Kentucky Derby

[2008, TV Show]

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The 134th Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Unbeaten Florida Derby winner Big Brown headlines an expected 20-horse field with Pyro, Colonel John, Gayego and filly Eight Belles. Top trainer Todd Pletcher saddles Monba and Cowboy Cal in his quest for a first Derby win after coming up short with 19 horses previously. Street Sense won last year's race with jockey Calvin Borel, who rides Denis of Cork this year.

Big Brown Leads Wide-Open Field at 134th Kentucky Derby | TV Guide Sports Report | 5/2/2008
Of the near-record 459 horses nominated in January for Triple Crown consideration, only 20 get to dig their hooves into the Churchill Downs dirt for Saturday’s 134th Kentucky Derby (May 3, 5 pm/ET, NBC). This year's Run for the Roses includes a thusfar underachieving crop of three-year-olds, with undefeated Florida Derby winner Big Brown looming largest. “He clearly has fewer blemishes than any other horse going into the race,” says NBC analyst Bob Neumeier, “but he still has his own questions.” Such as only having run three races in his lifetime — a historical Derby no-no’s. (Though Curlin fared well last spring in that role: Third in Derby, first in Preakness, second in Belmont, on his way to Horse of the Year.) More helpful to handicappers like Neumeier is that Big Brown’s pre-Louisville resume does not include races on the game’s perplexing new synthetic-surfaced tracks, on which fellow top contenders Pyro (trained by Curlin’s... read more

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Premise: The 134th Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Unbeaten Florida Derby winner Big Brown headlines an expected 20-horse field with Pyro, Colonel John, Gayego and filly Eight Belles. Top trainer Todd Pletcher saddles Monba and Cowboy Cal in his quest for a first Derby win after coming up short with 19 horses previously. Street Sense won last year's race with jockey Calvin Borel, who rides Denis of Cork this year.

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