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Mike Smith gives thumbs up after winning the Kentucky Derby
Giacomo, with jockey Mike Smith up Lleft), gives the thumbs-up after beating Closing Argument and Cornelio Velasquez to win the 131st running of the Kentucky Derby on May 7, 2005 in Louisville, KY. Giacomo started the race as a 50-1 long shot. (UPI Photo/Frank Polich)

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Some top prospects for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks are on display this weekend and there's a showdown for older horses out west.
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Havre de Grace named Horse of the Year
Havre de Grace was named Horse of the Year Monday, marking the third straight time the top U.S. racing honor has gone to a female.
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So we took her back, put her in training and this is what happened. The jockey said she needed a race but she won anyway. We're aiming for the Breeders' Cup
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He broke very fast but I didn't want to go to the lead so I covered him up
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She always runs big, but today she wanted to go fast
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The pace was so slow, but I was never worried
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My horse broke on the lead and stayed in a good position
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A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad