Sport: At Churchill Downs

The race took exactly 2 min., 5 sec. Omaha, the winner, bred for distance but usually a slow starter, broke faster than usual, took the lead on the far turn, stood off the challenge of Roman Soldier in the stretch, finished a length and a half in front. Roman Soldier closed strongly, four lengths ahead of Whiskolo who ran second to him in the Texas Derby. Nellie Flag, favorite when an intermittent drizzle started to put a skim of mud on the track, ran fourth. Other favored horses—Today, who bruised a heel day before...

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