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Up the Backstretch: The Big O's likely for Belmont Stakes
Columbus :: GA :: USA | 1 day ago
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Early word has Kentucky Derby winner Orb and Preakness champ Oxbow both getting a start in the 1 1/2-mile Test of the Champion with trainer Todd Pletcher reappearing on the scene after failing to start a horse in the Preakness. Orb, trained by Shug
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Belmont Stakes: Oxbow vs. Orb in the cards
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | 2 days ago
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The Associated Press The Associated Press 1 hour ago Associated Press Another year, another Triple Crown hopeful unable to come through. After Oxbow upset Kentucky Derby winner Orb in Saturday's Preakness to extend racing's Triple Crown drought to
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Orb favored to take Preakness, set up Triple try
New York City :: NY :: USA | 4 days ago
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The Kentucky Derby winner was in a playful mood the day before the Preakness, making faces for photographers between nibbles of grass outside his stall at Pimlico Race Course. "I couldn't be more pleased with the way he's doing," trainer Shug
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10 Things to Know about the Preakness _ and beyond
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | 4 days ago
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Starting in 1919 with Sir Barton, 11 horses have won the Triple Crown, sweeping the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes. Orb will be trying to become the 34th horse with a Triple Crown chance. Of the horses who failed, 19 didn't win the
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Kevin Krigger could ride into Preakness history as black jockey
Hagerstown :: MD :: USA | 6 days ago
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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...She was Liliane Casey, 88, whose father, Jimmy Winkfield, was the last black jockey to win the Derby, or
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Orb trainer Shug McGaughey has Triple Crown reminders 'every day'
Belmont :: MS :: USA | 6 days ago
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But their sport keeps hoping for a rise in popularity via its next Triple Crown winner which will be the first since Affirmed in 1978. That means McGaughey needs to shovel more than oats. "I'd be lying if I told you I didn't think about a Triple
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There's a horse race? Triple Crown is a great opportunity for a new cocktail
Baltimore :: OH :: USA | 6 days ago
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Photo by Erik Zygmont Evan Williams, simple syrup, sprigs of crushed mint, and ice. Combine all the ingredients and shake them really, really hard...It's mostly whisky, says Shannon Cassidy, owner and drink-mixer at the Laughing Pint, a Highlandtown
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Turcotte cherishes anniversary of Secretariat's Triple Crown
Silver Spring :: MD :: USA | 7 days ago
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Turcotte reminisced about Secretariat's amazing talent and unprecedented string of record performances in the three Triple Crown races during a roundtable discussion on Tuesday night at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, right before a
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Orb, Departing roamed same field before becoming racehorses
Baltimore :: OH :: USA | 7 days ago
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More than 25,000 foals were registered with the Jockey Club in 2010. Not even 400 were nominated for the Triple Crown races as 3-year-olds this year. "Our owners have great mares and breed them to top stallions," said Bradley Purcell, a lifetime
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Experts debate the slowdown of thoroughbreds in Triple Crown races
New York City :: NY :: USA | 10 days ago
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Triple Crown thoroughbreds are not running as fast as they used to. And those in the racing industry cite any number of reasons, including lax training schedules, new track surfaces and breeding that stresses short-distance speed. "In general,
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