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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...
They don't call him Bo-rail for nothing.Calvin Borel grabbed the rail and didn't let go Saturday, sloshing through the slop with Super Saver on another flawless ride...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Nobody wanted to be No. 1.No. 20 wasn't too popular, either.Dialed In managed to avoid both -- the inside rail and far outside -- at Wednesday's p...
NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Torre sat in the third-base dugout at Citi Field watching the rain fall. As much as he was looking forward to another three-game series in New Yo...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nick Zito knows the good part of the Kentucky Derby as a two-time winner. He also knows the heartbreak of America's greatest race.Zito nearly joine...
Churchill Downs CEO Bob Evans weighs in on the horse racing business.
Calvin Borel was in a familiar place, along the rail and urging Mine That Bird to fly through the mud. Trainer Bennie Woolley Jr. was someplace he never imagined — t...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Todd Pletcher thought he had more than a Kentucky Derby winner in Eskendereya.The normally reserved Eclipse Award-winning trainer admits he believ...
Judging by his appetite and appearance, Bodemeister has rebounded nicely from his vigorous trip in the Kentucky Derby and is ready to shine at the Preakness.Bodemeis...
The odds have been set and poll positions assigned for Saturday's Kentucky Derby , often called the "most exciting two minutes in sports."The big question: Does odds...
Barbaro's vital signs, appetite and heart rate remained normal Monday, though there was no indication the Kentucky Derby winner's condition has improved since a grim...
Bob Baffert got beat again in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic. Bill Mott settled for half of a repeat sweep in the weekend's two biggest races.The Hall of Fame ...
Sept. 231926 — Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey with a 10-round decision to retain the world heavyweight title.1952 — Rocky Marciano knocks out Jersey Joe Walcott in t...
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...
Here's a look at the field for Saturday's 132nd Kentucky Derby, with post position, horse's name, jockey's name and odds:FIELD FOR 132ND KENTUCKY DERBY1. Jazil — Jar...
Rain and extra security measures slowed down the crowds at Saturday's Kentucky Derby, but thousands of poncho-covered racing fans filled Churchill Downs despite the ...
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...
Bode Baffert has never been so nervous about a race. The 7-year-old son of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert is the namesake of the 138th Kentucky Derby morning-line ...
Welcome back to BracketRacket, the one-stop shopping place for all your NCAA needs.Today, Patrick Carney of The Black Keys drops by to explain why the loss by his be...
War Emblem did what he was expected to do at the start, and then what he wasn't supposed to do at the finish: Bob Baffert's colt went wire to wire and won the Kentuc...