Topic: Churchill Downs

A Kentucky double: Can trainer take home Oaks-Derby double?

After winning the Kentucky Oaks on Friday, trainer Todd Pletcher could be the first to win the Oaks-Derby double since 1952, if one of his five horses wins the Kentucky Derby Saturday.

Kentucky Derby 2013: 'Run for the Roses' a wide-open affair (+video)

A number of three-year-old horses entered in this year's Kentucky Derby will have an opportunity Saturday to capture the garland of roses given to the winner.

Boston bombings lead to boosted security at sporting events

Boston's scheduled NHL and NBA games were called off after the bombings, while beefed-up security — including bomb-sniffing dogs — patrolled hockey, basketball, and baseball games around the country.

Kentucky Derby 2012: Who to watch in first leg of Triple Crown

Kentucky Derby 2012: Is this the year when the Kentucky Derby winner becomes the Triple Crown winner, ending a streak of 33 years?

Kentucky Derby 2011: Drug use questions hang over US horse racing

A drug used to mitigate internal bleeding in racehorses is misused as a performance enhancer in US contests, critics say. Though not in time for Kentucky Derby 2011, moves are afoot to ban race-day injections.

3 more 2010 novels you don't want to miss

Crumbling ruins loom large in this late 2010 fiction roundup: There's a castle haunted by a madwoman and a mystery, a derelict race track that's the setting for this year's National Book Award-winner, and a once-stately manor home that now houses the insane and infirm.

Former Kentucky Derby champ Secretariat makes it to the big screen

1973 Kentucky Derby and Triple Crown winner Secretariat is the star of a new Disney movie based on his life and racing career.

Now Roto-Rooter signs up for 'Undercover Boss'

Roto Rooter and three other companies have agreed to participate in the CBS show 'Undercover Boss.'

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