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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — To the surprise of no one, Fierceness and Sierra Leone have been made the morning-line favorites for the 150th Kentucky Derby, at 5-2 and 3-1, respectively. Neither horse has been perfect but both are exiting strong performances in big races. Reigning juvenile champ Fierceness erased most of the memory of his […]
Four Kentucky Derby longshots who can beat favored Fierceness bignewsnetwork.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bignewsnetwork.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Part of the Kentucky Derby’s mystique is that it’s a race in which almost anything can happen and often does. A run of six consecutive winning favorites from…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. For many racing fans of a certain age, it is impossible to make it through the Triple Crown without reflecting on the glory days of the 1970s. Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, and Spectacular Bid were extraordinary horses who would have excelled had they competed in any other decade, before or since. Although bad luck in the Belmont prevented Spectacular Bid from joining the other three in sweeping the Triple Crown, trainer Bud Delp wasn’t the only one who came to believe that the Bid was “the greatest horse ever to look through a bridle.” The four […]