holy Bull, died Friday at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, N.J., after a long illness.
June 8, 2008
Surveys show synthetic tracks might be safer for horses, but many critics say racing officials are moving too quickly away from traditional dirt surfaces.
May 16, 2008
“You have perhaps the fastest racehorse in America,” ABC commentator Jim McKay said to owner Bob Levy before his colt, Housebuster, ran in the Derby Trial Saturday.
April 30, 1990
Horse racing: Unbridled’s Song wins Florida Derby by 5 3/4 lengths, prompting Paragallo to repeat boast that his horse will sweep the Triple Crown.
March 17, 1996
Pulpit was made the 4-5 early favorite Thursday to beat six other 3-year-olds in Saturday’s Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland.
April 11, 1997
In the years when European horses made their initial forays to U.S. races, Americans were rooting for the foreigners to overcome the difficulties of transoceanic travel, hoping that international racing competition might become a reality.
April 30, 1992
It’s 45 minutes before Arrogate, the world’s No. 1 racehorse, arrives from LAX and returns to the barn of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert at Santa Anita Park following his victory in last week’s $10-million Dubai World Cup.
April 1, 2017