40th running of the West Virginia Derby
win. This was a Grade 2 race worth $750000.00. Final Order of Finish: 1st - #1 Soul Warrior ($450000.00). 2nd - #4 Big Drama ($150000.00). 3rd- #2 Mine That Bird ($75000.00). 4th - #3 Awesome Rhythm ($37500.00). 5th - #1A Sunday Sunrise ($18750.00). 6th - #5 Monty's Best ($11250.00). ... "horse racing" "West Virginia Derby" "Mine That Bird" "Mike Smith" Horses "Soul Warrior" "Big Drama" "Awesome Rhythm" "Sunday Sunrise" "Monty's Best" "Kentucky Derby" Mountaineer Thoroughbred "Thoroughbred ...
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Dark Horse
A tribute to the four unlikeliest racing heroes in training. In order of first appearance: Presious Passion, the nobody gelding who somehow, despite three course records, continues to win races at long odds in Secretariat-like time. Mine That Bird, the superstar gelding who lost two races at Sunland Park before taking the Kentucky Derby (and coming closest to defeating Rachel Alexandra this year). Fabulous Strike, the six-year-old Philly-bred horse out of Penn National considered among the ...
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