Kentucky derby

• The 138th annual Kentucky Derby is less than a week away (Saturday, May 5), and if past years are any indication, the real competition will be on the sidelines where the celebs show off their best festive fashions.
(YAHOO!)
• What a difference a year makes. Before last years Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs oddsmaker Mike Battaglia had a much easier time making the morning-line favorite for Americas most famous thoroughbred race.
(Sporting News)
• LOUISVILLE — For plenty of people in the Thoroughbred business, simply getting their horse into the Kentucky Derby would be reason enough to pay the entry fee.
(Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Kentucky Derby hopefuls Gemologist, El Padrino, and Take Charge Indy were expected to arrive at Churchill Downs on Tuesday and hit the track for the first time on Wednesday morning. It will be the first time in about a week they will get to step on dry land.
(Daily Racing Form)
• The 138th running of the Kentucky Derby is upon us, and all the major preparations of the horses for the big race are either finalized or being wrapped up today.
(Bleacherreport.com)
• CRANSTON, R.I., April 30, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Giovanni Feroce, CEO of Alex and Ani, Inc.
(msnbc.com)
• Trainer Steve Asmussen sent his two Kentucky Derby 2012 contenders to the track early Monday morning for their final works before Saturday's race, each going four furlongs.
(Courier-Journal)
• LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Union Rags, the horse to beat in Saturdays 138th Kentucky Derby, is, quite literally, a dream come true for his owner-breeder Phyllis Wyeth. Wyeth has been a horsewoman her whole life.
(myfoxny.com)
• Despite the cancellation of the Kentucky Derby Festival Inc.s Great Balloon Race on Saturday, there still was plenty to see this weekend at festival events.
(The Business Journal)
• Shivananda Parbhoo has not exactly followed a conventional path to the Kentucky Derby. He bought his colt, Trinniberg, almost by accident. He employs his 72-year-old father as his trainer.
(Washington Post)