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    Oxbow upsets Orb in Preakness

    Oxbow put D. Wayne Lukas in the record books again with an upset of Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving the Hall of Fame trainer his 14th win in a Triple Crown race.Kentucky Derby winner Orb was unable to find his rhythm after breaking from the rail, and never challenged in finishing fourth. The loss ended any chance of a Triple try at the Belmont Stakes in three weeks, extending the drought to 36 years since Affirmed in 1978 became the 11th horse to sweep the Derby, Preakness and Belmont."I get paid to spoil dreams," the 77-year-old Lukas said. "Unfortunately we go over here and you can't mail `em in. It's a different surface and a different time. You gotta line `em up and win `em."Lukas won his sixth Preakness to move one behind Robert Wyndham Walden for most wins in the second leg of the Triple Crown.The victory was a long time coming for the dean of trainers. The last time he won a Triple Crown race was the 2000 Belmont with Commendable. And before that, he was a regula...

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      I'll Have Another came out of the Preakness in "super" shape, and trainer Doug O'Neill says it's on to New York for a Triple Crown try in the Belmont Stakes.While O'...

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    8. Triple Crown shocker

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    1. Orb favored to take Preakness, set up Triple try

      Orb is ready for his whirl at history.The Kentucky Derby winner was in a playful mood the day before the Preakness, making faces for photographers between nibbles of...

    2. DERBY LIVE: Undercard races, Pitino, staying dry

      The 139th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs will have a field of 19 horses breaking from the starting gates at 6:24 p.m. EDT on Saturday.Just over two...

    3. Orb wows at Kentucky Derby

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    4. The Belmont Jewel: Belmont Stakes' new official cocktail, again

      Sadly, racing fans may not be shouting "I'll Have Another!," at this Saturday's Belmont Stakes in New York after the surprising scratch of the horse favored to becom...

    5. 'Union Rags' wins 144th running of Belmont Stakes race

      Union Rags nipped Paynter at the wire in a photo finish Saturday to win the Belmont Stake, beating a field without Triple Crown hopeful I'll Have Another, who was re...

    6. I'll Have Another scratched from Belmont Stakes

      I'll Have Another's chance at horse-racing immortality ended when the winner of the Preakness and Kentucky Derby was scratched from Saturday's Belmont Stakes after d...

    7. Ruler on Ice Wins the Belmont Stakes

      Ruler On Ice posted a huge upset in the Belmont Stakes, taking the lead from Preakness Stakes winner Shackleford in the straight and winning the final leg of the Tri...

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