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2025 Kentucky Derby payout, purse: What to know about prize money at Churchill Downs • Apr. 29, 2025, 12:05 AM ET (USA Today)

Bob Baffert is back at the Kentucky Derby with 2 contenders after serving a 3-year suspension • Apr. 25, 2025, 3:56 PM ET (AP)

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Notable Honorees	James Winkfield • Jerry D. Bailey • Victor Espinoza • Gary Stevens • Isaac Burns Murphy • Willie Simms • Edward Riley Bradley • William Woodward • Bill Shoemaker • Bill Hartack • Warren Wright • Johnny Longden • Eddie Arcaro • Earl Sande

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