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With Oxbow's win, Orb's Triple Crown dreams dashed
For all of his laser focus on Saturday's Preakness, Claude "Shug" McGaughey couldn't help but dream ahead to the possibility of his colt, Orb, going for a Triple Crown at his home track of Belmont Park in New York. "I wouldn't be telling you the truth...
Tags: Pitbull (music artist), Equestrian, Pimlico Race Course, Big Brown, Kentucky Derby
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Preakness Stakes post time is set for 6:20 p.m.
The Preakness Stakes post time -- the time the race is scheduled to begin -- is 6:20 p.m. About 40 minutes before post, not long before horses and riders began heading to their gates, Pimlico officials said the tack's conditions were fast and firm....
Tags: Equestrian, Preakness Stakes
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Rain at Pimlico isn't a welcome sight for Preakness jockeys
The Baltimore SunAmong the concerns for jockeys at the Preakness today is the weather. Shortly before rain began to fall minutes ago, jockeys were watching the skies. Some know all too well that their horses don’t respond to sloppy tracks, and they were holding...Tags: John R. Velazquez, Churchill Downs, Equestrian, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes
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Sidewalk chefs serve up taste of Pimlico
After 25 Preaknesses, Annette Thomas has her routine, and recipes, down pat. Thirty pounds of ribs, both pork and beef, marinated overnight in vinegar and soy sauce, then grilled in front of her house on Saturday. Fifty pounds of red-skin potatoes &#...
Tags: Potatoes, Equestrian, Pimlico Race Course, Corn, Seafood
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Baffert: Govenor Charlie Has Chance To Be In Money
BALTIMORE — Bob Baffert strode into the Preakness stakes barn Friday morning, shouting toward Orb's trainer, Shug McGaughey, loud enough so that all could hear. "OK, Shug, I'm here to take away that media spotlight for you," he said. Baffert,...Tags: Equestrian, Pimlico Race Course, I'll Have Another (racehorse), Kentucky Derby, Bodemeister (racehorse)
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Preakness Stakes road closures
The Baltimore City Department of Transportation has posted road closures and traffic modifications for Saturday's 138th running of the Preakness Stakes and InfieldFest at Pimlico Race Course. DOT says Saturday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., the southbound Jones...
Tags: Equestrian, Jones Falls Expressway, Preakness Stakes, Highway Transportation
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Rosie Napravnik believes Mylute can run with Orb in Preakness
The Baltimore SunKentucky Derby winner Orb is the even-money favorite for the Preakness, so the biggest topics leading up to the weekend have, obviously, been about his chances and how to beat him on Saturday. “The jockey was just here," Mylute jockey Rosie...Tags: Equestrian, Rosie Napravnik, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes
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Jockey Gary Stevens discovering his love of racing again
Nearly a quarter century ago, Gary Stevens was an up-and-coming jockey in Southern California, hoping to make his mark on the sport, put a lot of money in the bank and move on to something else as quickly as possible. A conversation he had with one of...Tags: Luck (tv program), Churchill Downs, Equestrian, NBC (tv network), Pimlico Race Course
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Rock star status: Preakness horses get royal treatment
Handlers used special massage techniques to soothe Goldencents' muscular frame and sudsy sponges to stimulate the shine and bloom on the Preakness competitor's chocolate-colored coat — while a sizable entourage seemed transfixed. Outside the...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Equestrian, Academy Awards, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Preakness Stakes
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Napravnik reflects on early days at Pimlico as she prepares for Preakness ride
Sitting in front of a microphone Friday morning, Rosie Napravnik fielded questions about her first race at Pimlico Race Course while donning a hat from her new sponsor, Snickers Bites. For the 25-year-old jockey, it was a fitting juxtaposition, as she's...
Tags: Equestrian, Pimlico Race Course, Rosie Napravnik, Human Accomplishments, Breeders' Cup
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Secretariat's Preakness run still looks brilliant on 40th anniversary
Secretariat was a star but not yet a legend when his van rolled up to Pimlico Race Course in the second week of May 1973. The big red horse had taken off like a rocket ship to run down the field at the Kentucky Derby, winning in less than two minutes, a...Tags: Equestrian, Pimlico Race Course, Human Interest, Belmont Stakes, Kentucky Derby
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Roaming the neighborhoods around Pimlico
Roaming the streets that encircle Pimlico Race Course, I discovered so many places that I had trouble going back to the same locale twice. Outer Northwest Baltimore is a fascinating, at times geographically bewildering, place. When the Maryland Jockey...
Tags: Building Material, Pimlico Race Course, Reisterstown Road, Hampden, Travel
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