KENTUCKY DERBY NOTEBOOK: TRAINED TO WIN BIG.Byline: Kevin Modesti Staff Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. - If Kristin Mulhall's Imperialism wins the Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby One of the classic U.S. Thoroughbred horse races. It was established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky. With the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, it makes up U.S. racing's coveted Triple Crown. on Saturday, it won't be the 21-year-old trainer's first experience with the Derby winner's circle win·ner's circle n. pl. winners' circles An enclosed area at a racetrack where the winning horse and jockey are brought for awards and publicity. Noun 1. . A Churchill Downs Churchill Downs, Ky.: see Louisville. publicist flipped through a track photo album and showed off a winner's circle shot from War Emblem's 2002 triumph. There's trainer Bob Baffert Bob Baffert (born January 13, 1953 in Nogales, Arizona) is an American horse owner and trainer. He graduated from the University of Arizona's Racetrack Management Program with a Bachelor of Science degree. , there's owner Prince Ahmed Salman, there's Salman racing manager Richard Mulhall. And there in the back left of the crowd of friends and family is Richard Mulhall's little daughter, beaming. ``That's when I decided to get my trainer's license,'' said Kristin Mulhall, a Monrovia resident. She had attended the 2001 Derby with her father and saw Salman's Point Given finish fifth. In '02, she watched War Emblem War Emblem was the winner of the Kentucky Derby in 2002. This Thoroughbred's time was 2:01.13 around the 1 1/4 mile track. Victor Espinoza was his jockey for the Derby, never having seen the horse until the morning of the race. from a private suite while standing next to Salman, the Saudi Arabian prince who would encourage Mulhall's training career when her father was reluctant. ``He didn't expect to win,'' she said. ``He just wanted a horse to run in the Derby. Then we saw he had an easy lead.' '' Mulhall, who had trained and ridden show jumpers, and was an assistant to racing trainer John Shirreffs in '02, passed the last of the three tests for prospective California trainers a couple of days after War Emblem's defeat in the Belmont Stakes cost the colt the Triple Crown. --Entry time: There were no dropouts Tuesday, so Eddington and Rock Hard Ten, Nos. 21 and 22 on the earnings list, appear unlikely to squeeze into the 20-horse Kentucky Derby field when entries become official this morning at Churchill Downs. Entries will be announced, and post positions and morning-line odds will be determined, during a ceremony to be telecast from the Kentucky Derby museum The Kentucky Derby Museum is an American Thoroughbred horse racing museum located on the grounds of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Dedicated to preserving the history of the Kentucky Derby, it first opened its doors to the public in the spring of 1984. at 2 p.m. PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT on ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network . The 20 top earners are The Cliff's Edge, Action This Day, Friends Lake, Smarty Jones, Tapit, Castledale, Limehouse, Lion Heart, Read the Footnotes, Wimbledon, Pollard's Vision, Imperialism, Minister Eric, Birdstone, Borrego, Quintons Gold Rush, St Averil, Master David, Song of the Sword, and Pro Prado. --Drills: Master David (five-eighths of a mile in 1:00 4/5 seconds) and Minister Eric (one-half mile in 50) had their final pre-Kentucky Derby workouts on a clear but chilly Tuesday morning. Master David made his quickest move during a warm-up walk, kicking a hoof hoof, horny epidermal casing at the end of the digits of an ungulate (hoofed) mammal. In the even-toed ungulates, such as swine, deer, and cattle, the hoof is cloven; in the odd-toed ungulates, such as the horse and the rhinoceros, it is solid. in the direction of trainer Bobby Frankel, who jumped out of the way. ``Well, he's alive,'' Frankel said. ``Nothing nasty on his part. He's just feeling good.'' Richard Mandella-trained Minister Eric surprised jockey Pat Day with ``how hard he pulled'' in the workout. --Ladies' day: Halfbridled drew post 4 in a field of 12 and listed as the 9-2 third choice on the morning line for Friday's Kentucky Oaks, the fillies' version of the Kentucky Derby. Last season's champion 2-year-old filly, coming off two defeats at age 3, will be ridden by Alex Solis. Madcap Escapade (Jerry Bailey) is favored at 3-1, Ashado (John Velazquez) next at 4-1. --Impossible? Churchill Downs kentuckyderby.com Web site is offering a $5 million jackpot if a fan can forecast the entire order of finish for the Derby. That's the prize if the Derby has 15 or more horses. It drops to $1 million if there are 12 to 14 and $50,000 for fewer than 12. Nobody earned the prize when the contest debuted in 2003. |
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