Videos tagged with "blue grass stakes"

1995 Blue Grass Stakes [12:23]
While the power horses of East and West stalked and chased, and while a medical miracle named Randy Romero hunched down in the saddle, a 30-1 long shot named Wild Syn led every step of the way today to win the Blue Grass Stakes by 2 1/2 lengths over Suave Prospect. And, while doing so, he royally scrambled the traffic on the road to the Kentucky Derby. No horse in the race was given less chance to win, yet no horse in the race ever got in front of him. He simply set a tantalizing pace that no jockey challenged, and at the end of a mile and one-eighth he still had the lead over some of the ranking candidates for the Derby: Suave Prospect, who held off the late run by Tejano Run by the length of his head, and then Thunder Gulch two lengths farther back. No match race developed between Thunder Gulch and Suave Prospect, as expected. No winning drive to the wire in the homestretch by Tejano Run, as expected. No clarifying of the Derby picture, as expected. And with the Canadian champion Talkin Man blitzing the field in the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct in New York -- three weeks after he won the Gotham -- the Derby sweepstakes underwent a mighty one-day shakeout. Instead, at the picturesque Keeneland track in the heart of the horse country, it was all Wild Syn. He was running in only his second stakes race, guided by a jockey who retired last year after a career filled with injuries and at least three comebacks and saddled by a 26-year-old trainer, Thomas Arnemann. Not only that ...

Dullahan at Churchill Downs, 5/1/2012 [00:22]
Dullahan (Blue Grass Stakes winner) skips along the stretch during the morning of May 1, 2012 at Churchill Downs.
Tags: Dullahan, Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Blue Grass Stakes, Louisville, Kentucky, colt, horse, horse racing, Run for the Roses, Irish, Donegal Racing, Dale Romans, Paddy O'Prado

Triple Crown Insider - Arkansas Derby and Blue Grass Stakes recap - 4/16/2012 [07:42]
Jon and Joel were at Keeneland on Saturday to witness both the Blue Grass Stakes and Hansen's infamous "Tailgate" incident. Get their take on both, as well as their thoughts on just how good Bodemeister's Arkansas Derby romp was. Do we have a new Derby favorite? Watch it. Comment.
Tags: ‪Triple Crown Insider, Horse, Horses, thoroughbred, triple crown, thoroughbred racing, Horse Racing, Race, derby, kentucky derby, derby trail, triple crown trail, bob baffert, todd pletcher, top 10, arkansas derby, blue grass stakes, keeneland, ed deros

2012 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes Press Conference [02:10]

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2012 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes [02:02]
Dullahan roars down the stretch to win the 2012 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes
Tags: horse racing, ntra, dullahan, blue grass stakes