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Preakness Memories from Some Pimlico Lifers
No shortage of racing memories have been made at the track they call Old Hilltop. That hill in the infield…
May 18 2013, 2:24pm | Visit source ›
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Preparing for the Preakness: the Pimlico gate crew
Shortly before 6:20 tomorrow evening, nine horses and jockeys will head towards the starting gate at Pimlico Race Course. The…
May 18 2013, 2:22pm | Visit source ›
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Brian Nadeau Handicaps the Preakness
Pimlico: The GI, $1 million Preakness at 1 3/16 miles 1 Orb: Kentucky Derby hero made it five in a…
May 17 2013, 11:30am | Visit source ›
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A Hope For NBC’s Preakness Coverage
Let’s get this out of the way: Michelle Beadle blocked me on Kentucky Oaks day, after this exchange (you can…
May 17 2013, 9:32am | Visit source ›
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Who do you like? Betting the 2013 Preakness
While no one would suggest that making money on the Kentucky Derby is an easy proposition, at least the big…
May 16 2013, 11:12am | Visit source ›
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It’s Saturday afternoon, and Shug McGaughey sits placidly in a chair in the shedrow of barn 20. Intent on his…
May 15 2013, 8:14am | Visit source ›
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The Preakness: The Lost New York Years
The Preakness is Maryland’s race: it’s “Maryland, My Maryland” and black-eyed Susans and blue crabs. It’s so important to the…
May 14 2013, 10:46am | Visit source ›
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Tie Break And Me, And A Long Road To Akindale Farm
It all started at Aqueduct, on a Saturday afternoon in January of 2005. It was the day of the Sunshine…
May 10 2013, 9:53am | Visit source ›
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On Sunday afternoon, a bouquet of roses lay outside barn 20 on the Belmont backstretch, their colors nearly matching the…
May 9 2013, 10:58am | Visit source ›
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History And Horse Racing On Brooklyn’s Sportsmen’s Row
An archaeologist by training, Lucas Rubin has spent a good deal of his life immersed in the past. He also…
May 9 2013, 8:40am | Visit source ›
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Atlantic City Race Course: Fighting For More Days?
On Sunday afternoon, Atlantic City Race Course broke a 37-year attendance record when 13,528 people showed up for its…
May 6 2013, 9:16am | Visit source ›
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2013 Kentucky Derby Picks, By The Letters
The annals of the Kentucky Derby are full of winners whose names ring with grandeur: Lord Murphy, Kingman, His Eminence,…
May 3 2013, 6:54am | Visit source ›
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Who do you like? Betting Kentucky Derby 2014
The horses are entered, the post positions assigned, and the betting account topped off. At about 6:24 pm Eastern time…
May 2 2013, 3:31pm | Visit source ›
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Brian’s Derby Preps: The Kentucky Derby
Churchill Downs: The GI, $2 million Kentucky Derby at 1 ¼ miles 1 Black Onyx (50-1 morning line): Streaking runner…
May 2 2013, 1:25pm | Visit source ›
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NYRA’s Skorton: “Given what’s at stake, we’re moving as fast we can”
At a hastily called meeting April 29, the New York Racing Association Board of Directors voted unanimously to install an…
April 29 2013, 7:07pm | Visit source ›
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Brian’s Derby Preps: The Derby Trial
Churchill Downs: The Grade III, $175,000 Derby Trial at 1 mile 1 Officer Alex: Versatile sprinter kicks off the final…
April 26 2013, 10:00am | Visit source ›
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At Stonestreet Farm, Memories of One Oaks Victory and Hope for Another
The Kentucky Derby is less than two weeks away, and for months, the sport has focused obsessively on the three-year-old…
April 26 2013, 7:00am | Visit source ›
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“He Alone Made It What It Is Today”: Matt Winn & the Kentucky Derby
“He alone made it what it is today.” So began a 1949 New York Times article by Arthur Daley on the passing…
April 25 2013, 10:00am | Visit source ›
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Between August 15, 2009 and March 8, 2012, Saginaw won seven races. He raced 22 times, most of them for…
April 25 2013, 6:39am | Visit source ›
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Maryland-bred star Bold Affair retired
Maryland-bred Bold Affair, repeat winner last month of the Primonetta Stakes at Pimlico, has been retired, according to her owner…
April 24 2013, 2:49pm | Visit source ›
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Miles To Go Before I Sleep: Keeneland to Charles Town
Call me “the woman who left Keeneland to drive to Charles Town.” It’s true, even if no one would believe…
April 24 2013, 6:30am | Visit source ›
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Joe Torre Comes To Charles Town
On Saturday night, Joe Torre was sitting in the restaurant at Charles Town Races in West Virginia, about 75 miles west…
April 22 2013, 6:30am | Visit source ›
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Brian’s Derby Preps: The Lexington
Keeneland: The Grade III, $200,000 Lexington at 1 1/16 miles 1 Winning Cause: Well-bred son of Giant’s Causeway closed like…
April 19 2013, 7:38am | Visit source ›
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Brian’s Derby Preps: The Blue Grass
Keeneland: The GI, $750,000 Blue Grass at 1 1/8 miles 1 Dynamic Sky: The first of two for Casse and…
April 12 2013, 6:45pm | Visit source ›
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Brian’s Derby Preps: The Arkansas Derby
Oaklawn Park: The Grade I, $1 million Arkansas Derby at 1 1/8 miles 1 Carve: Local two-time route winner tries…
April 12 2013, 10:40am | Visit source ›
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Ms. Racing Queen Runner-Up: “Mr. Stronach Changed My Life”
Miranda Weber remembers going to Gulfstream Park when she was a little girl. She remembers that her mother liked the…
April 11 2013, 6:45am | Visit source ›
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Update and standings: Road to the Roses Charity League
Thanks to everyone who signed up and pledged a donation in this weird, abbreviated, slimmed-down version of the Road to…
April 10 2013, 6:30am | Visit source ›
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Maryland’s Gabby Gaudet Is Ready For Her Close-Up
Gabby Gaudet grew up almost literally on the racetrack. Her father, Eddie, trained horses in Maryland for more than 50…
April 9 2013, 6:30am | Visit source ›
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Verrazano: Making Kentucky Derby History Won’t Be Easy
When the undefeated three-year-old colt Verrazano won the $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York, on…
April 8 2013, 6:30am | Visit source ›
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Animal Kingdom Brings It Internationally, On The Track And In The Shed
Last Saturday at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, Kentucky-bred Animal Kingdom, winner of the 2011 Kentucky Derby, ended three years of…
April 5 2013, 7:35am | Visit source ›
