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Horsemen search for deals at post-Preakness sale
On the Wednesday and Thursday before the Preakness, as excitement built for the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, many trainers and owners slipped away from Pimlico Race Course and drove eight miles north on Interstate 83 to look a year into the future....
Tags: Farms, Under Armour Inc., Kentucky Derby, Horse and Harness Racing, Preakness Stakes
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Indy 500 officials tighten security following Boston bombings
INDIANAPOLIS -- Officials have tightened security for Sunday's Indianapolis 500, which typically draws more than 200,000 spectators, in response to the deadly Boston Marathon bombings last month. Oversize drink coolers have been banned, and a street...
Tags: Indianapolis 500, Preakness Stakes, Auto Racing, Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Md. passes thoroughbred breeder incentive program amid bickering
The Maryland Racing Commission passed a revised incentive program Tuesday meant to persuade thoroughbred breeders to operate in the state and owners of those horses to run on its tracks, but might have shattered the harmony achieved among the sports'...
Tags: The Jockey Club Incorporated, Horse and Harness Racing, Sports, Laurel Park
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Organizers declare the 138th Preakness a success
The numbers alone say the 138th Preakness was a huge success. A crowd of 117,203, the fourth largest in Preakness history, was on hand to see long-shot Oxbow's shocking win and heavy-favorite Orb's disappointing run. And the total handle for the day...Tags: Buckcherry (music group), Entertainment, Preakness Stakes, Laurel Park, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Preakness 2013 TV schedule
Channel Guide MagazinePreakness 2013 TV schedule on NBC and NBC Sports Network includes more than six hours of coverage May 17-18. The second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the 138th Preakness Stakes, takes place at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday,... -
Quick retreat from Baltimore for Preakness champ Oxbow and defeated favorite Orb
Most of the horses in the stakes barns at Pimlico Race Course had cleared out by 8:30 Sunday morning, having loaded into vans under the cover of early-morning rain. Plates with pieces of cake left over from last night's victory party for Oxbow dotted...
Tags: Kentucky Derby, Pimlico, Preakness Stakes, Timonium, Triple Crown
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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: The Jockey Club Incorporated, Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Middletown, Pimlico
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Orb is horse to beat and has made the rest of Preakness field an afterthought
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: Churchill Downs, Joel Rosario, Kentucky Derby, Rosie Napravnik, Pimlico
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Benjamin Lipsitz, 94, Pikesville attorney who defended Bremer
Benjamin Lipsitz, whose commitment to the spirit and letter of the law led him to defend a would-be assassin, a Nazi sympathizer and a craven murderer during a career that spanned more than a half-century, died May 10. He was 94. "He was so...
Tags: Pikesville, Baltimore County, Baltimore City College, Prosecution, Judges
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Oxbow upsets Orb in Preakness
BALTIMORE (AP) — Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb's bid to capture the Triple Crown. Oxbow led from start to finish. It was the sixth Preakness victory for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas and 15th Triple Crown victory, most in horse...Tags: Kentucky Derby, Rosie Napravnik, Preakness Stakes, Triple Crown
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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: Joel Rosario, Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Pimlico, Preakness Stakes
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Upset win by Oxbow gives D. Wayne Lukas record 14th victory in Triple Crown race
He kept coming back, year after year, horse after horse, trying to get another victory in the Preakness Stakes before he was done. Going into the 138th running of the Triple Crown's middle leg, D. Wayne Lukas had tried eight times since Charismatic won at...
Tags: Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, Preakness Stakes, Triple Crown
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