Trainer Ken McPeek, a runner-up once in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and three more times in the Kentucky Oaks, ended decades of frustration when Thorpedo Anna rolled by 4 ¾ lengths the 150th
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Byron King’s 2024 Kentucky Derby Pace Analysis
When the field breaks from the starting gate in the May 4 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve at Churchill Downs, as many as 20 still-developing 3-year-olds will race the classic distance of 1 1/4 miles while finishing on one of the longest main-track stretches in North America. Pace could make the race, just as it did last year.
Byron King’s 2024 Kentucky Derby Pace Analysis
When the field breaks from the starting gate in the May 4 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve at Churchill Downs, as many as 20 still-developing 3-year-olds will race the classic distance of 1 1/4 miles while finishing on one of the longest main-track stretches in North America. Pace could make the race, just as it did last year.
Sunday Silence: The Star No One Wanted
Sunday Silence spent a lifetime in search of respect, on the track and in the breeding shed. In the end, he earned it. “He was very good,” said Shug McGaughey, a Hall of Fame trainer who handled arch-rival Easy Goer. “I ran against him four times and he beat us three times. And I ran a pretty good horse at him.”
