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Kentucky Derby 152 - Post Race 🌹
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The Real Players Inside The Backstretch™️
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The Real Players Inside The Backstretch™️
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The Real Players Inside the Backstretch Human stories behind thoroughbred racing 📩 [email protected] Featured: NY Times
- Good Kentucky Hands Groom Jerry Dixon jr Won The Kentucky Derby With The Biggest Longshot Rich Strike Congratulations To Four Generations Of Horsemen #Dixons @3coltshandicap @GodsTipster @WHR @KentuckyDerby @ChurchillDowns @AaronGryder @AidanButler @NBCSports @SONNYLEON1
00:00 - Kendrick Carmouche just captured a Grade 1 victory aboard Deterministic, trained by Miguel Clement—Fourstardave at Saratoga! 🔥 The crowd on the way back to the jocks’ room was electric. fans stopped him for photos, handshakes, and love. Louisiana in the house, and Kendrick’s on
00:00 - Taylor Ortiz, wife of top jockey Jose Ortiz a retired jockey herself and a fifth-generation horsewoman. These days, Taylor is holding down the fort and supporting her husband. She represents the strength, sacrifice, and grace of the wives behind the scenes.
00:00 - Fresh off his win aboard Talkin in Race 6, @KendrickCarmou1 didn’t just leave the winner’s circle—he gave it right back to the fans. Signing every autograph, taking every picture, and sharing every smile. This is what horse racing is all about—the connection between the sport
00:00 - Exercise Rider Nick Merritt From Baltimore Found His Own Outlet Growing Up In The Inner city 🔥🔥🔥🔥 #RealPlayers
00:00 - I’m just gonna sit this right here. - Trainer Dale Romans
00:00 - Jeff Perrin The Agent Of Jockey Sonny Leon Who Won The 148 Kentucky Derby Race On A 80-1 Longshot Rich Strike @3coltshandicap @GodsTipster @WHR @KentuckyDerby @ChurchillDowns @AaronGryder @AidanButler @NBCSports @SONNYLEON1
00:00 - Trainer Jena Antonucci on working hard and not letting anyone or anything discourage you from chasing your dreams #DreamingBig
00:00 - Sleeping in the stall with the horse on the backstretch is a common practice among grooms in the horse racing industry. It allows them to closely monitor the horse's well-being, providing comfort and reassurance, especially during crucial periods like before a race. The strong
- Jockey Vernon Bush is having one hell of a week at Tampa Bay Downs, Riding two 25-1 shot winners. Two years ago Vernon found sobriety and today he is living his best life #RealPlayers 👏🌹❤️
00:00 - Groom John Shortman Flakes Started walking horses for 50 cent a horse
00:00 - Alabama Day vibes! Kendrick Carmouche is still on fire—just picked up another W with Cut the Cord for trainer Michelle Giangiulio. 🙌 Big congrats to Michelle and her team on their first win of the meet! 👏 The fans can’t get enough of Kendrick—every picture, every autograph, he
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