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Keeping Score: The Derby Essentials
Kentucky Derby entrant Essential Quality works out at Churchill Downs Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Louisville, Ky. The 147th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 1. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Charlie Riedel
A horse works out at Churchill Downs Friday, April 30, 2021, in Louisville, Ky. The 147th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 1. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Charlie Riedel
Published: 4/30/2021 6:30:46 PM
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Each year about 20,000 thoroughbred foals are registered by owners who dream that three years hence their horse will be the chosen one to win the Kentucky Derby. The dream resumes today with the 147th Run for the Roses.
In the face of a historic winter storm that blew out the state s power grid, leaving more than 1.37 million in his own hometown and more than four million statewide in the dark and cold for the bulk of this week, most politicians might have shied away from the glaringly bad optics of getting the hell out of Texas and heading to warm, sunny, fully-powered Cancún. But then, most politicians are not our very own junior Texas senator, Ted Cruz.Â
Cruz and his two daughters took off for Cancun on Wednesday, a trip that he explained as the result of his being a good father in the face of massive blowback and criticism. Cruz was slated to stay in Mexico through Saturday, reports say, but is now coming back this afternoon. But that was too late to ward off the Twitter users who have been having a very good time venting their disgust at a Texas elected official heading to Mexico while the people he represents shiver back home in the Lone Star State. Here are some of the funniest takes
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