Articles filed under Horse Racing
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O’Donnell: Dishing Kentucky Derby adviceApr 29, 2025 2:41 pm - Columnist Jim O’Donnell analyzes the upcoming Kentucky Derby.
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Jim O'Donnell: Frank Calabrese brought grand zest to last golden run of Arlington ParkNov 06, 2024 12:26 am - Legendary Arlington Park owner Frank Calabrese died Monday at 96. When the track reopened in 2000 after a two-year closure, Calabrese set a standard that will never again be challenged. He won 10 consecutive owners championships after sharing one in 2000.
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Dornoch pulls off an upset to win the first Belmont Stakes run at Saratoga Race Course at 17-1Jun 08, 2024 7:03 pm - When Luis Saez first rode Dornoch at Saratoga Race Course last summer, he told trainer Danny Gargan, “You have the Derby winner.”
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Belmont with Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners could be the best of these Triple Crown racesJun 07, 2024 11:19 am - There's no Triple Crown on the line for the first Belmont Stakes taking place at Saratoga. But the race does have the first- and second-place finishers from the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. It's the first time in more than a decade the Belmont has had the Derby and Preakness winners in the field.
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Seize the Grey wins the Preakness for D. Wayne Lukas and ends Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bidMay 18, 2024 6:59 pm - BALTIMORE (AP) — D. Wayne Lukas worked his way to Seize the Grey after his horse won the Preakness Stakes and kept getting interrupted by well-wishes offering congratulat...
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Mystik Dan looks like the horse to beat in the Preakness on what could be a muddy trackMay 17, 2024 9:18 pm - Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan is every bit the horse to beat in the Preakness. He's going for the second jewel of the Triple Crown on what could be a sloppy surface with rain in the forecast Saturday.
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Jim O’Donnell: Maryland joins New York in dancing over the dead wires of Arlington ParkMay 11, 2024 4:47 pm - LAST WEEKEND'S KENTUCKY DERBY could have had a 20-horse photo finish and it wouldn't have mattered around the empty acreage once known as Arlington Park. The intersta...
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Uncertain plans for 150th Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan, others leave questions for PreaknessMay 05, 2024 8:36 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The second jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown could be missing 150th Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan and other co-stars, quashing hopes for a rematch...
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Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by a nose in a 3-horse photo finish at Churchill DownsMay 04, 2024 6:52 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 150th Kentucky Derby produced one of the most dramatic finishes in its storied history — three noses at the wire. Mystik Dan desperately fought to h...
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After top betting choices Fierceness and Sierra Leone, it’s wide open for the 150th Kentucky DerbyMay 03, 2024 3:19 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Fate has not been kind to Mike Repole in the Kentucky Derby. The outspoken owner is 0 for 7, although he is perhaps best known for his two champions tha...