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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, Equestrian, Preakness Stakes, Triple Crown
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Philadelphia Daily News Dick Jerardi column
Philadelphia Daily NewsGary Stevens had been retired for 7 years. It seemed like D. Wayne Lukas had been retired for even longer. Stevens, the Hall of Fame jockey, had been on the NBC broadcast team for many of the major races. Lukas, the Hall of Fame trainer, was still in...Tags: Oxbow (racehorse), Todd Pletcher (racehorse), Mylute (racehorse), Horse and Harness Racing, Itsmyluckyday (racehorse)
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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, Barnesville, Laurel Park, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Gulfstream Park
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Oxbow wins the Preakness
The Philadelphia InquirerD. Wayne Lukas, his silver hair sparkling like the trophy he had just won for a record sixth time, his black suit and white shirt perfectly tailored and pressed, looked like anything but what he proudly claimed to be -- a ruthless hitman. "I get paid,"...Tags: Oxbow (racehorse), Mylute (racehorse), Pimlico Race Course, Itsmyluckyday (racehorse), Triple Crown
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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, Equestrian, Preakness Stakes, Joel Rosario, Triple Crown
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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, Equestrian, Pimlico, Preakness Stakes, John R. Velazquez
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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: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Triple Crown, Kentucky Derby, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Sports
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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: Kentucky Derby, Equestrian, Pimlico Race Course, Pimlico, Preakness Stakes
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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: Kentucky Derby, Equestrian, Big Brown, Rosie Napravnik, Pimlico Race Course
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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: Kentucky Derby, Equestrian, Pimlico, John R. Velazquez, Preakness Stakes
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The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, Michael Arace column
The Columbus DispatchThe Preakness Stakes will be run today at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Orb, the Kentucky Derby winner, will go to the gate at 6:20 p.m. as a prohibitive favorite. There are a million reasons to love him, which means, of course, that I will put my...Tags: Oxbow (racehorse), Goldencents (racehorse), Mylute (racehorse), Pimlico Race Course, Palace Malice (racehorse)
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Rosario the right jockey at the right time for Derby winner Orb
The Lexington Herald-LeaderHe speaks in quiet tones and frequently punctuates his sentences with a bit of laughter. And when one tries to get Joel Rosario to elaborate on his success, the already shy jockey often ends up at a loss for words. "I don't know, it's hard for me to...Tags: Dominican Republic, Dubai World Cup, Pimlico Race Course, Stuart Janney (racehorse), Triple Crown
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