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FILE - In this April 27, 2010, file photo, trainer John Sadler, upper right, watches as jockey Rafael Bejarano mounts a horse before a workout at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. California-based Sadler is not necessarily supportive of horse racing’s move toward the elimination of race-day medication. Sadler saddles Rock Your World in this weekend’s Kentucky Derby, which will be run for the first time without horses using the anti-bleeding drug Lasix. (AP Photo/Garry Jones, File)

Kentucky Derby horses running without Lasix under new rule

by Beth Harris Associated PressApril 27, 2021

FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum attends the 40th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Godolphin founder Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been chasing a Derby victory for decades. He is 0-for-11 in the race, but has the early favorite in undefeated Essential Quality. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Dubai sheikh still chasing elusive Kentucky Derby victory

by Beth Harris Associated PressApril 26, 2021April 26, 2021

FILE - In this April 11, 2018, file photo, former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda attends a news conference in Los Angeles. Tommy Lasorda, the fiery Hall of Fame manager who guided the Los Angeles Dodgers to two World Series titles and later became an ambassador for the sport he loved during his 71 years with the franchise, has died. He was 93. The Dodgers said Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, that he had a heart attack at his home in Fullerton, California. (AP Photo/Damian...

Lasorda, fiery Hall of Fame Dodgers manager, dies at 93

by Beth Harris Associated PressJanuary 8, 2021January 8, 2021

FILE - Rafer Johnson of Kingsburg, Calif., is congratulated by International Olympic Committee President Avery Brundage after presentation of the gold medal for the decathlon event at the Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, in this Sept., 7, 1960, file photo. Rafer Johnson died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. He was 86. He died at his home in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles, according to family friend Michael Roth (AP Photo)

Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86

by Beth Harris Associated PressDecember 2, 2020

The grandstand remains empty during the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. The Kentucky Derby was won by Jockey John Velazquez riding Authentic. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Authentic wins Kentucky Derby; Baffert notches 6th victory

by Beth Harris Associated PressSeptember 6, 2020September 6, 2020

Tradition gets swift kick at a Kentucky Derby like no other

by Beth Harris Associated PressSeptember 3, 2020September 3, 2020

FILE - In this May 4, 2019, file photo, jockey Flavien Prat, aboard Country House, center, looks on as jockey Luis Saez, right, aboard Maximum Security, crosses the finish line during the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Maximum Security crossed the finish line first in the 2019 Kentucky Derby. What happened next set horse racing off on a year-long odyssey of chaos. From a historic DQ to doping, lawsuits to a global pandemic, and...

From Derby DQ to doping, a chaotic year in horse racing

by Beth Harris Associated PressSeptember 2, 2020September 2, 2020

FILE - In this April 11, 2018, file photo, Los Angeles President and CEO Stan Kasten, left, and Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announce that Dodger Stadium will host the All-Star Game in 2020 for the first time since 1980 at a news conference in Los Angeles. Dodger Stadium’s 40-year wait to host the All-Star Game is going to last even longer. The game scheduled for July 14 was canceled Friday, July 3, 2020, because of the coronavirus pandemic, and Dodger Stadium was awarded the 2022 Midsummer Classic. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

MLB cancels All-Star Game for first time since 1945

by Beth Harris Associated PressJuly 3, 2020July 3, 2020

Tiz the Law (8), with jockey Manny Franco up, right, leads the pack down the home stretch during the152nd running of the Belmont Stakes horse race, Saturday, June 20, 2020, in Elmont, N.Y. Tiz the Law won the race. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Belmont winner Tiz the Law eyes ambitious summer schedule

by Beth Harris AP Racing WriterJune 21, 2020

Belmont Stakes hopeful Robin Smullen on Tiz the Law, left, is led around the track by trainer Barclay Tagg during a workout at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., Friday.

Belmont sets pace for Triple Crown, with Tiz the Law favored

by Beth Harris Associated PressJune 19, 2020June 19, 2020