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Assistant Jimmy Barnes suffers broken hand in Thousand Words incident

Famed trainer Bob Baffert was emotional after his horse Authentic won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, but it was for reasons beyond just the win. The trainer said that his assistant, Jimmy Barnes, suffered a broken hand in a paddock incident while …

Thousand Words scratched from Kentucky Derby after paddock incident

Thousand Words was scratched from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs after an incident in the paddock before the race. Thousand Words reared badly and fell backwards, though he did catch himself to avoid falling completely on his …