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Churchill Downs resumes racing, starts the '24 Kentucky Derby prep season

Sports News // 1 year ago

Churchill Downs resumes racing, starts the '24 Kentucky Derby prep season

Churchill Downs, shuttered since a rash of horse deaths during its spring season, is back in action this weekend and kicks off its "Road to the Kentucky Derby" on Saturday.

Make It Big enters Kentucky Derby picture

Sports News // 3 years ago

Make It Big enters Kentucky Derby picture

Make It Big jumped into the Kentucky Derby picture with a weekend victory while the first big weekend of the new year started to shape up at Gulfstream Park with prep races for next month's Grade I Pegasus World Cup.

Breeders' Cup field set; Improbable favorite for $6 million Classic

Sports News // 4 years ago

Breeders' Cup field set; Improbable favorite for $6 million Classic

The stage is set for the weekend's 14-race, $31 million Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland with a sparkling, multinational cast.

Almond Eye, Furore win in weekend horse racing

Sports News // 4 years ago

Almond Eye, Furore win in weekend horse racing

Almond Eye made another entry in the record books, Furore finally got back to the winner's arch in Hong Kong and some youngsters teed up potential 2021 Classics campaigns in Canada.

Eleven Breeders' Cup slots up for grabs in weekend races around globe

Sports News // 4 years ago

Eleven Breeders' Cup slots up for grabs in weekend races around globe

Eleven weekend races around the world offer "Win and You're In" slots for the November Breeders' Cup World Championships.

Authentic, Tiz the Law could meet again in the Preakness

Sports News // 4 years ago

Authentic, Tiz the Law could meet again in the Preakness

Authentic's victory in the Kentucky Derby was only one indication of how things might go for the rest of the year at horse racing's top levels.

Authentic targets Preakness after 'crazy' Kentucky Derby win

Sports News // 4 years ago

Authentic targets Preakness after 'crazy' Kentucky Derby win

The morning after winning the Kentucky Derby for a record-tying sixth time, the word at the tip of trainer Bob Baffert's tongue was, "crazy."

Tiz the Law could turn a Kentucky Derby to forget into one to remember

Sports News // 4 years ago

Tiz the Law could turn a Kentucky Derby to forget into one to remember

The 146th Kentucky Derby certainly is the strangest ever and, in many respects, one to forget. But if the overwhelming favorite, Tiz the Law, runs to his notices Saturday afternoon, he will make the race one to remember.

Nervous tension builds before Kentucky Derby; King Guillermo scratched

Sports News // 4 years ago

Nervous tension builds before Kentucky Derby; King Guillermo scratched

With two days to go before the 146th Kentucky Derby, nervous tension is building in the Churchill Downs barn area.

Kentucky Derby favorite Tiz the Law looks forward to fast track Saturday

Sports News // 4 years ago

Kentucky Derby favorite Tiz the Law looks forward to fast track Saturday

Kentucky Derby favorite Tiz the Law put in light work over a sloppy track Tuesday at Churchill Downs. After suffering his only loss over a sloppy Churchill Downs track last year, he looks forward to a sunny, dry day.

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I told the jock to ride like he did last time (in the Sam F. Davis) and hope for second
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup Mar 17, 2008

I'm going to go out to the Hollywood Derby with him
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup Oct 08, 2007

He was patient with me and didn't get stupid. As soon as he came through, I knew he had it
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup Sep 17, 2007

She has to have things go her own way. She got that today
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup Sep 17, 2007

What was he, 34-1? I liked him, I just didn't think the race would come up that tough. Mr. Fipke (owner Charles E.) had him out west, and wanted to go to the Breeders' Cup. I talked him out of that, and said the Cigar Mile would be a lot easier, and it's still a Grade 1. Then the race came up so tough, and I thought we made a mistake
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup Nov 29, 2010

Alabama Stakes (2003) Jockey Club Gold Cup (2004) Coolmore Lexington Stakes (2006) Colonial Turf Cup (2006) Secretariat Stakes (2006) Jamaica Breeders' Cup Handicap (2006) Hollywood Derby (2006) Remsen Stakes (2006) Holy Bull Stakes (2007) Wood Memorial Stakes (2007, 2008) Red Smith Handicap (2007) Mrs. Revere Stakes (2007) Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (2007) Futurity Stakes (2007) U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (2007) Kent Breeders' Cup Stakes (2007) Jamaica Handicap (2007) Tampa Bay Derby (2008) Suburban Handicap (2009) Cigar Mile Handicap (2010)

Barclay Tagg (born December 30, 1937 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American thoroughbred horse trainer. A 1961 graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Animal Husbandry, he is best known for conditioning Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Funny Cide. Horses in Tagg's stable have included Showing Up and Nobiz Like Shobiz. Barclay trains horses year round, spending spring in New York and winter in Florida.

Formerly a steeplechase jockey, Tagg won his first race in 1972 at Old Liberty Park. He has been a journeyman trainer for many years, and with Funny Cide became the first trainer to win the Kentucky Derby in his first attempt since Cam Gambolati with Spend a Buck in 1985.

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