Posted 3:22 PM 5/19/2013

BALTIMORE (AP) - Another year, another Triple Crown hopeful unable to come through. After Oxbow upset Kentucky Derby winner Orb in Saturday's Preakness to extend racing's Triple Crown drought to 36 years, the next best alternative for the Belmont Stakes is a rematch. And (More)

Posted 10:33 PM 5/18/2013

Folks gathered at Keeneland Saturday to get in on the Preakness action. Race fans took advantage of drive-through betting at the track, too.

Although plenty of people were disappointed that the dream of a Triple Crown winner died when Orb failed to win the Preakness, that didn't stop them (More)

Posted 8:59 PM 5/18/2013

BALTIMORE (AP) - Although no one really keeps track of such things, Gary Stevens had no problem making the assessment with complete conviction. "I guarantee I'm the first grandfather winner of a Triple Crown race," said the 50-year-old Stevens, who guided Oxbow to a stunning upset (More)

Posted 6:25 PM 5/18/2013

BALTIMORE (AP) - Oxbow put D. Wayne Lukas in the record books again with an upset of Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving the Hall of Fame trainer his 14th win in a Triple Crown race. Kentucky Derby winner Orb was unable to find his rhythm after breaking from the rail, and (More)

Posted 5:10 PM 5/18/2013

BALTIMORE (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 Crown champion since Affirmed in 1978 at the (More)

Posted 4:58 PM 5/18/2013

BALTIMORE (AP) - Early Saturday morning, Shug McGaughey was walking back and forth in front of the stakes barn at Pimlico. The trainer of Orb said he had experienced a variety of emotions during the week, and those mixed feelings remained as the race drew near. "I'm (More)

Posted 4:19 PM 5/18/2013

BALTIMORE (AP) - In front of one stage, a mother propped her young child on her shoulders while watching the country music group Florida Georgia Line. On the other side of the expansive infield at Pimlico Race Course, 42-year-old Sharon Zahn and her 18-year-old daughter were waiting (More)

Posted 8:53 AM 5/17/2013

BALTIMORE (AP) - Growing up, Kentucky Derby winner Orb was just another horse who fit in with the crowd. Never caused problems. Never raised a ruckus. Never got sick or hurt while frolicking in the fields of Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., with his pals, or when he was learning how to (More)

Posted 7:13 PM 5/5/2013

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Now that Shug McGaughey has won the Kentucky Derby, it's time for the 62-year-old trainer to go after another race missing from his Hall of Fame resume. Orb will follow up his win at Churchill Downs by running in the Preakness on May 18, giving the colt a shot (More)

Posted 10:46 PM 5/4/2013

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 4, 2013) - It was a memorable and rainy 139th running of the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands as 151,616 enthusiastic fans weathered the consistent, heavy rains at Churchill Downs to watch Kentucky-bred Orb cover a sloppy track and win the garland of roses (More)