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The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing is given to the winner these three horse races in a single year: The Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. Only 11 horses in 125 years have won this honor.
The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing is given to the winner these three horse races in a single year: The Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. Only 11 horses in 125 years have won this honor.
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Running strong?
Football will be the talk of the town this weekend when it comes to sports, but horse racing might make for an interesting sidebar during the halftime break of the Ravens game. Earlier this week, at a dinner in Beverly Hills, Calif., a horse named...Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Belmont Stakes, Rentals, Livestock Farming, Preakness Stakes
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Horse of the Year: The Harford connections
Horse racing and breeding are so entwined that there are many ties between specific horses and generations of other horses, trainers and owners, however tenuous. An American Thoroughbred Horse of the Year has been voted since 1936. Among those 75...Tags: Churchill Downs, Horse and Harness Racing, Equestrian, Kentucky Derby
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Rapid Redux ties a modern U.S. record with 19th victory of the year
Rapid Redux won for the 19th time in as many starts this year, taking Tuesday's sixth race at Laurel Park by outstepping five starter allowance runners.
The victory, the 21st straight for the 5-year-old, ties the modern-day United States record for...Tags: Baltimore County, Laurel Park
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Jockey Pino nears goal of becoming one of racing's top 10 all-time winners
When Mario Pino got his first look at his mount for the second race at Laurel Park on a brisk fall afternoon last month, he wasn't impressed.
Sizing up the field of nine, the Ellicott City jockey thought Torcello was unlikely to bring him any closer...Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Belmont Stakes, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Laurel Park, Horse (animal)
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Maryland Jockey Club unveils logo for 137th Preakness
Baltimore Sun staffThe Maryland Jockey Club today unveiled the 2012 Preakness logo for the 137th Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown, to be run May 19 at Pimlico Race Course. The 2012 logo, in traditional Maryland colors of red, gold, and black, depicts...Tags: Pimlico Race Course, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Tampa, Preakness Stakes, Equestrian
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Laurel Park, Pimlico owner to ask for state help in 2012
The owner of Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course plans to ask the state for up to $6 million in slots subsidies to help run 146 days of live racing at the two tracks next year.
The move was part of a deal approved Tuesday by the Maryland Racing...Tags: Prince George's County, Media Industry, Advanced Training, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Companies and Corporations
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Rapid Redux to chase U.S. wins record Tuesday at Laurel Park
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Rapid Redux to chase U.S. record Tuesday
Rapid Redux, who broke the record for consecutive wins last month at Mountaineer Park in Chester, W.Va., with his 20th straight victory, will attempt to tie the U.S. record for victories in a...Tags: College Sports, Atlantic Coast Conference, Maryland Terrapins, Marathon, Laurel Park
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Sports Digest: Rapid Redux to try for most wins in one year
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Rapid Redux to try for most wins in one year
Less than two days after Rapid Redux set the North American record with 20 consecutive wins, owner Robert Cole set another goal for his 5-year-old: most victories in a year. Eighteen of Rapid...Tags: Fair Grounds Corporation, Maryland Terrapins, USC Trojans, Basketball, Football
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And here comes Havre de Grace!
It's been an extraordinary year for Havre de Grace - the racehorse, not to be confused with the Harford County city of the same name where the Susquehanna River meets the Chesapeake Bay.
There are plenty of folks who live in Havre de Grace the city,...Tags: Churchill Downs, Horse and Harness Racing, World War II (1939-1945), Preakness Stakes, Equestrian
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Racing stumbles down the stretch
The man who came to town nearly a decade ago promising to be the horse racing industry's salvation has lately become its frustrating nemesis. Franck Stronach, a Canadian billionaire and racing enthusiast who has exerted an erratic will since buying the...Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Regional Authority, Penn National Gaming, Laurel Park
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Rapid Redux goes for 19th in row, share of mark
Rapid Redux, who has won 18 consecutive starts, can tie the all-time North American record of 19 straight victories held by Zenyatta and Peppers Pride with a victory today at Laurel Park. The 5-year-old gelding will face four rivals in the sixth race, a...Tags: Dominican Republic, Havre de Grace, Laurel Park, Pimlico Race Course, Preakness Stakes
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Laurel Park: Big anniversary, uncertain future
The 100th anniversary of racing at Laurel Park unfurled Saturday, Oct. 15, with much fanfare at the once-grand, now-fading facility that sits at the crossroads of Anne Arundel, Howard and Prince George's counties.
Along with a full card of live races...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Laurel Park, Entertainment Events, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Pimlico Race Course
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