Favorite Filly Finishes First

Rachel Alexandra became the first filly to win the Preakness Stakes since 1924, holding off a late charge by Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird to capture the middle jewel of the Triple Crown on Saturday by a length.
Calvin Borel, who rode Mine That Bird in the Derby, switched to Rachel Alexandra and guided her to a sixth straight victory.
Rachel Alexandra and Borel made history Saturday. A lot of history. She became the first filly to win the Preakness since Nellie Morse in 1924, and he became the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness on different horses in the same year.
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Kentucky Derby Adornment

Aretha dons 'moon light' headgear...

Celebrities showed up to the 135th Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday to sport some outrageous headgear! Take a look HERE

'That Bird' has Flown...into Derby History

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Chip Woolley, Calvin Borel and Mine That Bird, an improbable — no, impossible — 50-1 long shot, ran away with the 135th running of America’s greatest race, the Kentucky Derby.
He returned $103.20, the second-highest price in Derby history.
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Clinton Curse Fatal for Filly

THE only filly in the legendary US Kentucky Derby, Hillary Clinton picked EIGHT BELLES to win. She ran Hard - Too Hard coming in Second Place, but broke both of her ankles and was destroyed on the track after the race ended.
Beaten By BIG BROWN, Senator Clinton will be hoping Saturday's derby does not prove to be a political omen.
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