Articles about Derby

Word Of Mouth - 4-15-2008

Want the skinny on Louisville? Then listen to these residents, who know just what you should do when you visit their Kentucky Derbyloving city.

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...if you’ll be in town during the Derby. The festivities last several days -- just like...

...accessible to the public 24 hours a day. ... On Derby night [the first Saturday in May], after the...

page 2 - 4-15-2010

Around this time each year, the city of Anchorage, Alaska, begins to stir after months of hibernation. As spring gives way to warmer days and shorter nights, let the locals tell you why there’s no better time to head north.

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...the site each June of the annual Slam’n Salm’n Derby — in which fishermen try to wrangle the biggest...

...salmon they can — and the Slam’n Salm’n Silver Derby, held each August, which is the contest’s...

...the last three winners of the Slam’n Salm’n Derby pull in their prize fish, even fighting a...

A Whole New Brawl Game - 3-1-2008

What happens when a bunch of girls on skates get together for a little fun? Pure mayhem.

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...undefeated record.

Derby types warn newcomers to the sport that...

... Then Melicious transforms from fashion critic to Derby historian, a job she first took on when she...

Sports - 5-1-2001

STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSES MOUTH In preparation for another exciting group of Thoroughbred races for the Triple Crown, we sat down with Jersey City Joe, a four-year-old colt out of Lexington, Kentucky, and a (very) distant relative to ...

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...and 1996Derby winner. AW: So what happens to you after...

...The closest I’ve ever gotten to the Derby is watching it on a television set in the corner...

page 1 - 3-15-2008

[dl] Misc. In My Guy Barbaro, jockey Edgar Prado gives the inside story of how the pursuit of Triple Crown glory with Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro came t...

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...competition in the dust at the 2006 Kentucky Derby. It was the first time in his seven Derby rides...

...Derby. It was the first time in his seven Derby rides that Prado had ever finished higher than...

Sports - 5-1-2003

Trainer Bob Baffert has lifted the Kentucky Derby trophy in the winner’s circle three times, his horses have won two legs of the Triple Crown on four occasions, and he has thrice earned the Eclipse Award as outstanding trainer. A...

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...How do you handle two or three entries in the Derby? BB: We’re used to running multiple...

...accomplishment? BB: I think winning the Derby three times. It’s the most exciting...

page 2 - 11-1-2001

He plays the president on TV, but in Vegas, he's the king of the slots. Spend a weekend in Vegas with actor Martin Sheen.

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... the weekend brunch buffet at The Hollywood Brown Derby in the MGM Grand Hotel. There''s a brunch at...

... at Bellagio that''s very good, too, but The Brown Derby buffet was the first one I went to on a regular...

page 1 - 11-15-2006

"And they're off "Crazed Shopper leaps out of the gate, with Festive Partygoer a close second. Bunched up with My In-laws Are Coming are I don't Have a Clue and Honey Wheres the Scotch. Bah Humbug trails slightly, and Bedraggled Host pull...

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...Downs for the annual running of the Festivity Derby. We are just getting under way for one of the...

page 2 - 5-1-2010

In Portland, it’s always-available candy-covered doughnuts, endless free games of Ms. Pac-Man and never, ever having to grow up.

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...fans. This is the Portland Adult Soapbox Derby, and it has endured for 10 years with the same...