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Growing blackberries: Sweet fruit, minus the thorns
The thornless blackberries in Mary Steffens' backyard in Echo Park are going on three years, and one of the plants is finally setting fruit -- big, purple-black globes of nearly seedless, sweet-tart juiciness. Steffens got the plants from a friend at...
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Palace Malice wins Belmont Stakes over Oxbow, Orb
NEW YORK -- Palace Malice took charge on the turn for home and won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, holding off Preakness winner Oxbow and Kentucky Derby winner Orb. The win gave Todd Pletcher his second Belmont winner in six years, and vindicated the...
Tags: Kentucky Derby, Equestrian, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes
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Santa Anita will play host to Breeders' Cup in 2014 as well
Southern California horse racing will get some good news Monday at a time of gloom over the upcoming closure of Hollywood Park. The Breeders' Cup will announce it will return to Santa Anita for an unprecedented third straight year in 2014. Craig Fravel,...
Tags: Churchill Downs, Horse and Harness Racing, Sports, Breeders' Cup
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Three different horses win the Triple Crown races
Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens really thought this was going to be the year. "The way Orb won the Kentucky Derby, I thought we'd have another Triple Crown winner," he told me in a lengthy interview for a story that ran in Saturday's L.A. Times. Of...
Tags: Kentucky Derby, French Open, Equestrian, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes
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Out of 'Luck,' Gary Stevens gets back in the saddle
The comeback of Gary Stevens was never intended for a real Triple Crown race aboard a horse named Oxbow. No preconceived game plan put him in the winner's circle at the Preakness last month, much less on his way to Saturday's Belmont Stakes. Stevens'...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Mike Smith, Luck (tv program), Horse and Harness Racing, Sports
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Charl Schwartzel leads Memorial; Tiger Woods is six shots back
Charl Schwartzel made sure one hole didn't ruin an entire round Thursday in the Memorial at Dublin, Ohio. Schwartzel hit the ball so consistently well at Muirfield Village that the former Masters champion twice had stretches of four consecutive birdies....
Tags: Ohio State Buckeyes, College Sports, Rosie Napravnik, Southeastern Conference, Golf
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A look back at Secretariat's 31-length Belmont victory [Video]
It has been 40 years since Secretariat's stunning 31-length victory in the 1973 Belmont Stakes capped a dramatic Triple Crown sweep. This year's Belmont Stakes at 1½ miles is set for Saturday in New York, so taking a look back at video of Secretariat'...
Tags: Equestrian, Belmont Stakes, Tony Parker, NBA Finals, National Basketball Association
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Orb a 3-1 favorite after drawing fifth position for Belmont Stakes
What could have been a chance at the first Triple Crown in 35 years will instead come down to this for Baltimore County resident Stuart Janney Jr: a shot at redemption. Always measured, Janney avoids soaring rhetoric when discussing racing. He's been...
Tags: Kentucky Derby, Rosie Napravnik, Equestrian, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes
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Orb is 3-1 favorite in Belmont Stakes
Back home again in New York, Kentucky Derby winner Orb is the horse to beat in the Belmont Stakes. Orb was made the 3-1 morning-line favorite in a field of 14 entered for Saturday's final leg of the Triple Crown at Belmont Park, and trainer Shug...
Tags: Joel Rosario, Rosie Napravnik, Geno Smith, Preakness Stakes, Mark Sanchez
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Santa Anita gets key racing dates
Santa Anita came away the big winner Thursday when the California Horse Racing Board tentatively approved racing dates for 2014 and 2015 in response to the pending closure of Betfair Hollywood Park on Dec. 22. Santa Anita will expand its usual fall...
Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Sports, Breeders' Cup
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Oxbow's Preakness victory doesn't spoil anything
BALTIMORE — Chances are, the horse racing public will get it wrong again. When Oxbow went wire-to-wire in Saturday's Preakness, again ruining a chance for a Triple Crown, it is likely to prompt hand-wringing among those who see it as the...
Tags: Kentucky Derby, Equestrian, Bob Costas, Preakness Stakes, Horse and Harness Racing
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Orb's Triple Crown bid ends at Preakness, which is won by Oxbow
Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, who at age 50 came out of retirement earlier this year, led Oxbow to a wire-to-wire victory in 1:57.54 and a big upset of Kentucky Derby winner Orb today in the 138th Preakness at Pimlico Race Course. Stevens is the...
Tags: Kentucky Derby, Rosie Napravnik, Equestrian, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes
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