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Brad Cox won six stakes at Churchill Downs and one more at Belmont Park last week, but it was the big one that got away that left him feeling a tad empty Sunday morning. Despite having four of the 18 runners in Saturday's Kentucky Derby, Cox went away empty-handed with Angel of Empire's third-place finish the best placing among his quartet.
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The inaugural Preakness Stakes Future Bet will include a field of 28 individual horses and an “all others” entry, according to a list of horses distributed on Tuesday night.
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Red Route One earned a Preakness Stakes berth with his win in the $200,000 Bath House Row on Saturday at Oaklawn, but whether he advances to the middle leg of the Triple Crown has yet to be determined, according to trainer Steve Asmussen.
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Red Route One became a deserving stakes winner Saturday when he came rolling for a head win over Tapit Shoes in the $200,000 Bath House Row at Oaklawn Park.
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The owner of Pimlico Race Course plans to offer as many as 40 horses in a parimutuel future bet for the track’s Preakness Stakes this year, the acting president and general manager of the track said Thursday.
Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore will run nine stakes races on May 20, the day of the Preakness Stakes, the track announced Tuesday, and hold another six stakes, including the Black-Eyed Susan, on the day prior.
Creative Minister, by Creative Cause, continued a solid spring for the Airdrie Stud stallion roster as he finished third in the Preakness Stakes.
Canadian champions who have gone on to be successful broodmares continued to make an impact on this spring's Triple Crown series, as Preakness Stakes winner Early Voting extended the legacy of his granddam, the late Silken Cat.
Preakness Stakes victor Early Voting continued the remarkable ascent into North America's elite sires for Horse of the Year Gun Runner, who now has an American classic winner to boast from his record-setting first crop.
There was no time for celebration for jockey Jose Ortiz, who won his first Preakness Stakes on Saturday aboard Early Voting at Pimlico. It was back to work Sunday morning for Ortiz, who breezed four horses at Belmont Park – including his other top 3-year-old colt Jack Christopher – before he would win two races from six mounts on Sunday's Belmont card.
