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05/18/2012 04:57 PM

I'll Have Another takes aim at Preakness win (The Associated Press)

BALTIMORE (AP) No one is loving the run up to Saturday's Preakness more than Doug O'Neill.

05/18/2012 09:10 AM

Pretension gets to run in the Preakness (The Associated Press)

BALTIMORE (AP) Pretension finally got the nod this week to run in the Preakness on Saturday.

05/18/2012 09:00 AM

Lukas seeks 6th Preakness win with Optimizer (The Associated Press)

BALTIMORE (AP) Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas was nestled on a corner bench in front of the stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course, thinking back to a time when he was nothing more than a young man trying to make a living in the horse racing game.

05/18/2012 03:43 AM

Pepsi drops sponsorship of horse show after video of animal abuse (Reuters)

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Soft drink maker Pepsi said on Thursday that it was dropping sponsorship of a prestigious national horse show, one day after ABC News broadcast footage of a horse in training for a show being beaten by a trainer. The Walking Horse National Celebration said that Pepsi had been a sponsor since 2010 of the nation's leading competition for Tennessee Walking Horses, a breed known for its high-stepping gait. "We have ended our sponsorship of the event," Pepsi spokesman Vincent Bozek said on Thursday without elaborating. ...

05/18/2012 12:28 AM

Danderek wins feature at Betfair Hollywood Park (The Associated Press)

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) Danderek led all the way to win for the first time in the United States by 1 1-2 lengths in the $57,940 feature Thursday at Betfair Hollywood Park.

05/17/2012 09:02 PM

Factbox: Horse racing-137th running of the Preakness Stakes (Reuters)

(Reuters) - The Preakness Stakes will be run for the 137th time on Saturday. Following are some key facts about the race: * The Preakness Stakes is a race for three-year-olds over a mile-and-three-sixteenths, held annually on the third Saturday of May at Pimlico in Baltimore, Maryland. * The race was first run in 1873 and this year's edition will be the 137th. The race was not held from 1891-1893. * The Preakness Stakes is the second leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown, following the Kentucky Derby and before the Belmont Stakes. * The Preakness is the shortest of the three races. ...

05/17/2012 09:02 PM

Preakness appears to be a two-horse race (Reuters)

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - While the Preakness Stakes appears to be a two-horse affair between Kentucky Derby champ I'll Have Another and the speedster Bodemeister, the owner of Went the Day Well is waving the caution flag.

05/17/2012 08:39 PM

Pimlico Special returns to join Black-Eyed Susan (The Associated Press)

BALTIMORE (AP) Preakness favorite Bodemeister isn't the only prominent 3-year-old Bob Baffert brought to Pimlico Race Course this week.

05/17/2012 06:12 PM

At Preakness, Motion is the hunter, not the target (The Associated Press)

BALTIMORE (AP) A year ago, Graham Motion was one of the most popular figures at Pimlico Race Course.

05/17/2012 05:59 PM

Gutierrez hasn't cashed in on Derby success (The Associated Press)

BALTIMORE (AP) Mario Gutierrez has been on the phone constantly since winning the Kentucky Derby aboard I'll Have Another.

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