The 3-year-old colt, with odds at 15-1 going into the Kentucky Derby, stunned the racing world by dashing past favorite Bodemeister to win.
Perhaps, but Pitino is an active participant in thoroughbred racing's crown jewel because Goldencents overcame adversity to win last month's Santa Anita Derby and earn his way into the 139th Run for the Roses.
In other action on Sunday, Nikola Zigic came off the bench to earn Valencia a 1-0 win at Racing Santander.
And last year's equally hard-fought win over Gete Wami marked her return to racing following the birth of her first child Isla 10 months earlier.
Patrick won one race in seven years of IndyCar racing, but if she can defy the odds and manage to win in Nascar then the sky is the limit.
Thousands are expected in Milton Keynes this weekend to celebrate Red Bull Racing's second successive Formula 1 championship win.
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The U.S. team also now includes emerging talents like Nolan Kasper, 22, who became the first American since 1989 to win a title in the Europa Cup, ski racing's second tier.
In a sport dominated by men, she has more than one hundred races and eight major wins to her credit, including an overall win at road racing's Miami Grand Prix in 2004 and a second-place finish in the 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race in 2007.
By now racing on dry tires, Alonso held him off to claim his first GP win for eight months.
With a seven-point lead over Massa in the bank, the Englishman doesn't need to win at Interlagos but asking him to rein in his racing instincts is about as likely as Brazilians suddenly being rubbish at football.
Plenty of attention is also being lavished on 19-year-old Rory McIlroy from Belfast, who is making his Masters debut after racing to 17th in the world on the back of a maiden European Tour win in Dubai in February.
Racing games, power-ups, and a bit of pay-to-win weaponry have all found their way to the mean streets of Hong Kong.
From the start, they decided to focus Vanguard on one-design dinghies, which, like one-design racing cars, are meant to provide a platform where skill and strategy, not equipment, win races.
The Bulgarian almost repaid the compliment with six minutes left when he set Ronaldo racing clear with a glorious pass, but he was unable to provide the final flourish to a comfortable win.
In his interview during Panorama's recent expose of corruption in horse racing, Browne also told the police that 'stopping' horses, or doing your best not to win or finish in the top three, was widespread in the industry.
"Our type of racing is very technologically advanced, " says Eddy Cheever , the team's owner, who drove to a win in the 1998 Indy 500.
Neither are considered the Manchester United of horse racing: What A Friend (50-1) and Harry The Viking (40-1) are longshots to win the race.
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