20 Jun 2012 8:43 AM
So, after nearly 40 years, the Maryland Jockey Club, after hearing two hours of testimony and forensic analyses, finally has awarded the Preakness stakes record to Secretariat. ...
14 Jun 2012 11:41 AM
It was Damascus who breathed life into a hollow existence, numbed from years of toiling mindlessly on Wall Street....
23 May 2012 9:49 AM
The cheers that accompany his star pupil, I'll Have Another, are always within ear shot, and Lava Man has no reason to believe they are not meant for him....
17 May 2012 2:06 PM
If you look past all the nonsense and rumors and concentrate strictly on Creative Cause's Derby trip, his previous form and his consistency, and the fact that he has already beaten I'll Have Another and Bodemeister, he just may turn out to be the overlay special of the Preakness....
13 May 2012 7:23 PM
Preakness Report: Jack Sisterson...
20 Jun 2011 6:22 AM
Haskin's Smarty Jones Tribute: The second installment recaps Smarty's Preakness victory....
19 Jun 2011 8:35 PM
Smarty Jones: Steve Haskin begins his week-long tribute with reprinted stories each day...
23 May 2011 5:56 PM
Haskin's Preakness Recap: Shackleford ends Kingdom's Triple Crown bid...
11 May 2011 8:16 PM
Derby winner settles into new home.
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18 May 2010 9:48 AM
The good karma returned, as Lookin At Lucky had a dream trip to win the Preakness....
17 Dec 2009 6:30 PM
Afleet Alex's escape from certain disaster in the 2005 Preakness was one of the most amazing displays of athleticism and courage ever witnessed....
23 Nov 2008 8:19 PM
As the Kentucky Derby hoopla began to quiet down, a stunned racing world was still trying to recover from the bombshell that had fallen on Churchill Downs. An obscurely bred, crooked legged, harlequin of a horse from Venezuela, who had been ridiculed by the press and local horsemen, had just concluded the most bizarre journey and adventure in the history of the Kentucky Derby....
03 Nov 2008 9:53 PM
The day after the 1987 Preakness Stakes, I stopped at a service area on I-95 in Maryland on my way back home from the Preakness and called Jack Van Berg, asking if I could do a feature on him for the Thoroughbred Times, which had only been in existence for about a year. I had never met Van Berg, who was on top of the world at the time and who looked like a sure bet to saddle racing's next Triple Crown winner following Alysheba's impressive victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness....