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If the strength of a field can be determined by its lowest rung, consider El Padrino in the May 5 Kentucky Derby.The Todd Pletcher-trained colt - winner of the Grade II Risen Star and fourth in the Florida Derby - ranks No. 20 at $250,000 on the list for graded-stakes...

We have three weeks to sort this all out. That's not nearly enough time. Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/04/14/2151318/john-clay-dullahans-win-deepens.html#storylink=cpyNot for this Kentucky Derby. Not when every leading contender has something to like about him and something to hate about him all at the same time. Not when there figures to be...

Received an email from horse racing fan Don Mackinnon last Saturday morning before the Arkansas Derby and Blue Grass Stakes were scheduled to go as the last big prep races for the May 5 Kentucky Derby.Mackinnon wondered where Dullahan was in our U-T Derby Watch poll. Wasn’t there, so I...

Kent Desormeaux, the jockey on Dullahan, talks about his win in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes.Videos by John Clay Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/04/14/2151321/videos-dullahans-trainer-jockey.html#storylink=cpy Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/04/14/2151140/dullahan-roars-past-hansen-to.html#storylink=cpyWATCH VIDEO Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/04/14/2151140/dullahan-roars-past-hansen-to.html#storylink=cpREAD MORE

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Even before the 13-horse lineup for Saturday’s Grade I Toyota Blue Grass Stakes made their way onto the track, there was no question which two contenders were going to bring the drama to the record crowd of 40,617 at Keeneland. Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/04/14/2151140/dullahan-roars-past-hansen-to.html#storylink=cpyOn one side was...

Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) winner Dullahan should have no problem racing on dirt in the May 5 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), trainer Dale Romans said April 17.The 3-year-old Even The Score colt has raced on dirt three times with third-place his best finish. He...

LEXINGTON, Ky. − Bena Halecky, an executive with Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, got the call from Phil Needham on the afternoon of January 8, 2008. Needham was Halecky’s bicycling partner, but he also was her partner in a handful of Thoroughbred broodmares. Now he was calling from the Keeneland...

Dullahan closed powerfully to catch Hansen in deep stretch of Saturday's Grade 1, $750,000 Blue Grass Stakes, establishing himself as a serious contender for the Kentucky Derby with an impressive 1 1/4-length victory. Owned by Donegal Racing, the Dale Romans-trained colt recorded a fast-finishing fourth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile...

When the Irish invade, you know it’s going to be pretty wild. When the Irish invade from Iowa of all places, well, who knows what to expect?With a name like Donegal Racing, you know the partners and their friends and family members will converge on Churchill Downswith all kinds of...

Jerry Crawford is managing partner of two sports franchises: the Iowa Energy, season champions of the 2010-11 NBA Development League in professional basketball, and Donegal Racing, a partnership named for his ancestral home in Ireland that first made news in 2010 when Paddy O’Prado finished third in the Kentucky Derby...