NEW YORK (AP) – Trainer Shug McGaughey is still thinking Belmont Stakes for his Kentucky Derby winner after Orb galloped a mile Thursday morning at Belmont Park. It was Orb’s first trip to the track since finishing fourth in the Preakness on Saturday, and McGaughey said he’s pleased with the way his colt got around [...]
Horse Racing Recap: UAE to criminalize use of steroids on race horses
May 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The ruler of Dubai, stung by a doping scandal involving his horses in Britain, is making the use of steroids on race horses a criminal offense across the United Arab Emirates. The directive Thursday by Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, which is expected to take immediate effect, would [...]
Horse Racing Recap: Old hands get new life with Oxbow’s Preakness victory
May 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Gary Stevens aboard Oxbow wins the 138th running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday.(Photo: Winslow Townson, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Oxbow, the second lognest shot in the field, led the Preakness wire-to-wire Jockey Gary Stevens came out of retirement at age 50 and won his ninth Triple Crown race Trainer D. Wayne Lukas, 77, [...]
Horse Racing Recap: Godolphin scandal widens with more failed tests
May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
LONDON (AP) – The Godolphin doping scandal deepened Monday, with British racing authorities announcing that seven more horses have tested positive for steroids, including the winner of the world’s oldest classic. Trainer Mahmood al-Zarooni already has been banned eight years. He has acknowledged giving anabolic steroids to 15 horses in one of the largest doping [...]
Horse Racing Recap: Belmont Stakes: Oxbow vs. Orb in the cards
May 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
BALTIMORE (AP) – Another year, another Triple Crown hopeful unable to come through. After Oxbow upset Kentucky Derby winner Orb in Saturday’s Preakness to extend racing’s Triple Crown drought to 36 years, the next best alternative for the Belmont Stakes is a rematch. And, it appears one is in the making. Both trainers are giving [...]
Horse Racing Recap: 9-1 shot Open Water wins Everett Handicap
May 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) – Open Water upset 7-10 favorite Lady of Fifty to win the $150,250 Marjorie L. Everett Handicap by a length at Betfair Hollywood Park on Saturday, giving jockey Joe Talamo a sweep of the day’s stakes races. He rode Unusual Hottie to victory in the $100,500 Fran’s Valentine Stakes earlier in the [...]
Triple Crown 2013: Oxbow has won the 138th running of the Preakness Stakes.
May 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Longshot Oxbow leads the entire race and wins He had 15-1 odds Favorite Orb loses bid for Triple Crown With Orb finishing out of the money Saturday, the last Triple Crown winner remains Affirmed in 1978 Oxbow jockey Gary Stevens won his ninth Triple Crown race, three in each race (PhatzRadio / USA [...]
Horse Racing Recap: Orb trying to stay on course to make Triple Crown history
May 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Story Highlights Horse racing hasn’t had a Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978 Trainer had Kentucky Derby not Triple Crown in his thoughts No. 1 post position has not been kind to Preakness runners (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — BALTIMORE – Trainer Shug McGaughey spent most of his adult life dreaming and working toward [...]
Horse Racing – Triple Crown 2013: The lineup for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Trainer Shug McGaughey takes his horse, Kentucky Derby winner Orb, out for lunch at Pimlico in Baltimore, in front of the sign of the last Triple Crown winner.(Photo: Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY Sports) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Veteran turf writer Jennie Rees of The (Louisville) Courier-Journal looks at the nine-horse Preakness field for Saturday’s [...]
