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King Fury wins Lexington Stakes Super Stock earns Ky Derby spot with Arkansas Derby victory HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, April 11, (AP): Super Stock won the $1 million Arkansas Derby by 2-1/2 Blackmore becomes 1st female jockey to win Grand National lengths in an upset to earn a berth in next month’s Kentucky Derby. LIVERPOOL, England, April 11, (AP): Rachael “I don’t feel male or female right now. I don’t sporting institution since 1839, one that even non- Ridden by Ricardo Santana Jr, Blackmore broke down one of the biggest gender even feel human,” Blackmore said. “This is just horse racing enthusiasts turn on to watch. barriers in sports by becoming the first female jock- unbelievable.” Katie Walsh has the best finish for a female Super Stock covered 1-1/8 miles in ey to win the grueling Grand National horse race. Female jockeys have only been allowed to en- rider, when third on Seabass in 2012. 1:50.92 in front of 17,000 fans at Blackmore, a 31-year-old Irishwoman, rode ter and race in the National since 1975, when the Blackmore has become the new face of Brit- Oaklawn Park. Minella Times to victory at odds of 11-1 at Ain- Sex Discrimination Act was passed. ish and Irish horse racing. Three weeks ago, she tree on Saturday in the 173rd edition of the fa- Blackmore is the 20th female jockey to compete became the first woman to finish as the leading HORSE RACING mous steeplechase run. in a race that has been a mud-splattered British jockey at the prestigious Cheltenham Festival.

The 3-year-old colt is trained by no control over how good or bad engaged in a speed duel for a mile with 109 total points. Caddo River Honor at Keeneland. Trained by Ken Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, who somebody else runs. But I felt like before giving way to Super Stock. earned 40 points and is ranked 13th McPeek, King Fury covered 1-1/16 won his fi fth Arkansas Derby, and that he was going to represent ex- “You get beat and try to fi gure out. with 50 points. Concert Tour picked miles over a sloppy track in 1:43.50 co-owned by Asmussen’s father, tremely well.” They’re still young,” Baffert said. up 20 points and is ninth with 70 and paid $38.40 to win his season Rachael Blackmore riding Minella Times wins the Randox Grand Na- Keith. Super Stock paid $26.40, $6.80 “Sometimes you learn more from a points. debut. He earned 20 qualifying tional Handicap Chase on the third “My confidence level was he and $2.80. Caddo River returned loss than a win.” In Saturday’s other Derby prep: points for the Kentucky Derby, but day of the Grand National Horse was going to run really good,” $4.20 and $2.40. Favorite Concert Super Stock earned 100 points to- King Fury rallied from off the that won’t be enough to get him in Racing meeting at Aintree race- Steve Asmussen said. “I’ve been Tour, trained by Bob Baffert, re- ward Kentucky Derby eligibility and pace to win the Lexington Stakes the 20-horse fi eld. Starrinmydreams course, near Liverpool, England, in races like that, that you have turned $2.10 to show. The two colts is ranked third on the leaderboard by 2 3/4 lengths over Unbridled was third. on April 10. (AP) Havili scores drop Couturier breaks 3rd-period Crusaders ‘edge’ Hurricanes in extra time in Super Rugby WELLINGTON, New Zealand, April 11, (AP): Center David Havili kicked tie, helps Flyers beat Bruins a dropped goal in the second minute of Delhi ‘romps’ to golden point extra time Sunday to give four-time defending champions the Crusaders a 30-27 win over the Hur- 7-wicket victory Hellebuyck makes 19 saves, Jets down Habs 5-0 ricanes in Super Rugby Aotearoa. MUMBAI, India, April 11, (AP): The Crusaders came close to rare Openers Shikhar Dhawan and back-to-back defeats. After last week- Prithvi Shaw smashed half centu- PHILADELPHIA, April Husso stopped 28 shots, and Tabot end’s shock loss to the unfancied made 27 saves. ries as last year’s losing finalist Del- 11, (AP): Sean Couturier Highlanders, they were fully stretched hi Capitals enjoyed a seven-wicket broke a tie midway through Stars 4, Panthers 1 by the last-placed Hurricanes who led win over Chennai Super Kings in In Dallas, rookie Jason Robertson 27-20 