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Old 04-30-2007, 10:29 PM
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Yum! Brands is apparently going to give a bonus if the winner wins by more than 6 1/2 lengths. The million will be divided evenly between the owner, trainer, jockey, and a charity. The charity this year is the Barbaro Fund. Interesting idea.

Here's the link.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18400076/
They are admitting to the world; 'we have no clue what the Ky. derby is really about.'
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Old 05-01-2007, 12:55 AM
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They are admitting to the world; 'we have no clue what the Ky. derby is really about.'
Why, it's about celebrities - that's why we now will have the extremely important initial half-hour of televised red carpet Derby interviews on NBC.

If the horses didn't run, most of the Derby day crowd probably wouldn't even notice ....
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