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Indy 500's elite club may welcome new member
ReutersINDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Four-time Indianapolis 500 winners A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears grace the cover of the souvenir program for the 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing' like a trio of senior GQ models. The race's only four-time winners form an...Tags: Marco Andretti, Yankee Stadium, Auto Racing, Jacques Villeneuve, Indianapolis 500
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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: Amusement and Theme Parks, Disney Cruise Line, Theater, Foods and Beverages, Fish and Reptiles
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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: Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs Inc., Breeders' Cup, Sports, Horse and Harness Racing
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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: Mining, Breeders' Cup, Sports, Horse and Harness Racing, Triple Crown
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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: Kentucky Derby, Triple Crown, Preakness Stakes
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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: Kentucky Derby, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Pimlico Race Course, Middletown, Laurel Park
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Preakness starters Orb, Titletown Five have a history
Baltimore Sun Media GroupOne of the colts entered in Saturday’s 138th running of the Preakness Stakes can lay claim to a distinction not shared by seven others: He’s actually finished ahead of the expected favorite Orb in a race. Titletown Five, one of three...Tags: Kentucky Derby, Triple Crown, Preakness Stakes, Pimlico, Gulfstream Park
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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: Joel Rosario, Kentucky Derby, Pimlico Race Course, Triple Crown, Rosie Napravnik
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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: Kentucky Derby, Joel Rosario, Triple Crown, Preakness Stakes
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Orb leaves Preakness in excellent shape
ReutersBALTIMORE (Reuters) - Orb trainer Shug McGaughey said on his colt emerged from the Preakness Stakes in excellent shape and remained at a loss to explain the colt's puzzling performance. The Kentucky Derby champion was a prohibitive 3-5 favorite in...Tags: Joel Rosario, Itsmyluckyday (racehorse), Belmont Stakes, Rosie Napravnik, Orb (racehorse)
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Horse racing-McGaughey says it just wasn't Orb's day
ReutersBy Steve Ginsburg BALTIMORE, May 18 (Reuters) - Orb's disappointing fourth-place finish in the Preakness Stakes meant it just wasn't his day, trainer Shug McGaughey said on Saturday. Orb had won five successive races, including a dominant performance in...Tags: Joel Rosario, Kentucky Derby, Itsmyluckyday (racehorse), Pimlico Race Course, Orb (racehorse)
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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: Kentucky Derby, John R. Velazquez, Triple Crown, Preakness Stakes, Pimlico
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