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21May

D. Wayne Lukas in the game with 2013 Preakness Stakes win

By Clairenmike  |  May 21st, 2013  |  Breeders' Cup, Churchill Downs, NBC, Preakness Stakes, Triple Crown  |  138th Preakness, Awesome Again, Baltimore, Belmont Stakes, Bob Baffert, Breeders’ Cup Classic winner, Calumet, Charismatic, Churchill Downs, Codex, D. Wayne Lukas, Dallas Stewart, Govenor Charlie, Hall of Fame, HRTV, jockey Gary Stevens, Kiaran McLaughlin, legendary Calumet Farm, Mark Hennig, NBC, Oxbow, Point Given, Preakness winner, Silver Charm, Tabasco Cat, Tank’s Prospect, thoroughbred racing, Timber Country, Todd Pletcher, trainer, Triple Crown, TV analyst  |  No Comments

Everyone knew his name in acing – D. Wayne Lukas was on a roll back in the 1980’s and ‘90s. […]

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18May

The 2013 Preakness Stakes and the trophy – The Woodlawn Vase

By Clairenmike  |  May 18th, 2013  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes  |  2013 Preakness Stakes, 5. Mylute, A. G. Vanderbilt, Al Stall Jr, Baltimore Museum of Art, Bob Baffert, Brad Kelly, Brian Hernandez Jr, Calumet Farm, Claiborne Farm, D. Wayne Lukas, Departing, Doug O'Neill, Eddie Plesa Jr, g Preakness owner, Gary Stevens, Goldencents, Govenor Charlie, Itsmyluckyday, jockey, Joel Rosario, John Velazquez, Julien Leparoux, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Tours, Kevin Krigger, Martin Garcia, Mike Smith, Native Dancer, Orb, Oxbow, Pimlico, post-position draw, Preakness, Preakness Stakes, Rosecrest Farm, Rosie Napravnik, Santa Anita Derby, Shug McGaughey, Tiffany and Company, Titletown Five, Tom Amoss, trainer, Triple Crown, Will Take Charge, Woodlawn Racing Association, Woodlawn Vase  |  No Comments

The 2013 Preakness Stakes post-position draw had only 9 horses entered out of a possible 14. Six horses that ran […]

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15May

2013 Preakness Stakes TV coverage on NBC and NBC Sports

By Clairenmike  |  May 15th, 2013  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Horse Racing, NBC, Preakness Stakes  |  138th Preakness Stakes, 2013 Kentucky Derby, 2013 Preakness Stakes, Black Eyed Susan Stakes, Bob Costas, Bob Neumeier, Churchill Downs, Derby winner Orb, horse racing, Kentucky Derby, Mike Battaglia, NBC, NBC handicappers, NBC Sports, NBC Sports Network, Orb, Pimlico, Preakness Classics, Shug McGaughey, Tom Hammond, trainer, Triple Crown  |  No Comments

With the 2013 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs generating strong ratings, NBC plans 6 1/2 hours of 2013 Preakness Stakes […]

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13May

And on to the 2013 Preakness Stakes for Orb

By Clairenmike  |  May 13th, 2013  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Uncategorized  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, 2013 Preakness Stakes, Affirmed, Albert M. Stall, Belmont Stakes, Bob Baffert, Brian Hernandez, Calumet Farm, Claiborne Farm, Colts Neck Stable, D. Wayne Lukas, Departing, Doug O'Neill, Eaton, Eddie Plesa Jr, Garrett Gomez, Gary Stevens, Goldencents, GoldMark Farm, Govenor Charlie, Hornug/Martin et al, i'll Have Another, Itsmyluckyday, J. Paul Reddam, jockey, Joel Rosario, John Velazquez, Jr, Julien Leparoux, Kentucky Derby, Kevin Krigger, Liberation/Brandywine, Machmer Hall, Mario Gutierrez, Martin Garcia, Michael E. Pegram, Mike G. Rutherford, Mike Smith, Mylute, Orb, Oxbow, Phipps Stable, Pick Six Racing, Preakness, Preakness Stakes, Rosecrest Farm, Rosie Napravnik, Rudy Rodriguez, Shug McGaughey, Stonestreet, Stuart Janney, Titletown Five, Tom Amoss, Trilogy Stable, Triple Crown winner, Vyjack, W.C. Racing, Will Take Charge, Willis D. Horton  |  No Comments

Everyone is keeping a low profile with only 5 days before the 2013 Preakness Stakes. The field is expected to […]

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11May

Get an official 2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb baseball cap

By Clairenmike  |  May 11th, 2013  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Uncategorized  |  139th Kentucky Derby, 2013 Kentucky Derby winner, baseball cap, Donations, equine research, equine research funding, Golden Soul, Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, grayson-jockeyclub.org, Joel Rosario, Kentucky Derby, May 4, Normandy Invasion, official baseball cap, Orb, owners of the 2013 Kentucky Derby winner, Palace Malice, Phipps Stable, Shug McGaughey, Stuart S. Janney III  |  No Comments

