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05-08-2016, 03:02 AM
Kentucky Derby favorite Nyquist just made a perfect Run for the Roses
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Nyquist, the unbeaten favorite at the Kentucky Derby, broke early, backed off for a beat and then charged outside — a perfectly timed and executed race — to win the Run for the Roses on Saturday in Louisville.
The three-year old champion thoroughbred from Kentucky, named for Swedish Detroit Wed Wings star Gustav Nyquist, is owned by John Paul Reddam, a Canadian businessman and former philosophy professor.
SEE ALSO: Watch a team of puppies predict the 2016 Kentucky Derby champion (http://mashable.com/2016/05/06/puppies-predict-kentucky-derby-tonight-show/)
Nyquist was ridden by Mexican jockey Mario Gutierrez, who won the 2012 Santa Anita Derby, Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes aboard I'll Have A**ther, but then was forced by tendonitis to drop out of the Belmont Stakes. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/07/kentucky-derby-winner-nyquist/)
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Nyquist, the unbeaten favorite at the Kentucky Derby, broke early, backed off for a beat and then charged outside — a perfectly timed and executed race — to win the Run for the Roses on Saturday in Louisville.
The three-year old champion thoroughbred from Kentucky, named for Swedish Detroit Wed Wings star Gustav Nyquist, is owned by John Paul Reddam, a Canadian businessman and former philosophy professor.
SEE ALSO: Watch a team of puppies predict the 2016 Kentucky Derby champion (http://mashable.com/2016/05/06/puppies-predict-kentucky-derby-tonight-show/)
Nyquist was ridden by Mexican jockey Mario Gutierrez, who won the 2012 Santa Anita Derby, Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes aboard I'll Have A**ther, but then was forced by tendonitis to drop out of the Belmont Stakes. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/07/kentucky-derby-winner-nyquist/)
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