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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Culinary features on Anna Maria Island Mainsail Beach Inn on Florida’s Anna Maria Island has partnered with the Beach Bistro to offer a number of culinary luxuries to...Tags: Marilyn Monroe, Walt Disney World Resort, Imperial and Royal Matters, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Coast Guard
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Gary Stevens' victory at 50 is the granddaddy of comebacks
This was for every guy who ever had a mid-life crisis and tried to do something nobody thought could be done. Fifty-year-old Jockey Gary Stevens took Oxbow to the front early and never looked back on the way to an upset victory in the 138th Preakness...Tags: Preakness Stakes, Equestrian, Triple Crown, Kentucky Derby
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Lots of differing opinions on what to do with Pimlico
Tear it down. Fix it up. Keep it here. Move it there. Many at Pimlico Race Course Saturday, from celebrated trainers to $2 bettors, offered thoughts of what to do with Old Hilltop, the methuselan home of the 138th Preakness Stakes. The Maryland Jockey...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Equestrian, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Pimlico, Kentucky Derby
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Rain at Pimlico isn't a welcome sight for Preakness jockeys
The Baltimore SunAmong the concerns for jockeys at the Preakness today is the weather. Shortly before rain began to fall minutes ago, jockeys were watching the skies. Some know all too well that their horses don’t respond to sloppy tracks, and they were holding...Tags: Preakness Stakes, Equestrian, John R. Velazquez, Pimlico, Kentucky Derby
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Obama agenda seems to be weathering IRS targeting of conservative groups, other controversies WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading...Tags: Havana (Cuba), Lotteries, Belmont Stakes, Tea Party Movement, Transportation Accidents
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Oxbow takes the Preakness, dashing hopes of a Triple Crown
Gary Stevens caught the water bottle tossed his way, took one swig and threw it back. “He don't want any?” a man asked, considering jockeys usually shower their horses, too. Stevens shook his head from his perch atop Oxbow, the wire-to-...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Equestrian, Triple Crown, Kentucky Derby, Joel Rosario
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Orb leaves Preakness in excellent shape
ReutersBALTIMORE (Reuters) - Orb trainer Shug McGaughey said on his colt emerged from the Preakness Stakes in excellent shape and remained at a loss to explain the colt's puzzling performance. The Kentucky Derby champion was a prohibitive 3-5 favorite in...Tags: Orb (racehorse), Equestrian, Mylute (racehorse), Belmont Stakes, Will Take Charge (racehorse)
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Derby winner Orb is the horse to beat at Preakness
Shug McGaughey, the trainer for Kentucky Derby winner Orb, attributes his calm demeanor since that race to maturity. Had he made it to the Preakness with a Triple Crown chance at a younger age, the 64-year-old insists, the scene would have been...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Equestrian, Triple Crown, Pimlico, Kentucky Derby
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What to watch for when you're watching the Preakness
AP Sports WriterBALTIMORE (AP) — 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...Tags: Orb (racehorse), Equestrian, Mylute (racehorse), Goldencents (racehorse), Belmont Stakes
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Horse racing-McGaughey says it just wasn't Orb's day
ReutersBy Steve Ginsburg BALTIMORE, May 18 (Reuters) - Orb's disappointing fourth-place finish in the Preakness Stakes meant it just wasn't his day, trainer Shug McGaughey said on Saturday. Orb had won five successive races, including a dominant performance in...Tags: Preakness Stakes, Orb (racehorse), Equestrian, Mylute (racehorse), Shug McGaughey (racehorse)
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Itsmyluckyday has a productive day with runner-up finish in Preakness
With nearly every eye at Pimlico fixated on either the uncatchable leader, Oxbow, or the Kentucky Derby winner and heavy betting favorite, Orb, Itsmyluckyday cruised under the radar to earn a little bit of redemption in Saturday's Preakness. After...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Equestrian, Triple Crown, John R. Velazquez, Pimlico
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John Velazquez finishes 2nd with Itsmyluckyday, wins two other races at Pimlico
John Velazquez's run of misfortune began when he broke a rib and his right wrist during a tumble at Aqueduct Racetrack in April. When the 41-year-old jockey returned for the Kentucky Derby, it was not aboard the victorious Orb — the horse he had...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Equestrian, John R. Velazquez, Pimlico, Kentucky Derby
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