Off the Pace: My unforgettable first Preakness
In a new Off the Pace: A filly favored. A controversy for the ages. A drunk knocks himself out. Mike Valiante will never forget his first Preakness.
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Tag: Codex
Lukas: Fillies “go to the well for you”
Trainer D. Wayne Lukas, whose Triple Crown career began with a controversial win over a filly, will try to get a Preakness win with a filly in Secret Oath.
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Off the Pace: A quartet of memorable Preakness stretch runs
In a new “Off the Pace”: Mike Valiante remembers four editions of the Preakness where the final quarter-mile proved absolutely thrilling.
Read More Preakness Memories: The controversial Codex
Our 2020 Preakness Memories series kicks off with the controversial Codex, who beat the filly who stole the nation’s heart.
Read More Codex, Genuine Risk, and the Preakness DQ that wasn’t
Thirty-nine years before “The Great Derby DQ” came another controversial stewards’ decision, when the stews left Codex up in the 1980 Preakness.
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BackTracks: Mandy’s Gold “showed up” - Evelyn Benoit proving doubters wrong one win at a time
- Laurel Park jockeys and trainers to watch
- For Colonial Downs, more of the same sounds good
- Charles Town: Hot jocks and trainers
- BackTracks: Bee Bee Bee spoils the party
- No looking back for chef-turned-jockey Gavin Ashton
- Martina Rojas: “Nothing like loving your job”
