The operation involved federal, state and local law enforcement, according to multiple media outlets.
It's the Kentucky Derby. You can bet your favorite number, favorite color or favorite jockey. You can pull a name out of a hat.
They’ve combined to win 16 races in 84 starts.
Irad Ortiz Jr., who was scheduled to ride favorite Forte in Saturday's 149th running of the Kentucky Derby, will now ride the Dale Romans-trained Cyclone Mischief instead.
We asked for it, of course.
The defection opens the race to a horse trained by Louisville native Dale Romans.
Dale Romans is this year's Eric Reed.
As expected, Todd Pletcher's Forte is the morning line favorite for Kentucky Derby 149.
I started Derby Week where the crowd has collected the last 25 years on the Churchill Downs back side: at Barn 33, where trainer Bob Baffert provided a non-stop laugh track and string of Derby winners.
It’s time to tout the horse the wise-guys on the Churchill backside are touting.