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Every spring, hard on the third Saturday in May, racing scribes fire up “new shooters” pieces, stories about horses who skipped the Kentucky Derby and ran in the Preakness Stakes. The main story this year concerns not a new shooter but a lone soldier, Mage, the only horse among eight Preakness entrants racing in the second leg of the Triple Crown after contesting the first.
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The mission is excellence. And Godolphin's American arm, chasing a third consecutive sweep of the Eclipse Award outstanding owner and breeder titles, is already in hot pursuit of that mission.
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While he failed to replicate himself as a sire, Secretariat had a notable career as a stallion which included siring extraordinary racehorses such as Lady's Secret and Risen Star.
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Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore has added eight pick five bets to its wagering menus for the Friday and Saturday cards this week, hoping to leverage the low-takeout bets into substantial handle gains for the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and Preakness cards.
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If the Kentucky Derby took something out of Mage, it certainly wasn’t apparent Tuesday morning at Pimlico as he galloped a solid 1 1/2 miles over the main track.
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If there was any doubt who might be going to the lead in Saturday’s $1.65 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, it seemed to be removed when National Treasure drew the rail for the second jewel of the Triple Crown.
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The stretch drive of the 1989 Preakness still resonates when people think about one of the best rivalries in racing. The nose victory by Sunday Silence over Easy Goer in the Preakness is something Easy Goer's trainer Shug McGaughey says he still thinks about quite often.
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Coffeewithchris, who is trying to become the first Maryland-bred in four decades to win his birth state's biggest race, has already been a breakthrough horse for current National Thoroughbred Racing Association president and CEO Tom Rooney, as the first stakes winner he has bred.
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The magic long associated with one of America's most prominent classic sirelines glittered through with Kentucky Derby winner Mage. He is by champion Good Magic, the latest wizard in this family, as the second son of two-time Horse of the Year Curlin in a row to sire the Derby winner from his first crop. The 2023 Triple Crown now moves on to the Preakness Stakes, a race with which this family has worked particular alchemy.
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After five scratches, 18 horses ran in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 6. Of the 18, only the winner, Mage, was entered for Saturday's 148th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.
