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Rosie Napravnik will ride Code West in Belmont Stakes

By Colleen Thomas — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:31:00 EDT

Rosie Napravnik will get another shot at history in the Belmont Stakes — just aboard a different horse than in her previous two Triple Crown races.

Quick retreat from Baltimore for Preakness champ Oxbow and defeated favorite Orb

By Chris Korman , The Baltimore Sun — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:06:00 EDT

Belmont could be rubber match for Derby winner Orb, Preakness spoiler Oxbow

Most of the horses in the stakes barns at Pimlico Race Course had cleared out by 8:30 Sunday morning, having loaded into vans under the cover of early-morning rain.

Race-by-race results from Preakness Day

By Colleen Thomas, The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:17:00 EDT

Race 1: Jockey Joel Rosario rode Aussi Austin to victory in the first of 13 races on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course . Bake Shop took second and Pretension finished third in the 1 1/16-mile dirt race. The winner finished in 1:45.23.

Oxbow wins 2013 Preakness, beating Derby winner Orb

By Jean Marbella , Andrea Walker and Ian Duncan, The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:36:00 EDT

Rain, upset fail to dampen spirits of fans at Pimlico

No Triple Crown winner this year, no first-female-jockey-to-win, no sunshine? No problem, said those who flocked to Pimlico Race Course on Saturday and waited out a midafternoon downpour to watch Oxbow leave behind Kentucky Derby winner Orb to capture the 138th Preakness Stakes.

With Oxbow's win, Orb's Triple Crown dreams dashed

By Childs Walker , The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:52:00 EDT

Horse racing's elusive milestone must wait another year

For all of his laser focus on Saturday's Preakness, Claude "Shug" McGaughey couldn't help but dream ahead to the possibility of his colt, Orb, going for a Triple Crown at his home track of Belmont Park in New York.

Gary Stevens' victory at 50 is the granddaddy of comebacks

Peter Schmuck — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:40:00 EDT

Jockey came out of retirement and is now the oldest to win the Preakness

This was for every guy who ever had a mid-life crisis and tried to do something nobody thought could be done. Fifty-year-old Jockey Gary Stevens took Oxbow to the front early and never looked back on the way to an upset victory in the 138th Preakness Stakes that was truly one for the ageless.

Upset win by Oxbow gives D. Wayne Lukas record 14th victory in Triple Crown race

By Don Markus , The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:51:00 EDT

He kept coming back, year after year, horse after horse, trying to get another victory in the Preakness Stakes before he was done. Going into the 138th running of the Triple Crown's middle leg, D. Wayne Lukas had tried eight times since Charismatic won at Pimlico Race Course in 1999 — with 12 different entries.

Lots of differing opinions on what to do with Pimlico

By Mike Klingaman , The Baltimore Sun — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:41:00 EDT

Maryland Jockey Club discussing renovations, but specifics remain elusive

Tear it down. Fix it up. Keep it here. Move it there.

John Velazquez finishes 2nd with Itsmyluckyday, wins two other races at Pimlico

By Jeff Barker , The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:16:00 EDT

John Velazquez's run of misfortune began when he broke a rib and his right wrist during a tumble at Aqueduct Racetrack in April.

Itsmyluckyday has a productive day with runner-up finish in Preakness

By Matt Vensel, The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:17:00 EDT

Horse struggled at Kentucky Derby but was Oxbow's closest challenger at Pimlico

With nearly every eye at Pimlico fixated on either the uncatchable leader, Oxbow, or the Kentucky Derby winner and heavy betting favorite, Orb, Itsmyluckyday cruised under the radar to earn a little bit of redemption in Saturday's Preakness.