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The Sun Remembers May 12-18
May 15, 2004: In sultry heat and on a bone-dry track, Smarty Jones wins the Preakness by a record 111/2 lengths before an announced record crowd of 112,668 at Pimlico Race Course. The victory gives Smarty Jones two legs up in his quest to win the Triple...
Tags: Yankee Stadium, Pimlico Race Course, University of Baltimore, Triple Crown, Cleveland Indians
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Jockeying for position
Behind a door just off the paddock area of Pimlico Race Course, several jockeys are prepping for the day's races. They're handicapping the competition, comparing notes on horses and, in at least one case, going through a yoga sequence: reaching back to...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Breast Cancer, Kentucky Derby, Pimlico Race Course
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STI havens within galloping distance of Preakness
The Baltimore SunIf indecent exposure laws aren't enough to give adventurous Pimlico infield visitors pause, here's another disincentive: The famous race course lies inside of one of Baltimore's statistical hot spots for gonorrhea. Just in time for the end of national...Tags: Kentucky Derby, Morgan State University, Chlamydia , Gonorrhea , Triple Crown
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Color Run to draw 25,000 to Camden Yards
Kate Joyce detests running. She has since she was in high school. But the prospect of trotting through vibrant clouds of yellow, blue, orange and pink has prompted her to make an exception this weekend. Joyce will be among 25,000 people participating in...
Tags: National Weather Service, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Running, Roland Park, Pimlico Race Course
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Bring the Preakness to your party with these recipes
If you won't be in the Grandstand at Pimlico, you can still celebrate the 138th running of the Preakness Stakes in style with a black-and-gold party. Black and gold — the colors of the Calvert family — pop up everywhere at the Preakness, from...Tags: Kosher Salt, Salt, Bolton Hill, Butter, Breads
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Orb captures 139th Kentucky Derby
The Baltimore SunClaude R. “Shug” McGaughey is a man who looks like the embodiment of the nickname that is all anybody calls him by. Short and unassuming, he said this week he made an effort to enjoy the run-up to the Kentucky Derby, a race he has, like any...Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, John R. Velazquez, Rosie Napravnik
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A primer for the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby
First things first: Grantland has a terrific look-back at Hunter S. Thompson's "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved." I always start the Derby primer with a link to this story -- and by always, I mean I also did it last year -- and this adds...
Tags: The New York Times, Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Calvin Borel, Newspaper and Magazine
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Odds are, Kentucky Derby will remain unpredictable
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mine That Bird spent the week tucked away in the Kentucky Derby Museum, not far from the track at Churchill Downs and the throngs wondering who will win the 139th run for the roses. The 2009 Derby winner seems to enjoy when...
Tags: National Weather Service, NBC (tv network), Kentucky Derby, Calvin Borel, Triple Crown
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Govenor Charlie set for Preakness ... probably
It's (mostly) official: Govenor Charlie will run in the Preakness. Maybe. Trainer Bob Baffert told Pimlico officials Tuesday morning that he planned to run the colt, listed as “possible” since skipping the Kentucky Derby. But later in...
Tags: Under Armour Inc., Kentucky Derby, Kevin Plank, Equestrian, Triple Crown
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Brown to handle Preakness award honors
When the owner of the winning horse in the 2013 Preakness Stakes mounts the podium to strains of "Maryland, My Maryland" to accept the Woodlawn Vase Saturday, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown will make the presentation. Gov. Martin O'Malley's office said...
Tags: Government, Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), Pimlico Race Course, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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Trainer Doug O'Neill returns to Baltimore as challenger in Triple Crown chase
The Baltimore SunDoug O’Neill is back in Baltimore, this year to spoil a Triple Crown instead of take the next step toward winning one. A year after bringing I’ll Have Another to Baltimore just two days after winning the Kentucky Derby, then frantically...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Kentucky Derby, Mario Gutierrez, Equestrian, Triple Crown
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Toni Linhart, Baltimore Colts kicker, dies at age 70
The kick knifed through the thick fog and split the uprights at Memorial Stadium, giving the Colts a 10-7 victory in sudden-death overtime. In a flash, fans swarmed the field. Down came the goal posts. Up went Toni Linhart, on someone's shoulders....
Tags: New York Jets, AFC East, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Baltimore Colts, Pimlico Race Course
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