Story originally published on June 2, 2013, on DanonymousRacing.com Arlington Heights, IL – Channing Hill is a changed man. A good woman can have that effect and Hill has found himself one very good woman. “She has pretty much turned me around,” Hill told DanonymousRacing.com. “She keeps me in check and she keeps me focused on…
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Rejuvenated Stevens Hopes Derby Win Completes Unlikely Comeback
Story originally published on April 20, 2013, on DanonymousRacing.com Gary Stevens had nothing left to prove. At least, not to anyone who’d watched him ride horses for nearly three decades. Hall of Fame? Check. Breeder’s Cup wins? Check. Kentucky Derby victories? Triple check. But when he walked, or rather hobbled, away from horse racing more…
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Krigger: Kentucky Derby Glory Already in the Bag with Goldencents
Story originally published on April 25, 2013, on DanonymousRacing.com For twenty-minutes, we talked. Kevin Krigger sounded supremely confident and then, just in case I hadn’t detected it in his tone, he made his thoughts plain. “It is what it is,” Krigger told DanonymousRacing.com. “I am going to be the first African-American jockey since 1902 to…
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Leparoux Emerges from Pack with Last-Second Derby Contender
Story originally published on April 15, 2013, on DanonymousRacing.com Julien Leparoux could’ve sulked and no one would’ve blamed him. In a year filled with ups and downs for the 29-year-old jockey, the low point might’ve been last month after the San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita. Leparoux, riding Kentucky Derby hopeful, Flashback, found himself in…
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Jockey Gets Scare of his Life and Still Almost Wins
Story originally published April 14, 2013, on DanonymousRacing.com It might’ve lacked the contextual drama of Afleet Alex stumbling, nearly falling and drawing off to win the 2005 Preakness, but 11th race at Pimlico on Saturday will certainly go down as one of the track’s most memorable. “I’ve never ever seen something like that and I’ve…