Dick Jerardi has been at the Daily News since 1985. Lead college basketball and horse racing writer. Write two columns per week during basketball season. Covered 14 Final Fours, every Triple Crown race since 1987 and every Breeders' Cup race since 1986. Have covered events as varied as the Summer Olympics, the NBA Finals, American League playoffs, NFL playoffs and the Rose Bowl. Write columns, features, game stories and takeouts on topics ranging from how the football betting line is formed to a portrait of the jockey who rode Secretariat.
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I´ll Have Another (9), with Mario Gutierrez on board, nips Bodemeister, with Mike Smith riding, at Pimlico in Baltimore. Next up for the winner: the Belmont Stakes and a shot at the Triple Crown. MIKE STEWART / Associated Press
Dick Jerardi
I'll Have Another wins again
By Dick Jerardi, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Posted 05/19/2012
Dick Jerardi: A few months ago, I'll Have Another was not on any list of Kentucky Derby contenders. Now, the horse will be going for the elusive Triple Crown.
Gallery: 137th Preakness Stakes
 
Union Rags could stand in way of Triple Crown
Photos: 137th Preakness Stakes
Dick Jerardi
Can Bodemeister win?
By Dick Jerardi, Daily News Staff Writer
Posted 05/18/2012
Dick Jerardi: Bodemeister got out of the gate with blazing speed at the Kentucky Derby but was out of gas heading down the stretch. He'll need to avoid that today at the Preakness.
 
Jockey who failed test won't ride Tiger Walk
 
Dick Jerardi: Preakness field easier to handicap than Derby
 
More horse racing coverage
Dick Jerardi
Handicapping the Preakness - 05/18/2012
Dick Jerardi: The Preakness will never be the Kentucky Derby, but it offers the world the first glimpse of the Derby winner. And, unlike the Derby, the best horse almost always wins.
Dick Jerardi
I'll Have Another wins Derby - 05/05/2012
By Dick Jerardi, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Dick Jerardi: When I'll Have Another drew the 19 post, jockey Mario Gutierrez got condolences. He saw an opportunity. I'll Have Another made up three lengths in the final 200 yards and went by Bodemeister late to win the Derby by 1 1/2 lengths.
Dick Jerardi
Union Rags' time to deliver - 05/04/2012
By Dick Jerardi, Daily News Staff Writer
Dick Jerardi: The story of race horse Union Rags is almost too good to be true. Endings, however, are impossible to script.
Dick Jerardi
Two horses to like in Derby - 05/04/2012
Dick Jerardi: I do not think this Kentucky Derby is all that complicated. With a few exceptions, there are far more knowns than unknowns with these 20 horses.
Dick Jerardi
Derby field loaded with talent - 04/25/2012
Dick Jerardi
The 2012 Kentucky Derby will have more consistent, talented 3-year-olds in the starting gate on May 5 than any Derby in years. An incredible nine of the 14 horses that ran in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile have won 2012 stakes races. And three horses that did not even run in the Juvenile, the super fast Bodemeister, unbeaten Gemologist and Santa Anita Derby winner I’ll Have Another, will all be taking major action at the betting windows. Union Rags, the horse with all the Pennsylvania connections, may not have won his most recent start. But the big colt is still very much a major contender for America’s race.
Dick Jerardi
Kentucky, Louisville fans teem with passion - 03/30/2012
Dick Jerardi: Inside Louisville, it is estimated that it's 60-40 Cardinals. Outside Louisville, it is estimated that it's 100 percent Wildcats. And, no, the fans still don't like each other. That will never change.
Dick Jerardi
Kentucky has the horses in Final Four - 03/26/2012
Dick Jerardi: It will be red vs. blue on Bourbon Street and everywhere else in New Orleans when Kentucky and Louisville face off in the first game of the Final Four on Saturday.
Dick Jerardi
Great offense in Sweet 16 gem - 03/23/2012
Dick Jerardi: You don't think of 64-63 games as offensive masterpieces, but that is exactly what went down when Syracuse beat Wisconsin by exactly that score in Thursday's Sweet 16 matchup.
Dick Jerardi
Heartland at heart of Sweet 16 - 03/22/2012
Dick Jerardi: Basketball is beloved in the heartland. So it's no surprise that seven teams from three basketball-loving states that share borders - Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky - are still alive in the NCAA Tournament.
Dick Jerardi
A major dance party - 03/19/2012
Dick Jerardi: After a second round full of historic upsets, rationality returned to the NCAA Tournament Saturday and Sunday. The Sweet 16 includes 14 teams from five of the power conferences.
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Dick Jerardi | Drexel, Temple make big statements - 02/20/2012
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