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The Kentucky Derby is probably the 2nd best known Horse race in the whole world behind the UK’s the Epsom Derby, with so many films made about the big race and the excitement it brings to everybody when it comes around it is hard to imagine another Horse race bringing such joy to people’s faces than the Kentucky Derby.

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The Kentucky Derby is a Grade 1 stakes race for the Worlds best three year-old thoroughbred horses, it is held annually in Louisville Kentucky on the first Saturday in May and has all American Horse racing enthusiasts on the edge of their seats from the start to the finish.
The race itself was the brains of Col. Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr who after visiting England and France’s big Horse racing events returned to the States with a good idea on how to stage a big race and in 1875 in front of a 10000 crowd he put them plans into action and the Kentucky Derby was invented.

In the early years of the race it was solely American horses that entered the big race largely due to the long journey foreign trainers would have to put their horses through but in 1917 an English bred colt called Omar Khayyam became the first foreign-bred horse to win the race.

The American public actually call the race the best two minutes in sport and when you consider the size of the crowd that gathers at Kentucky every year to watch the massive race who can argue with them because it is one of them events that sends tingles down your spine when the race get’s underway.

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The betting for the 2009 Champion Hurdle has become a lot clearer after a few of the leading contenders were in action recently.

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The biggest mover of the leading fancies was Nicky Henderson’s Chomba Womba who was cut from around 25/1 into just 16s. The shortening price comes after the mare was successful in the Ascot Hurlde winning with plenty in hand to win by a length from fellow festival hope Crack Away Jack. It was a performance that capped and impressive run of form so far this season and she really looks to be developing into a top, top contender over timber.

As for Crack Away Jack it was a disappointing effort after such a good seasonal debut at Chepstow on his penultimate start. That said the trip of two miles three wouldn’t have suited him that well and he’ll be back at his best over two miles. The good things about last season’s Fred winter winner is that you can now get a juicy 8/1 from him to win the biggy at Cheltenham which seems great value.

Of the recent runs Binocular’s in the Befair Hurdle was by far the most impressive. Another contender for Nicky Henderson this four-year-old was never off the bridle when taking the race by a very easy three and quarter lengths and if anything was still being held at the finish. The worrying thing for his opponents is that he is entitled to improve again from that run and justifies favouritism in the Champion.

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Saturday marked the day where New Approach once again stamped his class on the field in the Emirates Airlines Champion Stakes by winning the high class race at a canter by six lengths and destroying the track record at Newmarket in the mean time.

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With the racing world dealt a blow last week with two of the best sprinters in the racing world (Big brown and Zarkava) being retired to stud trainer of New Approach shocked everyone by announcing his super horse would be doing the same thing by retiring to stud and I as well as many racing fans seem to be getting tired of seeing these great horses retired so early just to line the owners pockets with wads of cash from their offspring which I think will start to damage the sport long term if this carries on being the trend of classic winners.

The race itself was perfect for New Approach and he never really had any trouble from any of his rivals and was one of the easiest champion races I have ever witnessed on English soil and due to the thinking of his owner and trainer we will never see the wonderful horse again flying towards the winning post.

Jim Bolger later doubled up on his daily winnings when his outsider Intense Focus who was 20-1 with a lot of the bookmakers won him the Darley Dewhurst stakes for the third consecutive year but not without one hell of a battle to the finish line, he Intense Focus showed ferocious guts and determination to win a thrilling battle in a three-way photo finish with Lord Shanakill and Finjaan making it a great day for the trainer.

Incidentally Intense Focus has now been marked up at 14-1 for the 2000 Guineas which could be worth looking at now even with months before the race.

betus.com  – This week the horse racing world has been left pretty shocked at the sudden retirement of possibly the best ever American sprinter ever in Big Brown who after a training gallop accident has been retired straight away.

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During a routine 6 furlong gallop at his home on the turf course at Aqueduct in Jamaica, N.Y big Brown suffered a freak injury when the brilliant 3 year old colt tore about a 3-inch piece of flesh off the foot after it collided with his right-rear foot, and this type of injury would normally take around 3-5 months to completely heal so Big Browns trainer Rick Dutrow jr made the immediate decision to end his racing career after he would miss $5 million dollar Breeders club classic on October 25th and when he has healed start his studding career where I am sure his off spring will fetch millions of dollars each.

Another horse that I must say I am surprised has been retired especially after she was touted as being the best ever filly to ever race is Zarkava who just eight days after becoming the first filly since 1993 to win the prestigious Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe was retired on Monday with the horses connections deciding to retire the horse even though it is in good health but they have said they can make more money from the horse through breeding rather than racing which is becoming much the norm nowadays but if you ask me is damaging the sport in general.

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Having covered the whole internet over the last couple of days looking for Sites that have anything on the World famous Kentucky Derby at Churchill downs I came up with a relatively less known site but if it is Kentucky you are looking for then this is the place.

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Sportbet.com to me was head and shoulders above anything else in terms of their graphic detail of the big race with nothing left out at all, Sportbet.com give you the ultimate run down of the big race with the chances of all the horses clearly detailed, the amount of prize money they have accumulated over their careers in Graded races, the jockey on board and who owns the horse and to top it off who bred the horse.
This year’s winner Big Brown was really something special and Sportbet.com had him at a whopping 5/1 (if only I knew about this site then) so if you do know a thing or two about the Kentucky Derby then placing your bet with Sportbet.com really will enhance your winnings should it cross the line 1st purely on their great prices offered.

The site also offers special bonuses on the Kentucky Derby so if you do ever get an inside bit of knowledge on USA’s biggest horse race ran on the first Saturday of every May involving America’s best 3-year old Thoroughbreds at historic Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky then look no further than Sportbet.com

Lewis Hamilton’s lead at the top of the Championship table was cut to 5 points after the British driver could only finish in 12th place and out of the points in the Japanese leg of the F1 calendar.
Starting in pole position and at a course he won at last year all his fans were left thinking he could take one big giant step to the title with a good finish here but how wrong could they have been.

