It has been a giddy, glorious and occasionally bumpy ride, but this time, it seems, Frankie Dettori's mind is made up. The most storied jockey of the past 40 years will effectively head into retirement after the main card at the Breeders' Cup at Del Mar on Saturday, when he will have three chances to add a farewell Grade One winner to nearly 300 on his record already.
The majority of "Stooper" takes place at the track where the boy's father asks him, "Who do you like in the second?" making sure the boy understands it's not who do you "want," but who do you "like"? There's something about Captain Midnight that captures the boy's interest. The father explains "odds" to him and that Captain Midnight is a bad bet (10-1 odds). The boy insists. It's his money, he can do whatever he wants with it. Captain Midnight, it is.
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Judge Sam Goozee emphasized to Murphy during sentencing that he was fortunate that neither he, his passenger, nor the public sustained injuries due to his reckless behavior.
"Horse racing's biggest prize is winning the three legs of the Triple Crown - the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes. Three races in five weeks. It's difficult, which is why only 13 horses have done it in more than a century."
Lillis knows this world firsthand, having grown up around horse racing. At 19, she got a job exercising racehorses at a stable in rural Virginia, and by her own account, she's never lost the sense of awe either for the Thoroughbred or the people who dedicate their careers to them.
