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Preakness-proven Baffert will send 'Govenor' out for an upset
Bob Baffert strode into the Preakness stakes barn Friday morning, shouting toward Orb's trainer Shug McGaughey loud enough so all could hear. "OK, Shug, I'm here to take away that media spotlight for you," he said. Baffert, indeed, is one of the few...
Tags: Kevin Plank, Kentucky Derby, Dominican Republic, Pimlico, 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: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Personal Service, NBC (tv network), Kentucky Derby, Luck (tv program)
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Goo Goo Dolls singer talks new album, ahead of Black-Eyed Susan Day concert
John Rzeznik, lead singer of the Goo Goo Dolls, should know a thing or two about wedding songs. He wrote the inescapable hit "Iris" in 1998, which plenty of newly married couples have played for their first dance, including, most famously, singer Avril...
Tags: Goo Goo Dolls (music group), Family, Music, Music Industry, Weddings
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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: Human Accomplishments, Breeders' Cup, Kentucky Derby, Michael Phelps, Preakness Stakes
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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: Culture, Human Interest, Belmont Stakes, Pimlico, Triple Crown
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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, Druid Hill, Travel, Hampden, Railway Transportation
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Itsmyluckyday looks for better finish in the Preakness
Seeking redemption from a Kentucky Derby effort that didn't go as planned, Itsmyluckyday will try to rebound Saturday as one of nine horses in the 138th running of the $1 million Grade I Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Trained by...
Tags: Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Gulfstream Park, Weston (Broward, Florida), Pimlico
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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: Salads, Corn, Lifestyle and Leisure, Ria, Immigration
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Orb faces Preakness hurdle en route to immortality
ReutersBALTIMORE (Reuters) - Shug McGaughey, the soft-spoken trainer of Kentucky Derby champion Orb, admits he thinks of what it would be like to saddle a Triple Crown champion. He knows it's premature to be thinking like that. He just can't help it. "I try to...Tags: Santa Anita Derby (racehorse), Oxbow (racehorse), Human Interest, Belmont Stakes, Shug McGaughey (racehorse)
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Brown to handle Preakness award honors
When the owner of the winning horse in the 2013 Preakness Stakes mounts the podium to strains of "Maryland, My Maryland" to accept the Woodlawn Vase Saturday, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown will make the presentation. Gov. Martin O'Malley's office said...
Tags: Government, Elections, Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), Regional Authority, Anthony G. Brown
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A year after riding through sorrow, jockey Joel Rosario returns to Preakness with favorite Orb
Joel Rosario rode anyway. Upon returning to the jockey's room last May 20, he learned that his brother Marino, a police officer in his native Dominican Republic, had been killed in a motorcycle accident. Creative Cause -- and a chance to ride in his...
Tags: Dominican Republic, Preakness Stakes, Joel Rosario
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Stuart Janney III arrives at Pimlico to check in on Orb
Stuart Janney III, the co-owner of even-money Preakness favorite Orb, arrived at Pimlico Race Course on Thursday morning to watch the colt once again have an easy trip around the track and then go through his morning routine. Janney, the chairman of the...
Tags: Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Pimlico, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Car Guides and Reviews
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