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Vertical Oak sweeps to Skipat Stakes win
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Gary Quill / 8 years
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- 6 min read
Vertical Oak overpowered favored Ms Locust Point to take Friday’s $100,000 Skipat Stakes at Pimlico.
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Preakness: “Won by exceptional Thoroughbreds,” wherever it goes
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Teresa Genaro / 8 years
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The Preakness has been run at three different tracks in two different states, but despite its checkered past, there’s been one constant…
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Trombetta: Big days “a chance to show what we can do”
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Ted Black / 8 years
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Maryland-based trainer Mike Trombetta will send out some contenders this weekend at Pimlico and greets the big days as a chance to tackle the best in the business.
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No Preakness horse, but Motion barn loaded for bear
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Nick Hahn / 8 years
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Trainer Graham Motion doesn’t have a Preakness horse this year — but he’ll saddle four favorites, two in stakes, on Black-Eyed Susan day.
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Preakness Past: Oxbow, spoiler – and maker – of dreams
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Chelsea Lowman / 8 years
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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.
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McKay Turf Sprint: Former nickel claimer Oak Bluffs on rise
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Frank Vespe / 8 years
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Once a $5,000 claimer, Oak Bluffs may enter the McKay Turf Sprint as a logical contender for trainer Mary Eppler.
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May
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Champ World Approval looks to regain winning form in G2 Dixie
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Press Release / 8 years
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- 6 min read
World Approval, the Eclipse Champion turf male of 2017, will look to get on track when he tackles the Grade 2 Dixie Stakes Saturday at Pimlico.
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Preakness odds and post postions; Justify 1-2
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Frank Vespe / 8 years
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- 3 min read
Justify was installed as the 1-2 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, plus the full field’s odds and post positions.
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Preakness: Anchors aweigh for Lone Sailor
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Press Release / 8 years
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Louisiana Derby runner-up Lone Sailor figures to be a Preakness longshot, but his connections are hoping for some good naval karma.
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Ms Locust Point looks to “find winning ways” in Skipat
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Linda Dougherty / 8 years
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- 8 min read
Grade 2 winner Ms Locust Point had a rough one last out in the G1 Madison, but trainer John Servis is hopeful she’ll be back on track in Friday’s Skipat.