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131ST KENTUCKY DERBY
Giacomo trainer John Shirreffs raises the championship trophy next to jockey Mike Smith, right, after winning the 131st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville on May 7, 2005. (UPI Photo/Mark Cowan)

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A look at weekend horse racing
Florida Sunshine Millions, a Derby prep, graded stakes out west and top milers in Hong Kong all enliven the weekend racing schedule.
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A look at weekend horse racing
It's a short but sweet racing schedule this weekend with 2-year-olds topping the program in California, Florida and Japan.
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Zenyatta's little sister wins first race
Eblouissante, a half-sister to 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta, won her first start Friday, running much like her elder sibling.
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There was a lot of speed in there and I wanted to be mid-pack and wait for the horses to come back to me and just let my horse finish, and it worked out exactly that way. They went pretty quick, and I was able to sit just off the speed
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I've been tip-toeing around the barn all morning, saying, 'I know we're going to give them a scare.' I'm just very, very proud of my horse. To run second to the best horse in the world and one of the greats of all time is huge
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It looks like he came out of the Kentucky Derby pretty good
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We were really worried about her going a mile and an eighth
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I was pretty sure I had the horses in front of me measured and he won pretty comfortably
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