Articles filed under Horse Racing
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The 150th Preakness is the last at old Pimlico before demolition. Winners share their top memoriesMay 14, 2025 3:32 pm - The wrecking ball is just about hovering over Pimlico Race Course, with a complete knockdown and rebuild of the grandstand and other facilities coming. But first comes the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes. Without Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty in the field, the event this year is about the history of the middle jewel of the Triple Crown and the last at the Pimlico track that has been around since 1870.
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Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty won't run in the Preakness, dashing Triple Crown possibilityMay 06, 2025 5:44 pm - Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not run in the Preakness Stakes, officials announced Tuesday, meaning there won't be a Triple Crown champion for a seventh consecut...
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O’Donnell: Sports talk radio in Chicago slipping into darknessMay 06, 2025 3:06 pm - Columnist Jim O’Donnell details how sports talk radio continues to struggle in Chicago.
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Plans are unclear for Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty and others with the Preakness 2 weeks awayMay 04, 2025 6:10 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Sovereignty's Kentucky Derby victory in the muck at Churchill Downs sparked curiosity over whether the colt can build on his signature win over a possib...
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Give him his flowers: Sovereignty reigns in 151st Kentucky Derby, outdueling favorite JournalismMay 03, 2025 7:09 pm - Sovereignty outdueled 3-1 favorite Journalism down the stretch to win the 151st Kentucky Derby in the slop. Trainer Bill Mott won his first Derby in 2019, also run on a sloppy track, when Country House was elevated to first after Maximum Security crossed the finish line first and was disqualified after a 22-minute delay.
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The 151st Kentucky Derby could be a mudder's delight with rain in the forecastMay 02, 2025 5:43 pm - Rain is in the forecast for the 151st Kentucky Derby and could turn the Churchill Downs dirt strip into something resembling peanut butter. A field of 19 3-year-olds is set to run 1¼ miles on Saturday. Thirteen of the contenders, including early 3-1 favorite Journalism, have never raced on a wet track.
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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.