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Taking a look back at some predictions to see if I was right [Commentary]
To paraphrase early Beat Generation fringe member and longtime UPI editor Lucien Carr, a good news story should "turn the reader on, or make them cry." Well, I'm not going to touch the first of those two, but, apparently, my last column did make some...Tags: Triple Crown, Churchill Downs, Mother's Day, Kentucky Derby, Equestrian
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Oxbow's win, Lukas milestones overshadow Orb's disappointing Preakness finish
In the days leading up to Saturday's 138th running of the Preakness Stakes, favorite Orb's trainer, Shug McGaughey, said on a few occasions he felt his colt had yet to run his best race. After the gate opened at Pimlico and sent off the nine Preakness...
Tags: Triple Crown, Belmont Stakes, Horse and Harness Racing, NBC (tv network), Kentucky Derby
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Heavy favorite Orb draws the dreaded No. 1 gate for Preakness
The Baltimore SunA few low, indecipherable noises escaped from the table where Shug McGaughey, trainer of even-money Preakness favorite Orb, sat during the post-position draw Wednesday. The horse had drawn the dreaded No. 1 gate, meaning eight horses will be closing...Tags: Triple Crown, Rosie Napravnik, Joel Rosario, Kentucky Derby, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Kevin Krigger could ride into Preakness history as black jockey
The day after riding in the Kentucky Derby, Kevin Krigger packed his family and gear and headed for Pimlico Race Course — by way of Cincinnati. A woman there had captured his heart. She was Liliane Casey, 88, whose father, Jimmy Winkfield, was the...
Tags: Triple Crown, Laurel Park, The New York Times, Civil Rights, Horse and Harness Racing
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Orb and Departing roamed the same field before becoming racehorses
They likely won't recognize each other Saturday as they go to the gate for the 138th Preakness. Orb, the Kentucky Derby winner, and Departing, a horse some believe could be the only one capable of ending this year's Triple Crown chase in Baltimore, will...
Tags: The Jockey Club Incorporated, Triple Crown, Pimlico Race Course, Kentucky Derby, Fair Grounds Corporation
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Rain falls at Pimlico, chance that showers will continue into evening
Rain sprinkling the infield at Pimlico mid-afternoon Saturday didn't stop the revelry. But some jockeys are hopeful the rain won't make the track too sloppy for the Preakness Stakes, which are set to begin around 6:18 p.m. The National Weather Service...
Tags: National Weather Service, Weather Reports, Equestrian
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Jockeys call for increased disability insurance
Jerry Bailey can look back on a Hall of Fame jockey career that featured 5,892 victories but also the searing memory of 17 fractures, including a broken back, jaw and collarbone, and several busted ribs. Yet Bailey considers himself lucky. He never...
Tags: Triple Crown, Laurel Park, Insurance, West Virginia Mountaineers, Long Term Care
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Orb at ease as Preakness nears
Kentucky Derby winner Orb continues getting accustomed to his temporary Maryland home, which involves mostly eating the grass on a small plot of land outside his stall at Pimlico Race Course. He did that for another 40 minutes -- as per a routine...
Tags: Pimlico Race Course, Kentucky Derby, Equestrian
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Preakness field coming together slowly
Some years, Maryland Jockey Club stakes coordinator Coley Blind has to turn horses away from the Preakness. He and other members of the staff may look through the credentials of 20 horses, calculating their earnings -- the Preakness uses a fairly...
Tags: The Jockey Club Incorporated, Kevin Plank, Under Armour Inc., Rosie Napravnik, Kentucky Derby
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New York bettors score big with Oxbow at Preakness Stakes
Baltimore Sun Media GroupA pair of racing aficionados from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., spent Saturday watching the early races at Pimlico, then they put their observations to use to score a massive payday in the Preakness. Joe Cavallo, 26, and Stephanie Rafferty, 21, hit the Pick 4...Tags: Springs, Washington, DC, National Aquarium Baltimore, Kentucky Derby, Lotteries
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Kiss rocker Gene Simmons, actress/model wife Shannon Tweed at Preakness 2013
The Baltimore SunKiss rocker Gene Simmons and actress/model wife Shannon Tweed caused quite a stir at Preakness 2013 when the two stopped by the Christine A. Moore Millinery tent in the corporate village of Pimlico Race Track. Dozens of onlookers watched and snapped...Tags: KISS (music group), Equestrian
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Legendary trainer D. Wayne Lukas likes Pimlico, and with good reason
D. Wayne Lukas, the Hall of Fame trainer, has started 37 horses in the Preakness. He expects to have three more — Will Take Charge, Oxbow and Titletown Five — go to the post Saturday for the 138th running of the middle jewel of the Triple...
Tags: Triple Crown, Belmont Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Equestrian
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