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Triple Crown: Impossible dream?
After Kentucky Derby winner Orb finished in fourth place at the Preakness, we are on the longest drought ever for a Triple Crown winner ("Lukas kept prediction to himself: Oxbow," May 20). The last time a horse won a Triple Crown was Affirmed in 1978....
Tags: Kentucky Derby, Equestrian, Hallandale Beach, Preakness Stakes, Triple Crown
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Orb is horse to beat and has made the rest of Preakness field an afterthought
Shug McGaughey, the trainer for Kentucky Derby winner Orb, attributes his calm demeanor since that race to maturity. Had he made it to the Preakness with a Triple Crown chance at a younger age, the 64-year-old insists, the scene would have been...
Tags: Mike Smith, Kentucky Derby, Rosie Napravnik, Equestrian, Pimlico Race Course
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With Oxbow's win, Orb's Triple Crown dreams dashed
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. "I wouldn't be telling you the truth...
Tags: Pitbull (music artist), Kentucky Derby, Equestrian, Pimlico Race Course, Preakness Stakes
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Walkwithapurpose scratches, so Black-Eyed Susan left with Hall of Fame duel
Baltimore Sun Media GroupThe top local entrant for Friday's 89th running of the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico took one wrong step on Thursday and had to be scratched. Walkwithapurpose, a Maryland-bred owned by Sagamore Farm in Glyndon, was expected to be one of the top...Tags: Kentucky Derby, NBC (tv network), Equestrian, Joel Rosario, Preakness Stakes
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8 horses committed to Preakness 2013 field with Normandy Invasion dropping out
Orb's path to the finish line in the second leg of the Triple Crown remains uncrowded. Normandy Invasion, the fourth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, dropped from contention for Saturday's 138th running of the Preakness on Sunday. Trainer Chad...
Tags: Equestrian, Kevin Plank, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Baltimore County
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Pletcher scoffs at rumors second-favorite Verrazano stopped eating
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Todd Pletcher knew there were rumors. He even figured some of them impugned his horses. When you're one of the winningest trainers in the game who just happens to condition a quarter of the Kentucky Derby field, that, he said,...
Tags: Kentucky Derby, Equestrian, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, NASCAR, National Weather Service
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Kentucky Derby full of intrigue with Pletcher's pack, O'Neill's return
The Baltimore SunLast year's chase for the Triple Crown ended when trainer Doug O'Neill stepped to a microphone stand in a patch of fenced-in grass next to a barn near the Belmont Park track. Brushing back tears, he announced that a tendon injury would prevent I'll Have...Tags: Calvin Borel, Long Island, Mario Gutierrez, Equestrian, Rentals
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Louisville coach Rick Pitino watches his Kentucky Derby horse train
The Baltimore SunOn Wednesday at Churchill Downs, a crowd clad mainly in Louisville basketball shirts gathered at Barn 45 to watch Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino as he visited a horse of which he owns five percent. Pitino, a month removed from becoming the...Tags: Equestrian, College Sports, John R. Velazquez, NBA Draft, Robby Albarado
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Ore Pass headed to Gotham Stakes in search of Kentucky Derby points
Horses chasing a spot in the Kentucky Derby this year must, for the first time, compile points (instead of graded earnings) by finishing in the top four in a series of races chosen by the staff at Churchill Downs. The revised qualification rules are...
Tags: Laurel, Kentucky Derby, Equestrian, Laurel, Michael Phelps
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'Same old Hansen' draws plenty of attention at Churchill Downs
Hansen does not need to try to be noticed. The nearly all-white colt always stands out among his peers. Yet on Thursday morning, the Breeders' Cup juvenile champion did all he could to draw the attention of a robust crowd on his first day this week at...
Tags: Kentucky Derby, Rosie Napravnik, Equestrian, Laurel Park, Preakness Stakes
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I'll Have Another sticking with winning regimen
Although he got an earlier start than normal Monday morning, Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another stuck to a similar training routine in preparation for Saturday's 137th Preakness Stakes. The three-year-old colt galloped about six to eight furlongs...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Kentucky Derby, Equestrian, Kevin Plank, Belmont Stakes
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Rick Dutrow brings Zetterholm to Preakness under cloud of suspicion
Rick Dutrow knows there's a difference coming into Preakness with a horse that has won the Kentucky Derby and one that didn't even make it to the starting gate at Churchill Downs. If anything, it might be a little easier for Dutrow coming to Pimlico...
Tags: Barbaro, Kentucky Derby, Equestrian, Kevin Plank, Preakness Stakes
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