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By Ray Paulick Bob Evans, president and chief executive officer of Churchill Downs Inc., said during a Friday morning press conference at the company’s flagship track in Louisville, Ky., that the CDI board of directors discussed the possibility of reducing the field size of the Kentucky Derby during a regularly scheduled meeting in New Orleans last week.

By Ray Paulick Under normal circumstances, handle on the 2008 Breeders’ Cup World Championships would blow past all previous betting records. But the economic crisis gripping the United States and many other countries is anything but normal. This year’s World Championships take place over two days at Santa Anita Park Oct.

Two years ago, Deep Impact, a two-time Horse of the Year in Japan, traveled to Paris to take on the world’s best grass runners in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Thousands of Japanese fans followed the horse to France and bet with such confidence that Deep Impact was the odds-on favorite to win what is arguably Europe’s most prestigious race.

From NTRA Although Proud Spell won her last race by five impressive lengths, trainer Larry Jones is quick to point out that the Kentucky Oaks winner is not the type of racehorse that overpowers her opponents.“She is,” said Jones, “more of a blue-collar girl who shows up for work every day.” A blue-collar girl who has earned nearly $1.3 million.

2008 kentucky derby horsesThe Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter miles (2 km) at Churchill Downs.