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Wayne Lukas knew he had pulled a fast one on his opponents and on the bettors. The Hall of Fame trainer had just sprung an 18-1 upset in the 2000 Belmont Stakes with Commendable, who was coming off a dreadful 17th-place finish in the Kentucky Derby. Despite the son of Gone West floundering through six straight out-of-the-money performances at four ...

Tom LaMarra and I previewed the Arlington Classic Stakes (G3) on That Handicapping Show this week. The first leg of Arlington's excellent 3yo summer turf series, the Classic drew a competitive, full field of 12. As perhaps the best betting race of the weekend, I thought it deserved a full breakdown.They are going 1 1/16 miles on the ...

Today I ran across a pretty cool OTTB-related story I thought was worth sharing. Sent by Francis LaBelle, former assistant director of communications for the New York Racing Association, it chronicles the life of the stakes-winning, hard knocking horse Sir Prize Birthday, who is soon to be 33 years old! Enjoy. ...

  E.I. Medical Imaging Celebrates 29 Years of Innovation in Portable Veterinary Ultrasound.LOVELAND, CO- E.I. Medical Imaging (EIMI) celebrates 2013 with great satisfaction as it enters their 29th year as a worldwide leader in durable portable ultrasound used by veterinarians and others. E.I. Medical Imaging is proud to be the only U.S. ...

You can attempt to actually answer these questions if you wish, but they’re meant to be rhetorical questions merely designed to inspire thought. 1--When was the last time each of the first three finishers of the Preakness went into the race with 10 or more career starts? You’d probably have to go back a number of years to find the answer. ...

(Originally published in the May 25, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) By Eric Mitchell - @BH_EMitchell on Twitter In the days leading up to the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I), jockey Gary Stevens had been wrestling with a lot of doubts. His return ...

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“Come on, Lukey! Come on, Lukey! Come on, Lukey!”You don’t witness it very often, but one of those cheering the loudest for D. Wayne Lukas and Oxbow in the final quarter mile of the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) was one of his opponents in the race.Once Bob Baffert realized that his colt, Govenor Charlie, was not going to overcome a slow start ...

(By Avalyn Hunter)The last time Gary Stevens sat on the winner of a classic race, Point Given had taken him to victory in the 2001 Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes (both gr. I). The last time Wayne Lukas had trained a colt of that caliber was in 2000, when Commendable won one of the more forgettable editions of the Belmont. And the last time a ...

The Preakness is rarely if ever the wagering opportunity the Kentucky Derby is.The field is half the size, and the public has relevant information staring it in the face, namely the Derby result.From a betting perspective, my favorite Preakness' are when I don't like the Derby winner. That is not the case this ...