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Animal Kingdom, who fell just short at 2011 Preakness, is headed back to the track
Graham Motion can't help but hear snippets of news coming from Elmont, N.Y., where I'll Have Another is preparing for a shot at the first Triple Crown in 34 years. "It's great for the sport," the Fair Hill-based trainer said. "But for us, it's tough,...
Tags: Sixteen, John R. Velazquez, Science, Equestrian, Triple Crown
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Motion, Matz and the calm (or chaos) before the Preakness storm
A steady, cool wind swept across the track at the Fair Hill Training Center Friday as two trainers prepared colts to run in next Saturday’s 137th Preakness. Went the Day Well, the fourth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby trained by Graham...
Tags: The New York Times, Churchill Downs, Kevin Plank, Julien Leparoux, Preakness Stakes
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Preakness entrant Went the Day Well another one of Graham Motion's success stories
His day-to-day work has not changed. The routine for Graham Motion is no different now than it was in the early 1990s, when he first became a thoroughbred trainer. "We send them out there, see how they are doing, take what we can from what we see and...
Tags: The New York Times, Barbaro, Science, Equestrian, Kentucky Derby
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Kentucky Derby notes: Bodemeister tires down the stretch
What a scene it would have been. Bodemeister, the 4-1 morning line favorite, seemed to run effortlessly around most of track at Churchill Downs on Saturday, opening a lead of four lengths coming out of the final turn. He would have been trainer Bob...
Tags: Bill Belichick, Heart Attack, Pimlico Race Course, Churchill Downs, Jesus Castanon
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Bodemeister, Baffert look to pull off rare feat in Kentucky Derby
Bob Baffert calls his son, Bode, over for the cameras. The boy, a shy 7-year-old, relents as his mother brushes a mess of brown hair from his eyes. Then the boy shows what he's learned from his father, the witty trainer whose hard-driving style has led...
Tags: Heart Attack, Pimlico Race Course, NBC (tv network), Churchill Downs, Science
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I'll Have Another scheduled to arrive at Pimlico on Monday afternoon
The Baltimore SunAs preparations begin on Old Hilltop for the 137th running of the Preakness Stakes, the star of the field already has a confirmed arrival date. Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another will show up Monday, much earlier than originally expected...Tags: Rosie Napravnik, Churchill Downs, Julien Leparoux, Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby
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I'll Have Another trainer Doug O'Neill reaches Baltimore to prepare for Preakness
Doug O'Neill caught the red eye out of Southern California on Wednesday night, boarding a plane that would offer him a few moments of peace. Not that the trainer of Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another has wilted under the scrutiny of sudden...
Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore Orioles, Churchill Downs, Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby
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Bodemeister early favorite after drawing No. 6 position for Kentucky Derby
The Baltimore SunLOUISVILLE, Ky. — All along, Bob Baffert has said that he fought the urge. He didn’t allow even an idle moment to be filled with the blurry, soaring dreams that can be ignited by training a horse as promising as Bodemeister. He insisted on...Tags: Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Animal Kingdom (racehorse), Music, Barbaro
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National Aquarium ends dolphin shows in favor of all-day access
The National Aquarium's eight dolphins are no longer a show unto themselves.
After two decades of dramatic leaps and crowd-pleasing stunts, aquarium officials are eliminating the 20-minute dolphin shows in favor of a more open-ended exhibit. Beginning...Tags: Wildlife, Pneumonia, Petroleum Industry, Science, Natural Resources
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Graham Motion hopes for second straight win at the Kentucky Derby
Graham Motion shrugs his shoulders when asked, then offers, as usual, a dirt-honest appraisal of his horse, Went the Day Well. "He's a good horse, deserves to be here," the trainer of last year's Kentucky Derby winner, Animal Kingdom, said about his...
Tags: Rosie Napravnik, Churchill Downs, John R. Velazquez, Science, Equestrian
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Offshore oil exploration plan draws fire
The Obama administration's latest move to permit testing for oil and gas off Maryland and other Atlantic coast states is drawing flak from both environmentalists and the oil industry.
Speaking at a lightly attended public hearing Wednesday afternoon in...Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, American Petroleum, Petroleum Industry, Calvert County, Energy Saving
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Celebrate 109th anniversary of the National Wildlife Refuge System at a Birthday Bash
Celebrate the 109th anniversary of the National Wildlife Refuge System at a Birthday Bash, Saturday, March 10 from 10 a.m to 3 p.m. at the National Wildlife Visitor Center, 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop.
This fun-filled family event offers live animals...Tags: Wildlife, Culture, Science, Natural Resources, Ceremonies
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