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Nate's Mineshaft seeks to re-establish credentials
Nate's Mineshaft has impeccable lineage on his sire's side of the family — starting with Mineshaft after AP Indy and Seattle Slew. Mineshaft was America's Horse of the Year in 2003; AP Indy was Horse of the Year in 1992; and Triple Crown winner...
Tags: Arlington Park, Horse and Harness Racing, Triple Crown, Breeders' Cup, Mining
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Calder will not race on Memorial Day for first time
Something is missing from Calder Race Course's Memorial Day weekend agenda. Memorial Day. For the first time, Calder will not offer live racing on Memorial Day, a major occasion on the national racing calendar. Monday is normally a dark day for live...Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Labor Day, Kentucky Derby, Holidays, Breeders' Cup
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Culinary features on Anna Maria Island Mainsail Beach Inn on Florida’s Anna Maria Island has partnered with the Beach Bistro to offer a number of culinary luxuries to...Tags: Radio, Business, Government, World Wildlife Fund, Discovery Cove
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Gary Stevens' victory at 50 is the granddaddy of comebacks
This was for every guy who ever had a mid-life crisis and tried to do something nobody thought could be done. Fifty-year-old Jockey Gary Stevens took Oxbow to the front early and never looked back on the way to an upset victory in the 138th Preakness...Tags: Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Triple Crown, Equestrian
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Lots of differing opinions on what to do with Pimlico
Tear it down. Fix it up. Keep it here. Move it there. Many at Pimlico Race Course Saturday, from celebrated trainers to $2 bettors, offered thoughts of what to do with Old Hilltop, the methuselan home of the 138th Preakness Stakes. The Maryland Jockey...
Tags: Laurel Park, Preakness Stakes, Pimlico Race Course, Barnesville, Kentucky Derby
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Oxbow takes the Preakness, dashing hopes of a Triple Crown
Gary Stevens caught the water bottle tossed his way, took one swig and threw it back. “He don't want any?” a man asked, considering jockeys usually shower their horses, too. Stevens shook his head from his perch atop Oxbow, the wire-to-...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Triple Crown, Joel Rosario, Equestrian
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Itsmyluckyday has a productive day with runner-up finish in Preakness
With nearly every eye at Pimlico fixated on either the uncatchable leader, Oxbow, or the Kentucky Derby winner and heavy betting favorite, Orb, Itsmyluckyday cruised under the radar to earn a little bit of redemption in Saturday's Preakness. After...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Triple Crown, John R. Velazquez, Pimlico
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Oxbow wins 2013 Preakness, beating Derby winner Orb
No Triple Crown winner this year, no first-female-jockey-to-win, no sunshine? No problem, said those who flocked to Pimlico Race Course on Saturday and waited out a midafternoon downpour to watch Oxbow leave behind Kentucky Derby winner Orb to capture the...
Tags: Kevin Plank, Mark Turgeon, Martin O'Malley, Triple Crown, Government
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John Velazquez finishes 2nd with Itsmyluckyday, wins two other races at Pimlico
John Velazquez's run of misfortune began when he broke a rib and his right wrist during a tumble at Aqueduct Racetrack in April. When the 41-year-old jockey returned for the Kentucky Derby, it was not aboard the victorious Orb — the horse he had...
Tags: Pimlico Race Course, Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby, John R. Velazquez, Pimlico
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Oxbow wins Preakness, giving trainer Lukas a record but ending Orb's Triple Crown bid
AP Sports WriterBALTIMORE (AP) — Right from the start, a horse trained by one not so over-the-hill Hall of Famer and ridden by another took control of the Preakness. The result: a huge upset and the end of any hopes for a Triple Crown attempt at the Belmont Stakes....Tags: Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown, NBC (tv network), I'll Have Another (racehorse), Equestrian
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Derby winner Orb is the horse to beat at Preakness
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: Rosie Napravnik, Preakness Stakes, Pimlico Race Course, Kentucky Derby, Mike Smith
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Rain at Pimlico isn't a welcome sight for Preakness jockeys
The Baltimore SunAmong the concerns for jockeys at the Preakness today is the weather. Shortly before rain began to fall minutes ago, jockeys were watching the skies. Some know all too well that their horses don’t respond to sloppy tracks, and they were holding...Tags: Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby, John R. Velazquez, Pimlico, Equestrian
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