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Triple Crown News Minute Presented By Kentucky Equine Research: An Eventful Year, An Eventful Week

It's been the longest road to the Kentucky Derby in the storied race's history, with more than a few bumps and detours along the way in this year of the coronavirus pandemic. But, finally, Kentucky Derby day is almost upon us.

In this edition of the Kentucky Derby News Minute, publisher Ray Paulick and news editor Chelsea Hackbarth review some of the week's big stories, including the outside post position draws for the three leading contenders, the new Derby starting gate, the unfortunate withdrawal of another top runner, Art Collector, and the respect his trainer, Tommy Drury has garnered for making what is probably the toughest call of his career. They also discuss the fact that two horses without any qualifying Derby points made it into a field that drew only 18 entries (and has been cut to 17 with the news late Thursday afternoon that King Guillermo will be scratched due to a fever).

Throughout the Road to the Derby, Paulick and Hackbarth have given their picks for the Derby preps and for this year's Triple Crown lid-lifting Belmont Stakes, and suffice it to say Hackbarth has left Paulick in a cloud of dust. For the Kentucky Derby, she's gone out on a 30-1 limb, while Paulick has settled on one of the favorites.

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The Friday Show Presented By Woodbine: Derby Challenges

Nothing about 2020 is normal, thanks to the havoc wreaked upon the world by the coronavirus pandemic. Horse racing has not been immune.

We've had an Arkansas Derby on the first Saturday in May, a Belmont Stakes to kick off the Triple Crown, empty grandstands most everywhere and now we prepare for a spectator-free Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in September.

But before the best of the 2017 Thoroughbred foal crop runs for the roses, horse racing may have to get past yet another challenge: civil unrest in the wake of a police shooting of a 26-year-old African-American woman, Breonna Taylor, in her home in Louisville, Ky., host city for America's most famous horserace.

In this week's edition of the Friday Show, publisher Ray Paulick and editor-in-chief Natalie Voss point out that the Kentucky Derby has been used before as a focal point of civil rights demonstrations. In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King and others fought for fair housing laws in the city, held demonstrations at Churchill Downs early on Derby week but ultimately opted not to disrupt the big race.

Paulick and Voss also discuss the newly assembled Churchill Downs 20-horse starting gate that may pose a challenge for the gate crew that typically stands inside each horse's stall.

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The Friday Show Presented By Woodbine: An Inspirational Choice At Keeneland

When Shannon Bishop Arvin begins her tenure on Jan. 1, 2021, as president of the Keeneland Association, she will be the first female to hold that position and one of the most powerful women in the Thoroughbred industry by virtue of the Lexington, Ky., racetrack and auction company's history as a leader and innovator.

Arvin, whose father and grandfather held important positions at Keeneland, was interviewed recently by Paulick Report editor-in-chief Natalie Voss. She did not step back from the realization that her selection as Keeneland president can serve as an inspiration to other women throughout the industry. “It's not lost on me,” she said, “and I hope it does let women know that if you just get up every day and keep after it and be persistent, anything is possible.”

In this week's edition of the Friday Show, publisher Ray Paulick and Voss discuss the appointment of Arvin as Keeneland president and what her focus may be after she takes the reins of power.

They also review wagering data for American racing that suggests how – in this year of the coronavirus pandemic – the shift from on-track or OTB bets to advance-deposit wagering has not been a boon to purse money.

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Triple Crown News Minute Presented By Kentucky Equine Research: Who’ll Fight ‘The Law’?

While Saturday's $1-million Runhappy Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., offers qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby (100-40-20-10 to the top four finishers), this Grade 1, mile and a quarter fixture is anything but a “prep.”

Barclay Tagg has made no secret of his desire to win this “Mid-Summer Derby,” and Tiz the Law has not missed a beat for him since winning the G1 Belmont Stakes on June 20 – the opening leg of the Triple Crown in this upside-down year of the coronavirus pandemic.

But to win the Travers, the Constitution colt will have to earn it. Three-time Travers-winning trainer Bob Baffert has shipped unbeaten Uncle Chuck in from California, and the Uncle Mo colt has drawn comparisons to Arrogate, the 2016 Travers winner for Baffert who set a track record of 1:59.36 winning by 13 1/2 lengths.

Country Grammer and Caracaro, the 1-2 finishers in the G3 Peter Pan at Saratoga on July 16, could also make things difficult for Tiz the Law.

In this edition of the Triple Crown News Minute, Ray Paulick and news editor Chelsea Hackbarth go through the field of eight 3-year-olds to determine whether any of them are capable of fighting 'The Law' and upsetting Tagg's even-money morning line favorite.

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