before a late try to winger Sevu the Indian Premier League. the third period to help the scored twice for his fi rst multigoal Reece left the teams locked 27-27 at Dhawan made 85 off 54 balls beat NHL game in Dallas’ victory over fulltime. and Shaw scored 72 off 38 deliver- Florida. ies as Delhi romped to 190-3 with the 3-2. Jamie Benn had his third power- eight balls to spare. Brian Elliott stopped 29 shots play goal in the last six games, Joel RUGBY Chennai, after being put into bat, to help Philadelphia move within L’Esperance also scored and Anton owed its total of 188-7 to veteran four points of Boston for the fourth Khudobin made 20 saves. Hurricanes stand-in James Suresh Raina’s 54 and a rapid 34 scored a power- Blackwell won the toss and chose to off 15 balls by Sam Curran in the and final playoff spot in the NHL’s death overs. East Division. The Bruins have play goal for Florida. receive the kick-off but to play into the wind in extra time in which the fi rst Ravichandran Ashwin (1-47) and two games in hand on the Flyers, Red Wings 5, Hurricanes 4, SO Tom Curran (1-40) proved expensive In Raleigh, N.C., Adam Erne scored team to score would win. A charged- with Philadelphia having 16 games down kick saw the Hurricanes almost for Delhi, but new ball bowlers Chris in the seventh round of the shootout to Woakes (2-18) and Avesh Khan (2- remaining. The teams completed lift Detroit past Carolina. Dylan Lar- immediately give up possession and the regular-season series. Havili stepped up to land the dropped 23) brought their team back in the kin, Anthony Mantha, Valtteri Filp- game with steady bowling. Travis Konecny and Shayne Gostis- pula and Erne had goals in regulation goal from close range. behere added goals for Philadelphia. for Detroit. Larkin also scored in the Golden point extra time was intro- and Jack DeBrusk shootout. Thomas Greiss fi nished with duced to the New Zealand domestic point extra-time. scored for Boston, and Jeremy Sway- 30 saves. competition for the fi rst time this sea- Flyhalf Josh Ioane converted his man stopped 20 shots. Martin Necas, Jordan Staal, Dougie son and hadn’t been used until this own try in the 70th minute, then kicked Maple Leafs 6, Senators 5 Hamilton and Sebastian Aho scored weekend’s seventh round when both a as the Highlanders rallied In , Auston Matthews had for the Hurricanes. Andrei Svechnikov matches went to extra time. from 23-13 to level the score at 23-23 a hat trick, Jack Campbell made 27 extended the shootout in the third On Saturday, a long-range penalty at the end of normal time. saves to set an NHL record for con- round for Carolina. by All Blacks fullback Damian McK- McKenzie missed a penalty just af- secutive victories to start a season with enzie in the 86th minute gave the Ham- ter the fulltime siren but made amends Flames 5, Oilers 0 ilton-based Chiefs a 26-23 win over when he landed the winning goal from 11 and Toronto beat Ottawa. In Calgary, Alberta, Jacob Mark- Matthews increased his NHL-lead- the Dunedin-based Highlanders in the a similar position in the sixth minute ’ Adam Erne (73) lifts the puck over the stick of Carolina strom stopped 17 shots for his third fi rst match to be decided in golden of extra-time. ing goals total to 31 and also had an Hurricanes’ Jake Bean (24) to score a goal during the third period of an shutout of the season and eighth of assist. Mitch Marner added a goal and NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., on April 10. (AP) his career, helping Calgary end a four- three assists. game skid. scored for the Jets. They have won the Blackhawks, They who had Johnny Gaudreau and Mark Gior- NHL Results/Standings three straight to improve to 25-13-3. dropped five of the last seven while dano each had a goal and an assist, The Canadiens have lost three in a battling Nashville and Dallas for the and Sean Monahan, Elias Lindholm fourth playoff spot in the Central row. With Carey Price out until next and Brett Ritchie also scored for the WASHINGTON, April 11, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on The North-leading Maple Leafs week because of a lower-body injury, Division. Flames. Sam Bennett and Mikael Saturday. have won six straight to improve to Jake Allen made 20 saves