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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 / 9 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.

Hello Hot Rod
15
Apr
  • Federico Tesio S.
  • Gary Stevens
  • George Sharp
  • Hello Hot Rod
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

Hello Hot Rod to return home for Tesio Stakes

  • Frank Vespe / 5 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Maryland-bred Hello Hot Rod — training in Kentucky for Arizona-based owner George Sharp — will return home for a hoped-for Tesio-Preakness double.

15
May
  • Gary Stevens
  • John Servis
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness
  • Preakness Memories
  • Smarty Jones
  • Triple Crown

Preakness Memories: Smarty Jones and the almost Triple

  • Chelsea Lowman / 7 years
  • 1
  • 8 min read

Our Preakness Memories series reaches back to tell the stories of past Preakness winners. Here, 2004 winner Smarty Jones.

17
May
  • D. Wayne Lukas
  • Gary Stevens
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Oxbow
  • Preakness
  • Triple Crown

Preakness Past: Oxbow, spoiler – and maker – of dreams

  • Chelsea Lowman / 8 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Our Ghosts of Preakness Past series celebrates past editions of the Middle Jewel. Today: 2013, when Oxbow spoiled another Triple Crown dream but brought Gary Stevens and D. Wayne Lukas back to the heights of victory.

Royal Mo
14
May
  • Gary Stevens
  • John Shirreffs
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness
  • Royal Mo
  • Triple Crown

Royal Mo injured, out of Preakness

  • Press Release / 9 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Royal Mo suffered a fractured sesamoid during a work this morning at Pimlico and will miss the Preakness but is expected to make a full recovery.

08
Feb
  • Bob Baffert
  • Gary Stevens
  • Mor Spirit
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • Santa Anita Park
  • Triple Crown Trail 2016

PA-bred Mor Spirit takes Bob Lewis Stakes

  • The Biz / 10 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Mor Spirit, a Pennsylvania-bred son of Eskendereya, took the Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita Park to stamp himself the top Derby contender in the West.

02
May
  • Gary Stevens
  • Hall of Fame Jockey Challenge
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico

Gary Stevens will pass on Pimlico Jockey Challenge

  • The Biz / 12 years
  • 0
  • 1 min read

Gary Stevens will not participate in the Jockey Challenge on Black-Eyed Susan day at Pimlico; the Challenge will have 7 of the 8 active Hall of Famers.

23
Dec
  • D. Wayne Lukas
  • Gary Stevens
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Oxbow
  • Preakness

Favorite things: Preakness pictures

  • The Biz / 12 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Over the next couple of weeks, The Racing Biz will celebrate the holidays by sharing a few of our favorite things: pictures, articles, and videos from 2013.

13
Nov
  • Gary Stevens
  • Jockeys Guild
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Mike Smith
  • Mindy Coleman
  • Richard Monterrey
  • Terry Meyocks

Voices of jockeys are strangely quiet in racing policy debates

  • Frank Vespe / 12 years
  • 4
  • 5 min read

In a sport where jockeys are the only human athletes, you’d think their voices would be loud and clear in policy discussions. You’d be wrong.

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