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Poker Articles on 05/2005
Friday, May 06 2005
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup - UPI Racing Writer Just as the fans were sorting out their picks in the first Kentucky Derby futures bet this weekend, some of the favorites for the May 7 Run for the Roses were stubbing their toes in prep races around the country. From coa...
Kentucky Derby History - Col. M. Lewis Clark Jr., inspired by the Epsom Derby (Eng-G1) in England, inaugurated the Kentucky Derby in 1875 at his newly opened Louisville Jockey Club Course (Churchill Downs wouldn't get its current name until 1886). The race was designed to be the ...
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Thursday, May 05 2005
Background - Preakness Stakes - Pimlico Race Course first opened in 1870, organized and built quickly under the direction of Maryland Governor Oden Bowie, to honor the first great horse to race there, Preakness, Governor Bowie proposed a stakes race for three-year-olds at 1-1/2 miles. T...
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