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The Kentucky Derby: The Most Surreal and Seedy Spectacle in All of Sports

Matthew DeBord | Posted 06.02.2009 | Entertainment

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Matthew DeBord

For more than a century, Americans have been annually treated to one of the most bizarre and deranged sporting events ever devised. The Derby is a full-on freak show, encased in a bubble of ersatz southern elegance.

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I Want Revenge Scratched From Kentucky Derby 2009

AP | JEFFREY McMURRAY | Posted 06.02.2009 | Home

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jeff Mullins rarely spoke publicly this week about I Want Revenge, the horse he was training for the Kentucky Derby. When he d...

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Kentucky Derby 2009: Field, Race Time, Other Info

Huffington Post | Posted 06.01.2009 | Home

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Time to break out the mint juleps, for its Derby time this Saturday. And so here is some useful information below about the 135th running of the Kentu...

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Kentucky Derby: Cocktail Recipes, Celebrity Betters, And, Of Course, Really Bad Hats (PICTURES)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.10.2008 | Living

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**UPDATE**: Big Brown was Saturday's big winner, but things did not end so well for second placer Eight Belles, who had to be put down after breaking ...

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