June 20, 2013

Horse Racing Recap: Final thoughts on the Triple Crown

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Preakness winner Oxbow, left, is guided by trainer D. Wayne Lukas, right, to his barn at Belmont Park on Friday. The colt will try to make it two victories in a row Saturday.(Photo: Mark Lennihan, AP) Story Highlights McGaughey believes in keeping current Triple Crown format Stevens says some plan to focus on one part [...]

2013 Triple Crown: Palace Malice overtakes Oxbow to capture Belmont Stakes

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Story Highlights Preakness winner Oxbow finished second and Kentucky Derby winner Orb was third Todd Pletcher, trainer for Palace Malice, won his second Belmont Stakes race in six years (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — ELMONT, N.Y. – The 145th Belmont Stakes was supposed to be about redemption. Specifically, Kentucky Derby winner Orb making amends for [...]

2013 Triple Crown: Slop at Belmont might suit upstart Freedom Child

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Freedom Child, with jockey Luis Saez, captured the Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park on May 11, winning by 13 lengths(Photo: Adam Coglianese, NYRA) Story Highlights Freedom Child, trained by Tom Albertrani, could excel if there is rain as forecast Saturday Freedom Child won the May 11 Peter Pan Stakes by more than 13 lengths [...]

Triple Crown 2013: Derby winner Orb favored in Belmont Stakes field of 14

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Kentucky Derby winner Orb gallops on the track during a morning workout at Belmont Park on Wednesday. He was named the 3-1 morning-line favored for the Belmont Stakes(Photo: Mark Lennihan, AP) Story Highlights Kentucky Derby winner Orb was named the 3-1 morning-line favorite for the Belmont Stakes Preakness winner Oxbow is the 5-1 third choice [...]

Track Talk; Dullahan, Union Rags gear up for Belmont Stakes

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ELMONT, N.Y. – When Javier Castellano and John Velazquez showed up in the Belmont Park jockeys’ room to ride Sunday, their conversation ultimately turned to what they’d done that morning: Which was working their new mounts for the first time in preparation for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. Triple Crown hopeful I’ll Have Another looms as the [...]

Horse Racing: Stay Thirsty, Havre de Grace prep for Breeders’ Cup

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Elite Thoroughbreds will face their defining moment when the Breeders’ Cup World Championships are contested at Churchill Downs on Nov. 4-5. For now, it’s all about getting there. For trainer Larry Jones, for instance, the Breeders’ Cup race he chooses will depend on how his star filly, Havre de Grace, [...]