Exercise rider Rudy Quevedo brings Preakness Stakes entrant Titletown Five along the rail during a workout at Pimlico Race Course Friday, May 17, 2013 in Baltimore. The Preakness Stakes horse race is scheduled for Saturday.

Orb favored to take Preakness, set up Triple try

Orb is ready for his whirl at history. Photo Gallery Available

Trainer Shug McGaughey and exercise rider Jennifer Patterson tie a blanket on Kentucky Derby winner Orb after a workout at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The Preakness Stakes horse race is scheduled to take place May 18.

Column: Everybody else had a shot. Why not Shug?

Everybody else had their shot. Photo Gallery Available

Day before Preakness activity

Kentucky Derby winner Orb put in another gallop at Pimlico with one day to go before the 1 3/16-mile Preakness Stakes.

Last Gunfighter shoots to victory in Pimlico Special

Odds-on favorite Last Gunfighter notched his sixth straight win by claiming Friday's $300,000 Pimlico Special at Pimlico Race Course. The 1 3/16-mile race was conducted at the same distance as Saturday's Preakness Stakes.

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas talks with Jim Barnes from the Bob Baffert stables during the Preakness Stakes post position draw at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Lukas will send three horses to the gate in Saturday's Preakness Stakes horse race.

Lukas seeks 3 times the fun in Preakness

After being on this earth for 77 years, winning 13 Triple Crown races and totaling more than $100 million in purse money, Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas has earned the right to sit in an office and let his assistants do the grunt work in the stables.

Kentucky Derby winner Orb stands as he is cooled down after a workout at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013. The Preakness Stakes horse race is scheduled to take place May 18.

What to watch for at the Preakness

All eyes will be on Kentucky Derby winner Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. The 3-year-old colt will take on eight challengers in the second leg of the Triple Crown. If he wins, Orb will attempt to become the first Triple Crown champion since Affirmed in 1978 at the Belmont Stakes on June 8. In the Preakness, Orb will be facing five horses he defeated in the Derby and three who did not run in the race. Photo Gallery Available

Fillies take center stage in Black-Eyed Susan

A Hall of Fame trainer and the winning jockey in the Kentucky Derby will join forces Friday in the Black-Eyed Susan, a Grade 2 race for 3-year-old fillies at Pimlico Race Course.

Up the Backstretch: Triple Crown or bust

Maybe this is the year.

Kentucky Derby winner Orb looks on as he is cooled down after a workout at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Thursday, May 16, 2013. The Preakness Stakes horse race is scheduled to take place May 18.

Orb favored to take Preakness, set up Triple try

Everything's a go for Orb. Photo Gallery Available

The field for the 138th Preakness Stakes is set after a blind draw at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Despite getting the inside post in Wednesday's draw, Orb was made an even-money favorite to win the Preakness and keep alive his bid to become horse racing's first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978.

Orb to have an inside view of Preakness from rail

For a while there, it looked as if the Preakness was shaping up to be a runaway victory for Kentucky Derby winner Orb. Photo Gallery Available

Palace Malice possible for Belmont Stakes

Palace Malice, the colt who set the blazing Kentucky Derby pace, is stabled at trainer Todd Pletcher's Belmont Park barn with future races undecided.

Orb's co-owner takes look at colt

Kentucky Derby winner Orb is the even-money morning-line favorite for Saturday's $1 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. The 1 3/16-mile event, second leg of racing's Triple Crown, attracted a field of nine 3-year-olds.

Kentucky Derby winner Orb, left, with exercise rider Jennifer Patterson aboard, is escorted to the track by Anna Martinovsky at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The Preakness Stakes horse race is scheduled to take place May 18.

Derby winner Orb faces a friend in the Preakness

Kentucky Derby winner Orb and Illinois Derby champion Departing played together as foals in the lush pastures of Claiborne Farm in central Kentucky. Photo Gallery Available

Animal Kingdom has workout for Royal Ascot's Queen Anne Stakes

Animal Kingdom, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup, put in a workout Wednesday in England as he prepares for the Queen Anne Stakes on June 18 at Royal Ascot.

Hall of Fame trainer Claude R. "Shug" McGaughey answers questions about Kentucky Derby winner Orb at Pimlico Race Course Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in Baltimore. The Preakness Stakes horse race is Saturday.

Orb draws rail as 1-1 favorite in Preakness

The Preakness draw was over, and trainer Shug McGaughey listed a variety of reasons why he was OK with having Kentucky Derby winner Orb starting Saturday's race from the rail. Photo Gallery Available

Nine 3-year-olds entered for Saturday's Preakness

Kentucky Derby winner Orb made his way to Pimlico Race Course from Belmont Park Monday afternoon for a chance to secure the second leg of racing's Triple Crown.

Assistant trainer Buzz Tenney leads Kentucky Derby winner Orb to a horse van at Belmont Park, Monday, May 13, 2013 in Elmont, N.Y. Orb is traveling to Pimlico to prepare for the Preakness, Saturday, May 18.

O'Neill hopes Goldencents finishes in money

Just like last year, Doug O'Neill was the first trainer to bring his Kentucky Derby entrant to Pimlico Race Course for the Preakness. Photo Gallery Available

Kentucky Derby winner Orb, with exercise rider Jennifer Patterson aboard, walks in his barn past trainer Shug McGaughey at Belmont Park after a workout, Monday, May 13, 2013 in Elmont, N.Y. Orb is scheduled to travel to Pimlico later in the day to prepare for the Preakness, Saturday, May 18.

Derby winner Orb arrives at Pimlico for Preakness

Orb has settled into the place reserved for royalty at Pimlico Race Course - stall 40. Photo Gallery Available

Emollient headlines Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

Emollient, winner of the Ashland Stakes, is the 9-5 morning-line favorite for Friday's $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. The 1 1/8-mile race for three-year-old fillies is the sister event to Saturday's 138th Preakness Stakes and has a field of nine.

Hall of Fame rider expects Preakness to be unlike Derby

Speed was the major factor in determining the result in this year's Kentucky Derby. An extremely fast pace being set by Palace Malice allowed the late closing Orb to rally through the stretch and win the Run for the Roses.

Horse Racing

Orb favored to take Preakness, set up Triple try

Column: Everybody else had a shot. Why not Shug?

Day before Preakness activity

Last Gunfighter shoots to victory in Pimlico Special

Lukas seeks 3 times the fun in Preakness

What to watch for at the Preakness

Fillies take center stage in Black-Eyed Susan

Up the Backstretch: Triple Crown or bust

Orb favored to take Preakness, set up Triple try

Orb to have an inside view of Preakness from rail

Palace Malice possible for Belmont Stakes

Orb's co-owner takes look at colt

Derby winner Orb faces a friend in the Preakness

Animal Kingdom has workout for Royal Ascot's Queen Anne Stakes

Orb draws rail as 1-1 favorite in Preakness

Nine 3-year-olds entered for Saturday's Preakness

O'Neill hopes Goldencents finishes in money

Derby winner Orb arrives at Pimlico for Preakness

Emollient headlines Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

Hall of Fame rider expects Preakness to be unlike Derby

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