Shackleford (racehorse)

BALTIMORE - The Preakness Stakes, perhaps more than the other two Triple Crown races, produces results that stand up to long-term scrutiny. Not since Red Bullet in 2000 has a Preakness winner failed to win either another graded stakes or earn a...

Editor’s note: This is the third installment in a six-part series looking back at some of the biggest local, regional and national stories of 2011. May 2 — In baseball, North Hagerstown rallies for 5-3 win over rival South Hagerstown....

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First race Graham Motion's day got off to a good start when he saddled a winner in the first race. Technique, who went off at 7-1 and was ridden by Edgar Prado, won by at least two lengths. Technique paid $14 to win. Second race Katherine Sancuk's...

All week, George Bolton told anyone who would listen that Astrology was better than a 14-1 long shot in the 136th Preakness, even if he had run only two races as a 3-year-old, and even if he smashed his head on the starting gate last time out. Bolton,...

Lance Armstrong's former teammate, Tyler Hamilton, says Armstrong and other team leaders encouraged, promoted and took part in a doping program in an effort to win the Tour de France in 1999 and beyond, according to a report aired Sunday night on ''60...