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Hamilton got off the grid in a sluggish fashion and was immediately given a drive through penalty after forcing reigning champion Raikkonen off at the first bend dropping the Ferrari down to seventh place in the process, all this was after the Icelandic driver was poised to take the lead after a lightning start, his closest rival for the championship Massa was also given a drive through penalty when he tried to dive down the inside on Hamilton (who-else!) on Lap 2 in a battle for 5th position only to temporarily lose it and hit the McLaren causing Hamilton to spin and lose even more ground, the stewards said that the Brazilian driver caused an avoidable collision and issued him the same penalty as Hamilton the previous lap ultimately costing both drivers any chance of a win.

Alonso remarkably won his 2nd Grand prix in succession in a car that he himself said would have no chance of winning in this season, Polish driver Kubica finished 2nd with Raikkonen completing the podium.

One thing that has come out of this weekend though is with only two races left there are 3 possible winners of the championship (Hamilton, Massa, Kubica) which should make it a nerve wracking finish for all their fans.

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Horse racing as we know it today can trace its roots back to about 4500 BC when nomadic tribesman of central Asia first domesticated equines.

The first competitive official contests are thought to be the Chariot races of the ancient Roman empire and in the intervening couple of thousand years the sport has flourished to become known as the sport of kings.

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Thoroughbred contests are by far the most popular form of the sport ,which has developed many facets, including trotting harness racing that is very popular in northern continental Europe.

Modern racing, that is to say how we know it now, first came to light in the 12th century as English Knights returned from the crusades with faster Arab horses than their British counterparts. These imported Stallions where bred with native mares to produce animals that had both speed and stamina. The knights and nobility of the time would then match these in private wagers and horse racing was born.

The sport became professional during the 1700′s when the previous match races became the more familiar spectacle of multiple animals contests allowing for more betting opportunities. Racing expanding quickly and it wasn’t long before there were racecourses up and down the country and with big money races soon emerging.

Interestingly Horse racing has become the second most widely attended U.S. spectator sport, after their national game of baseball.

The picture for next season’s 1000 guineas may have become a bit clearer after ante-post favourite Rainbow View’s impressive looking victory in the Meon Valley Stud Fillies’ Mile at Ascot.

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The John Gosden filly had to be produced off the bridle for the first time in her career to take the race after a strong initial challenge from Fanstasia, who would eventually finish over two lengths behind. It’s always interesting to see how a horse reacts to this the first time and after being a little confused at first the champion in waiting took to her work well to race clear to victory.

The two-year-old’s case was further strengthened for next year’s Newmarket classic when Minor Vamp took the Goffs Fillies Million at the Curragh. Richard Hannon’s charge was an emphatic winner of the Irish event having previously been beaten in excess of six lengths by the brilliant Gosden filly at Newmarket in the Sweet Solara back in August.

As a result of those events Rainbow View is around 7/4 to be the Queen of the Rowley Mile next term with Fantasia is available at around 12/1.

While the girls were taking centre stage there was a bit of movement in the 2000 Guineas market as well with Richard Hannon’s Group One hopeful, Soul City, getting his price clipped to 25/1 from 33/1.

The Kentucky Derby is one of the oldest races group one races in the US and forms part of the famous American Triple crown.

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First run in 1875, in front of a crowd estimated to be in excess of 100,000, the race is staged every year at Kentucky’s Churchill Downs course on the first weekend in May.

The ‘Race for the Rose’, so called as the winning horse is draped with a blanket of 554 red roses shortly after crossing the line, owes its inception to Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark Junior. In 1872 Clark attended some of the major races in Europe, which inspired him to organise a race to rival them. First he had to build facilities good enough to host such an event and organised the Louisville Jockey Club with the aim of raising money to do precisely that. Churchill Downs, named after John and Henry Churchill who had provided the land for the racetrack, was erected in time to open it’s doors in 1875 and they’ve never really looked back.

Originally raced over the same distance as the English Derby, one mile five furlongs, the distance was reduced to a mile and a quarter in 1896. The first ever Kentucky classic was won by a colt named Aristides trained by legendary handler Ansel Williamson. Amazingly that would be the former slave’s only victory in this prestigious event

It continues to attract crowds of over 100,000 and is described in the US as ‘the most exciting two minutes in sport.’

I know in this day and age we have our fair share of great Cricketers with the likes of Lara, Ponting,
Warne, Flintoff and Tendulkar who all have achieved a lot in the game.

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But when it come to statistics and records there is one man that is head and shoulders above everyone that has ever graced the beautiful game of Cricket and that is Sir Donald Bradman.

Born in Cootamundra, New South Wales on August 27th 1908 Sir Donald ‘George’ Bradman was the youngest child of 5, 1 brother and 3 sisters to George and Emily. Donald started playing Cricket at School hitting his first century at the age of ’12’ then went on to lay for his local bush team Bowral, generally making up the numbers when players were injured or could not make the game.

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By the age of 19 he had made all the local papers with his exploits for his local team and was given a chance at First Class Cricket for New South Wales replacing Archie Jackson who was unfit and what a debut it was, looking like he had been playing for years he scored a magnificent 118 runs which cemented his place in the side for years to come.
Perhaps Donald will be best remembered for his exploits during the Ashes tour of England an 1930, Scoring 131 in the first test then 254 in the second test, but his remarkable 309 on day one of the third test which still has never been eclipsed by any other Cricketer anywhere in the World is the reason why Mr Bradman will go down in history as the Greatest batsman EVER.

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