to drop to Michael Del Zotto, Cam Atkinson Backlund each had two assists. Dallas 4 Florida 1 St Louis 3 Minnesota OT 2 28-10-3. They are 5-2-1 against Ot- 1-5-4 in his last 10 starts. and Patrik Laine scored for Colum- Mike Smith had 27 saves for the Philadelphia 3 Boston 2 Tampa Bay 3 Nashville 0 tawa this season. Toronto 6 Ottawa 5 Calgary 5 Edmonton 0 Lightning 3, Predators 0 bus. Oilers, who lost in regulation for the Matthews had the third hat trick of second time in 11 games. Edmonton Detroit 5 Carolina SO 4 Los Angeles 4 San Jose 2 In Nashville, Tennessee, Andrei Blues 3, Wild 2, OT Chicago 4 Columbus 3 Winnipeg 5 Montreal 0 his career. He has fi ve straight 30-goal In St. Louis, Ryan O’Reilly scored was shut out for the third time this seasons to start his career. Campbell Vasilevskiy made 36 saves and Tampa season and fell to third place in the East Division West Division Bay beat Nashville for its fourth vic- with two seconds left in overtime to lift GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA broke the mark of 10 wins to start a North Division - seven points behind Washington 41 26 11 4 56 138 125 tory in six games. St. Louis past Minnesota. Colorado 40 27 9 4 58 142 95 season set by Montreal’s Carey Price Mike Hoffman scored twice for the first-place Toronto and one behind NY Islanders 41 26 11 4 56 122 96 in 2016-17. Ross Colton, Austin Cernak and Winnipeg. Pittsburgh 41 26 13 2 54 141 116 Vegas 39 26 11 2 54 127 92 Yanni Gourde scored. Blues, tying it with 41.6 seconds left in Boston 38 21 11 6 48 108 96 Minnesota 40 24 13 3 51 119 109 lya Mikheyev and Zach Hyman regulation after the Blues pulled goalie Philadelphia 40 19 15 6 44 119 143 St Louis 41 19 16 6 44 119 128 Tampa Bay has won six of the seven Kings 4, Sharks 2 Arizona 41 19 17 5 43 114 129 each had a goal and an assist. Ville Husso. In San Jose, California, Andreas NY Rangers 40 19 16 5 43 131 109 Tim Stutzle, Drake Batherson and head-to-head matchups with the Pred- New Jersey 39 14 19 6 34 101 127 San Jose 40 18 18 4 40 113 133 O’Reilly skated around the net and Athanasiou, Alex Iafallo and Dustin Buffalo 40 9 25 6 24 93 141 Los Angeles 40 16 18 6 38 110 117 Connor Brown each had a goal and an ators this season, including all three Anaheim 41 12 22 7 31 92 133 played in Nashville so far. The teams stuffed a past Cam Talbot. Brown scored in the second period to Central Division assist, and Alex Formenton and Josh Nico Sturm and Matt Dumba scored lift Los Angeles past San Jose. GP W L OT Pts GF GA North Division will complete the season series Tues- Carolina 40 27 9 4 58 132 99 Norris also scored for Ottawa. for Minnesota. GP W L OT Pts GF GA day night. also scored and Jonathan Tampa Bay 41 28 11 2 58 141 101 Toronto 41 28 10 3 59 139 105 Jets 5, Canadiens 0 The Blues have won three in a Quick made 26 saves as the Kings beat Florida 42 26 12 4 56 133 115 Winnipeg 41 25 13 3 53 134 109 In Montreal, Connor Hellebuyck Blackhawks 4, Blue Jackets 3 row - beating Minnesota 9-1 on Fri- the Sharks for just the second time in Nashville 42 22 19 1 45 109 119 Edmonton 42 25 15 2 52 134 120 made 19 saves for his second shutout In Columbus, Ohio, Alex DeBrincat day night - to move a point ahead eight meetings this season. Chicago 42 19 18 5 43 118 132 Montreal 38 17 12 9 43 118 108 Dallas 39 15 14 10 40 109 101 Calgary 41 17 21 3 37 108 124 of the season and Andrew Copp, Niko- had a goal and an assist, Kevin Lanki- of fourth-place Arizona for the last Dylan Gambrell and Timo Meier Columbus 43 15 20 8 38 109 141 Vancouver 37 16 18 3 35 100 120 laj Ehlers and Mathieu Perrault each nen stopped 23 shots and Chicago ral- playoff spot in the West Division. scored for the Sharks, who trail St. Detroit 43 14 23 6 34 96 139 Ottawa 42 13 25 4 30 112 159 had a goal and an assist in Winnipeg’s lied to beat Columbus. The teams will meet for the third Louis by four points for the fourth and Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each division will victory over Montreal. Carl Soderberg, Wyatt Kalynuk time in four nights on Monday in fi nal playoff spot from the West Divi- qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment. Paul Stastny and Derek Forbort also and Dylan Strome also scored for Minnesota. sion.