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Stakes are highest for Orb in Preakness
BALTIMORE — Horse racing's Preakness is a place of history and a bubble of hope. If you come here with a Kentucky Derby victory under your belt, as trainer Shug McGaughey and Orb have, you have little time to appreciate that history. You are...
Tags: The Jockey Club Incorporated, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Horse and Harness Racing, Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby
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Horse trainer Rick Dutrow sues to reverse ban on racing in New York
Rick Dutrow, who trained Big Brown to Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes wins in 2008, has filed a federal lawsuit seekng to overturn his 10-year ban from thoroughbred racing in New York for drug violations. The lawsuit, filed in Brooklyn, says...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Trials, Brooklyn (New York City), Litigation
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Who would win a race of the last 20 Kentucky Derby winners? [Video]
The Fabulous ForumHorse Racing Simulation, the most recognized name in virtual racing, along with the National Thoroughbred Racing Assn., recently released a video of their simulation featuring the last 20 Kentucky Derby winners. The field includes: Smarty Jones -- the... -
Question of the day: Who will win the Kentucky Derby? [Updated]
The Fabulous ForumReporters from around the Tribune family tackle the question of the day, then you get a chance to chime in and tell them why they are wrong. Tom Jicha, Sun Sentinel Bob Baffert quipped after Lookin at Lucky drew the...... -
Question of the day: Who will win the Preakness?
The Fabulous ForumReporters from around the Tribune family tackle the question of the day, then you get a chance to leave a comment and tell them why they are wrong. John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times The smart thing when handicapping the Kentucky...... -
Baseball, booze and a send-off
Man of the HouseSO THE Blue Jay Sluggers cap their undefeated season -- no wins, no losses, 14 ties -- with a party in the park. It's a lavish display befitting today's modern athlete: food, gifts and groupies (in this case, the boys' moms). "Want some lemonade?" one of...Tags: Country and Western (genre), Beverage Industry, David Letterman, Sports, Family
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Big Brown can't deliver the goods in Belmont Stakes
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterELMONT, N.Y. -- It didn't happen, big time. Big Brown not only failed to win the Triple Crown, he finished ninth and last in Saturday's Belmont Stakes. Trying to become horse racing's first Triple Crown winner in 30 years, Big Brown instead became...Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Triple Crown, Barbaro
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Sports offered plenty of distractions in a difficult 2008
It was a sports year that often seemed blissfully out of touch with the times, with Beijing staging an opulent Olympics amid the backdrop of an earthquake that killed tens of thousands and the New York Yankees' spending hundreds of millions on free agents...Tags: Rocco Mediate, Kentucky Derby, Roger Federer, Kevin Garnett, Memphis Grizzlies
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Triple Crown: Impossible dream?
After Kentucky Derby winner Orb finished in fourth place at the Preakness, we are on the longest drought ever for a Triple Crown winner ("Lukas kept prediction to himself: Oxbow," May 20). The last time a horse won a Triple Crown was Affirmed in 1978....
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Triple Crown, Hallandale Beach
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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: Preakness Stakes, Churchill Downs, Pimlico, Kentucky Derby, Triple Crown
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With Oxbow's win, Orb's Triple Crown dreams dashed
For all of his laser focus on Saturday's Preakness, Claude "Shug" McGaughey couldn't help but dream ahead to the possibility of his colt, Orb, going for a Triple Crown at his home track of Belmont Park in New York. "I wouldn't be telling you the truth...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Pimlico, Kentucky Derby, Triple Crown, Pimlico Race Course
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Orb looks great and can handle short layoff and take Preakness
NewsdayThe Triple Crown buzz began minutes after Orb splashed across the wire at Churchill Downs, and optimism about the Kentucky Derby winner isn't misplaced. He has the pedigree, connections and versatile running style that inspire confidence, and his...Tags: Departing (racehorse), Pimlico, Churchill Downs, Shug McGaughey (racehorse), Kentucky Derby
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