Kentucky Derby stories:
Churchill Downs to buy Youbet.com
Nov 11th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Churchill Downs Inc. has agreed to buy Youbet.com Inc. of Burbank in a deal valued at about $127 million. The deal will give Churchill Downs about half the $1.4 billion online horse-betting market...
Churchill Downs to Buy Youbet
Nov 11th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
Churchill Downs Inc. agreed to acquire interactive-technology company Youbet.com Inc. in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $126.8 million. The holding company for Churchill Downs Management Co....
Churchill Downs to buy Youbet.com for $126.8 million
Nov 11th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Churchill Downs Inc., host of horse racing's Kentucky Derby, agreed to buy the online betting service Youbet.com Inc. in a transaction the companies valued at $126.8 million. Churchill Downs will pay about $2.86 a share in stock and cash for Youbet...
Zenyatta rules, Europe duo in double hit
Nov 7th, 2009 - Washington Post
ARCADIA, California (Reuters) - Zenyatta scored the biggest victory of her illustrious career Saturday by coming from last to first to win the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic.
Zenyatta relaxes before tackling boys
Nov 6th, 2009 - San Jose Mercury News
ARCADIA, Calif.—Zenyatta had a quiet Friday morning at Santa Anita, one day before she puts her 13-race unbeaten streak on the line against the boys in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic...
Kentucky Derby videos from YouTube:
2:542009 Kentucky Derby Replay
A replay of the 2009 Kentucky Derby
10:09KENTUCKY DERBY 2009 - MINE THAT BIRD
In a performance reminiscent of his winning ride aboard Street Sense two years earlier, Calvin Borel hugged the rail throughout then exploded through the stretch to guide Mine That Bird to ...
2:12SECRETARIAT - 1973 Kentucky Derby
The 1973 Kentucky Derby won by the immortal SECRETARIAT in the record-smashing time of 1:59 2/5 that stands to this day.
2:192007 Kentucky Derby - Street Sense
www.HorseRaceFever.com Street Sense runs down Hard Spun to take the Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby from WikiPedia:
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter miles (2 km) at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57.2 kg) and fillies 121 pounds (54.9 kg). The race is known in the United States as "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports" or "The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports" for its approximate duration, and is also called "The Run for the Roses" for the blanket of roses draped over the winner. It is the first leg of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing and is followed by the Preakness Stakes then the Belmont Stakes.
The Kentucky Derby is one of the USA's oldest Thoroughbred horse races (the Travers Stakes being the oldest, first ran in 1864).
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