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17
May
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Preakness Profile: American Promise

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  • 16
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In our Preakness Profiles, we dig into the background of each runner in the 150th Preakness Stakes.

D. Wayne Lukas
12
May
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Lukas “enjoying every minute” of Preakness 150

  • Press Release / 3 months
  • 24
  • 3 min read

Trainer D. Wayne Lukas, a Preakness lover through and through, is back at age 89 with Virginia Derby winner American Promise.

27
Apr
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Journalism tabbed as Kentucky Derby chalk

  • The Biz / 4 months
  • 20
  • 2 min read

Journalism, a winner of four straight capped by the Santa Anita Derby, is the 3-1 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.

American Promise
26
Apr
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  • Kentucky Derby
  • Nik Juarez

Derby trail: American Promise has final major move

  • Press Release / 4 months
  • 21
  • 2 min read

American Promise, dominant winner of the Virginia Derby, tuned up for the Kentucky Derby with a five-furlong move Saturday at Churchill Downs.

American Promise
11
Apr
  • American Promise
  • D. Wayne Lukas
  • Gary Stevens
  • Kentucky Derby
  • Nik Juarez
  • Triple Crown
  • Valid
  • Virginia Derby

Nik Juarez looks to pin down Derby dreams

  • Nick Hahn / 4 months
  • 37
  • 9 min read

Wrestler-turned-jockey Nik Juarez, a long way from his rebellious youth in Maryland, is expected to ride American Promise in the Kentucky Derby.

American Promise
18
Mar
  • American Promise
  • Colonial Downs
  • D. Wayne Lukas
  • Nik Juarez
  • Virginia Derby
  • Virginia horse racing

Well-executed gameplan leads to American Promise win

  • Nick Hahn / 5 months
  • 19
  • 5 min read

The way the Virginia Derby unfolded was exactly to the plan mapped out by American Promise’s trainer D. Wayne Lukas.

16
Mar
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  • Virginia Derby

Derby Trail: Where we stand after Virginia Derby

  • Frank Vespe / 5 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Where do we stand following on the Derby trail following Saturday’s Virginia Derby? Here’s what we learned.

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15
Mar
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  • Colonial Downs
  • D. Wayne Lukas
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  • Irad Ortiz
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  • Sebastian Nicholls
  • Virginia Derby
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American Promise dazzles in Virginia Derby

  • The Biz / 5 months
  • 1
  • 4 min read

D. Wayne Lukas has himself another Kentucky Derby horse, as the suddenly mature American Promise blitzed the field in the Virginia Derby.

American Promise
11
Mar
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  • Colonial Downs
  • D. Wayne Lukas
  • Virginia Derby
  • Virginia horse racing

Virginia Derby: Lukas hopes American Promise ready to deliver

  • Nick Hahn / 5 months
  • 1
  • 4 min read

Octogenarian trainer D. Wayne Lukas hopes formerly “big, awkward teenager” American Promise is ready to step forward in Saturday’s Virginia Derby.

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