MiamiHerald.com: Horse Racing http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Horse Racing http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2013 MiamiHerald.com Horse Racing 60 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:10:07 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com <![CDATA[Close it Out wins Champali Stakes at Calder]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3404960/close-it-out-wins-champali-stakes.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3404960/close-it-out-wins-champali-stakes.html Sun, 19 May 2013 00:01 EDT

Close it Out rolled to an easy victory in the Champali Stakes, and trainer Steve Towne has plans to make it a big year for the horse.

]]> <![CDATA[Close It Out heads into Champali Stakes]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3403716/close-it-out-heads-into-champali.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3403716/close-it-out-heads-into-champali.html Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00 EDT

The consistent sprint stakes veteran Close It Out and the speedy stakes newcomer Wickersheim head the field for Saturday’s $55,000 Champali Stakes at Calder Casino & Race Course.

]]> <![CDATA[Belmont Stakes: Oxbow vs. Orb in the cards]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3404527/oxbow-upsets-orb-in-preakness.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3404527/oxbow-upsets-orb-in-preakness.html Sat, 18 May 2013 18:34 EDT

Another year, another Triple Crown hopeful unable to come through.

]]> <![CDATA[Pimlico infield safe and sound for Preakness]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3404374/pimlico-infield-safe-and-sound.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3404374/pimlico-infield-safe-and-sound.html Sat, 18 May 2013 16:04 EDT

In front of one stage, a mother propped her young child on her shoulders while watching the country music group Florida Georgia Line.

]]> <![CDATA[Derby winner Orb disappoints in the Preakness]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3404698/derby-winner-orb-disappoints-in.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3404698/derby-winner-orb-disappoints-in.html Sat, 18 May 2013 20:14 EDT

Orb came up short in the Preakness, frustrating everyone who made the Kentucky Derby winner a 3-5 favorite - no one more than trainer Shug McGaughey.

]]> <![CDATA[Oxbow wins the slowest Preakness in over 50 years]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3404766/oxbow-wins-the-slowest-preakness.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3404766/oxbow-wins-the-slowest-preakness.html Sat, 18 May 2013 20:59 EDT In a time when horses are babied, racing once a month, D. Wayne Lukas does it his way.

]]> <![CDATA[10 Things to Know about the Preakness _ and beyond]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3403996/10-things-to-know-about-the-preakness.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3403996/10-things-to-know-about-the-preakness.html Sat, 18 May 2013 03:24 EDT

There are only two outcomes when it comes to Saturday's Preakness Stakes - either the Kentucky Derby winner Orb wins the race to set up a Triple Crown try in the Belmont Stakes in three weeks, or another horse pulls an upset and prevents a shot at history.

]]> <![CDATA[Oxbow pulls off upset in Preakness]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3404551/oxbow-pulls-off-upset-in-preakness.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3404551/oxbow-pulls-off-upset-in-preakness.html Sat, 18 May 2013 18:54 EDT Long-shot Oxbow led wire-to-wire to take the 138th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course, preventing the possibility of a Triple Crown winner for a 35th consecutive year.

]]> <![CDATA[Orb trainer McGaughey fights nerves at Preakness]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3404218/orb-trainer-mcgaughey-fights-nerves.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3404218/orb-trainer-mcgaughey-fights-nerves.html Sat, 18 May 2013 12:49 EDT

Early Saturday morning, Shug McGaughey was walking back and forth in front of the stakes barn at Pimlico.

]]> <![CDATA[Stevens rides Oxbow to 3rd Preakness win]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3404660/stevens-rides-oxbow-to-3rd-preakness.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/18/3404660/stevens-rides-oxbow-to-3rd-preakness.html Sat, 18 May 2013 19:59 EDT

Although no one really keeps track of such things, Gary Stevens had no problem making the assessment with complete conviction.

]]> <![CDATA[What to watch for at the Preakness]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3403163/what-to-watch-for-at-the-preakness.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3403163/what-to-watch-for-at-the-preakness.html Fri, 17 May 2013 17:34 EDT

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.

]]> <![CDATA[Rosario having the ride of a lifetime with Orb]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3402424/rosario-having-the-ride-of-a-lifetime.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3402424/rosario-having-the-ride-of-a-lifetime.html Fri, 17 May 2013 10:02 EDT

Joel Rosario is on the ride of his life.

]]> <![CDATA[Fiftyshadesofhay rallies to victory in Black-Eyed Susan Stakes]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3403185/fiftyshadesofhay-rallies-to-victory.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3403185/fiftyshadesofhay-rallies-to-victory.html Fri, 17 May 2013 17:39 EDT Fiftyshadesofhay, ridden by Joel Rosario, rallied down the stretch to capture Friday's $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. The 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-old fillies, sister event to the Preakness Stakes, was covered in a time of 1:52.73 on a fast track.

]]> <![CDATA[Orb favored to take Preakness, set up Triple try]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3402906/orb-favored-to-take-preakness.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3402906/orb-favored-to-take-preakness.html Fri, 17 May 2013 15:28 EDT

Orb is ready for his whirl at history.

]]> <![CDATA[Column: Everybody else had a shot. Why not Shug?]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3403239/column-everybody-else-had-a-shot.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3403239/column-everybody-else-had-a-shot.html Fri, 17 May 2013 18:09 EDT

Everybody else had their shot.

]]> <![CDATA[Day before Preakness activity]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3403021/day-before-preakness-activity.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3403021/day-before-preakness-activity.html Fri, 17 May 2013 16:13 EDT Kentucky Derby winner Orb put in another gallop at Pimlico with one day to go before the 1 3/16-mile Preakness Stakes.

]]> <![CDATA[Last Gunfighter shoots to victory in Pimlico Special]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3403382/last-gunfighter-shoots-to-victory.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3403382/last-gunfighter-shoots-to-victory.html Fri, 17 May 2013 19:14 EDT 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.

]]> <![CDATA[Lukas seeks 3 times the fun in Preakness]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3402205/lukas-seeks-3-times-the-fun-in.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/17/3402205/lukas-seeks-3-times-the-fun-in.html Fri, 17 May 2013 04:02 EDT

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.

]]> <![CDATA[Fillies take center stage in Black-Eyed Susan]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/16/3400879/fillies-take-center-stage-in-black.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/16/3400879/fillies-take-center-stage-in-black.html Thu, 16 May 2013 12:52 EDT 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.

]]> <![CDATA[Up the Backstretch: Triple Crown or bust]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/16/3401022/up-the-backstretch-triple-crown.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/16/3401022/up-the-backstretch-triple-crown.html Thu, 16 May 2013 14:02 EDT Maybe this is the year.

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