You can get an official 2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb baseball cap and help a wonderful research Foundation at the […]

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10May

Derby winner Animal Kingdom to Royal Ascot Queen Anne Stakes

By Clairenmike  |  May 10th, 2013  |  Breeders' Cup, Churchill Downs, Dubai World Cup, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Uncategorized  |  animal kingdom, Arrowfield Stud, Belmont Stakes, Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup Mile, Canford Cliffs, Churchill Downs, Dubai World Cup, Frankel, Goldikova, June 18, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby winner, Preakness Stakes, Prince of Wales’s Stakes, Queen Anne Stakes, Royal Ascot. Graham Motion, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Team Valor International, trainer, Wise Dan  |  No Comments

Graham Motion, the trainer of Dubai World Cup winner Animal Kingdom, decided after walking the course at Royal Ascot this […]

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08May

Will Orb and Departing remember Claiborne Farm in Preakness?

By Clairenmike  |  May 8th, 2013  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Penny Chenery, Preakness Stakes, Secretariat, Triple Crown, Uncategorized  |  2013 Preakness Stakes, 2013 Triple Crown, A.B. “Bull” Hancock, Adele Dilschneider, Al Stall Jr, Baltimore, Bob Baffert, Brian Hernandez Jr, Chad Brown, Churchill Downs, Claiborne Farm, D. Wayne Lukas, Departing, Doug O'Neill, Eddie Plesa Jr, foaled, Garrett Gomez, Gary Stevens, Goldencents, Govenor Charlie, Greg Geier, Hall of Fame trainer, Hancocks, Illinois Derby, Itsmyluckyday, Javier Castellano, Jeffrey Sanchez, Joel Rosario, John Velazquez, Julien Laparoux, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby Tours, Kentucky Derby winner, Kevin Krigger, Martin Garcia, May 18, Mylute, Normandy Invasion, Ogden Mills Phipps, Orb, Oxbow, paddock, Paris, Penny Chenery, Pimlico Race Course, Rosie Napravnik, Rudy Rodriguez, Saturday, Secretariat, Seth Hancock, Shug McGaughey, Street Spice, Stuart Janney III, Sunland Derby, TBA, Titletown Five, Tom Amoss, Triple Crown, Vyjack, War Front, Will Take Charge  |  No Comments

Kentucky Derby Tours visited Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky on the Thursday before Derby this year and one of the […]

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06May

2013 Kentucky Derby trainer quotes – “The Trainers view”

By Clairenmike  |  May 6th, 2013  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Uncategorized  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, Aidan O'Brien, Chad Brown, Charming Kitten, Chuck Fipke, Churchill Downs, D. Wayne Lukas, Dallas Stewart, Doug O'Neill, Eddie Plesa Jr, Falling Sky, Frac Daddy, Garrett Gomez, Giant Finish, Golden Soul, Goldencents, Itsmyluckyday, Java's War, John Terranova, Ken McPeek, Kentucky Derby winner, Kevin Krigger, Lines of Battle, Mylute, Normandy Invasion, Orb, Overanalyze, Oxbow, Palace Malice, Ray Handal, Revolutionary, Robby Albarado, Rudy Rodriguez, Shug Mc Gaughey, T.J. Comerford, Todd Pletcher, Tom Amoss, Tony Dutrow, trainer, Verrazano, Vyjack, Will Take Charge  |  No Comments

2013 Kentucky Derby trainer quotes – this is what the trainers of the horses in the 2013 Kentucky Derby had […]

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04May

Lyrics to sing ‘My Old Kentucky Home” on Kentucky Derby Day

By Clairenmike  |  May 4th, 2013  |  Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby  |  Behave Yourself, Churchill Downs, Courier-Journal, Damon Runyon, Derby Day, horses, Kentuckians, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, lyrics, My Old Kentucky Home, paddock, post parade, Public Ledger, Run for the Roses, song, Stephen Foster, Stephen Foster Handicap, University of Louisville Marching Band  |  No Comments

While you are working on your vocals – here is a little history and the lyrics of “My Old Kentucky […]

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03May

2013 Kentucky Derby “Garland of roses” has history

By Clairenmike  |  May 3rd, 2013  |  Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Museum, Uncategorized  |  Barbaro, Ben Brush, Betty J. Korfhage, Bill Corum, Burgoo King, Churchill Downs, Daily Racing Form, Derby week, Garland of Roses, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Museum, Kentucky Derby winner, Kingsley Walker Florist, Kroger, Mine That Bird, Oscar Otis, Run for the Roses, Winner’s Circle, winning jockey  |  No Comments

The Kentucky Derby is also known as the Run for the Roses. New York sports columnist Bill Corum, who in […]

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