May 18, 2013

Triple Crown 2013: Kentucky Derby winner Orb favored to win Preakness

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Joel Rosario aboard Orb celebrates after winning the 2013 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. The colt will be favored in this week’s Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in Baltimore(Photo: Jamie Rhodes, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Orb is coming off dominating win in Kentucky Derby Preakness will be 9-horse field Last Triple Crown winner was Affirmed [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Five-time Preakness winner Lukas relishes spoiler role

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Story Highlights D. Wayne Lukas has three horses running in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes He won the Preakness with Kentucky Derby also-rans Tank’s Prospect and Tabasco Cat He has two Derby also-rans this year with Oxbow and Will Take Charge. He also has Titletown Five (PhatzRadio / AP) — BALTIMORE – Trainer D. Wayne Lukas has [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Derby champ Orb enters Pimlico’s stall of distinction

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Orb lunches at Pimlico with assistant trainer and exercise rider Jenn Patterson on Monday.(Photo: Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Kentucky Derby winner Orb arrived at Pimlico in Baltimore on Monday Orb was put in stall No. 40, where Kentucky Derby winners are usually housed It’s trainer Shug McGaughey’s first Preakness since 1989 (PhatzRadio [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Mylute gives Napravnik her first Preakness mount

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Mylute, ridden by Rosie Napravnik, finished fifth in the Kentucky Derby and will run back in the Preakness Stakes.(Photo: Andy Lyons, Getty Images) Story Highlights Mylute, with Rosie Napravnik aboard, is confirmed to run in the Preakness Stakes Trainer Tom Amoss says his horse needs to find a way to beat Orb (PhatzRadio / USA [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Derby winner Orb gallops in New York

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BALTIMORE (AP) – Kentucky Derby winner Orb galloped 11/4 miles under exercise rider Jenn Patterson at Belmont Park on Friday, and trainer Shug McGaughey said he’s “pleased with everything I’ve been seeing.” Orb closed from 17th to win the Derby by 21/2 lengths last week, and is expected to have a final workout on Monday [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Preakness looms as Orb’s biggest hurdle

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Story Highlights Orb will go for the second leg of the Triple Crown on May 18 at the Pimlico Preakness Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey finally won his first Kentucky Derby with Orb McGaughey: “I can’t wait to get to Baltimore.” (PhatzRadio / AP) — LOUISVILLE–It takes three to win racing’s Triple Crown. But [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Top Kentucky Oaks, Derby finishers test clean

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Orb leads the field down the stretch to win the 2013 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Top finishers all tested clean.(Photo: Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Top finishers in the Kentucky Oaks and Derby tested clean after the race Five Derby horse and three from the Oaks were tested and all came out [...]

Horse Racing Recap: 2011 Kentucky Derby runner-up Nehro dies of colic

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Zayat Stables says that Nehro, runner-up to Animal Kingdom in the 2011 Kentucky Derby, has died of colic. On its website, the stable announced that Nehro had been training with Steve Asmussen at Churchill Downs when he was found to be uncomfortable in his stall early Saturday. The 5-year-old “spiraled badly” [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Preakness looms as Orb’s biggest hurdle

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Story Highlights Orb will go for the second leg of the Triple Crown on May 18 at the Pimlico Preakness Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey finally won his first Kentucky Derby with Orb McGaughey: “I can’t wait to get to Baltimore.” (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — LOUISVILLE–It takes three to win racing’s Triple Crown. [...]

Horse Racing: Kentucky Derby winner Orb to tackle Triple Crown

Orb trainer McGaughey walks his horse to the winner's circle after the running of the 139th Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville

(Reuters) – The connections of Kentucky Derby winner Orb have already set their sights on trying to complete the Triple Crown after their colt pulled up well from his victory in the first leg. Shug McGaughey, the Kentucky-based trainer of Orb, wasted no time declaring his intentions to run the three-year-old in the remaining two [...]