Hamas on Saturday claimed that a British-Israeli hostage had died after being wounded by an Israeli airstrike, shortly after releasing a short video appearing to show him alive.
Mystik Dan, the horse who won the Kentucky Derby by a nose in the race’s closest finish in more than a half-century, is heading to the Preakness next weekend after all, keeping alive the chance of another Triple Crown winner. Trainer Kenny McPeek announced the decision Saturday after speaking with owners and weighing the pros and cons of racing his horse again on a short, two-week turnaround. The possibility of Mystik Dan, who finished just ahead of Sierra Leone and Forever Young in the 1 1/4-mile race at Churchill Downs last weekend thanks to a perfect, rail-skimming ride by jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., not going to the Preakness next Saturday raised questions about the status of the prestigious race.
The absurdity of the anti-Israel mob knows no bounds – including the famously silly ragbag of awful singing acts that is Eurovision.