Run For The Roses 2005 - 131st Kentucky Derby - Giacomo wins!

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[HairOfTheDog]

1 - Sort It Out Trainer - Bob Baffert

2 - Andromeda's Hero Trainer - Nick Zito

3 - Sun King Trainer - Nick Zito

4 - Noble Causeway Trainer - Nick Zito

5 - Coin Silver Trainer - Todd Pletcher

6 - High Limit Trainer - Bobby Frankel

7 - Flower Alley Trainer - Todd Pletcher

8 - Greater Good Trainer - Bob Holthus

9 - Greeley's Galaxy Trainer - Warren Stute

10 - Giacomo Trainer - John Shirreffs

11 - High Fly Trainer - Nick Zito

12 - Afleet Alex Trainer - Tim Ritchey

13 - Spanish Chestnut Trainer - Patrick Biancone

14 - Wilko Trainer - Craig Dollase

15 - Bandini Trainer Todd Pletcher

16 - Bellamy Road Trainer - Nick Zito

17 - Don't Get Mad Trainer - Ron Ellis

18 - Closing Argument Trainer - Kiaran McLaughlin

19 - Going Wild Trainer - D. Wayne Lukas

20 - Buzzards Bay Trainer - Jeff Mullins

[lainie]

That's a very beautiful face! Gosh he's smooth & shiny.

[cyborg]

I love all the hattitude.

[gopwinsin04]

There is so much wrong here I cannot begin to start...

[cowboyway]

Got surly eyes. Probably bite you if he got a chance.

[Dawgreg]

Waaaaaaaaa! I miss Smarty Jones, (sniff). Sorry.Thanks for the info. I'll be watchin'.

[gopwinsin04]

PETA alert! (unless its fake)

[snugs]

Here is a selection of hats from previous Ascots

[snugs]

So similar to our betting shops then.

[gopwinsin04]

How did 'Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman' get in?

[snugs]

Even I have heard of that horse LOL

[lainie]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The richest Kentucky Derby in history goes to the post today under the shadow of the Twin Suites.

It's a new era at Churchill Downs: The first $2 million purse, the unveiling of $121 million worth of massive rebuilding, the first trainer to have five horses with five different owners and the first entrant whose owner is paying $200,000 for the right to run.

For 27-year-old jockey Javier Castellano, it's another first — his first Derby. And when the field goes to the starting gate at 5:04 p.m. CDT, Castellano will be aboard Bellamy Road, the morning-line favorite owned by New York Yankees boss George Steinbrenner. Bellamy Road is one of a record-tying five horses saddled by trainer Nick Zito.

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050507/SPORTS/505070335/1025/SPORTS

[gopwinsin04]

Great Ascot pics, snugs. We've had Ladies Day threads before, and should do it again this year!

[WestCoastGal]

Wow, some are works of art others are.......scary!!

Here is Afleet Alexs' story, I knew it would be good.

"He's been kind of an underdog," says his trainer, Tim Ritchey. "He had to overcome a lot of things right from birth. And so far, he's lived up to the task."

Afleet Alex made it through his early days with the help of Lauren Silvertand, then 9 years old, the daughter of breeder John Silvertand. She gave the hungry foal milk from a Coors Light bottle. It was 12 days before a nurse mare could be found to take over the feeding.

Ritchey did not know that background when he purchased the son of Northern Afleet for $75,000 on behalf of the five-member Cash is King Stable at a sale for 2-year-olds in training in Timonium, Md., in May 2004. But he soon came to observe that there was something different about this horse's manner when compared to others he had dealt with.

"He bonded with people in a very special way, and I think that has helped him quite a bit," the trainer said. "He has a lot of trust in people, and I think he's a special horse

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[lainie]

Fan from Florida today

Alice in Wonderland

[gopwinsin04]

A familiar UK face atop the spires...hopefully its not for another reality show-- lol!

[lainie]

"You see, it's all about me."

[cyborg]

looks like a vise grip

[snugs]

This one from Ascot last June gives me bad memories or the Election Campaign remember Laura Ingrams nick name for John Edwards

[borntobeagle]

Not nice!

[snugs]

Posting a picture of him I have not eaten yet LOL