Shackleford (racehorse)

May 16 (Reuters) - The Preakness Stakes will be run for the 138th time on Saturday. Following are some key facts about the race: * The Preakness Stakes is a race for three-year-olds over a mile-and-three-sixteenths, held annually on the third Saturday of...

BALTIMORE - The Preakness Stakes, perhaps more than the other two Triple Crown races, produces results that stand up to long-term scrutiny. Not since Red Bullet in 2000 has a Preakness winner failed to win either another graded stakes or earn a...

Editor’s note: This is the third installment in a six-part series looking back at some of the biggest local, regional and national stories of 2011. May 2 — In baseball, North Hagerstown rallies for 5-3 win over rival South Hagerstown....

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Lance Armstrong's former teammate, Tyler Hamilton, says Armstrong and other team leaders encouraged, promoted and took part in a doping program in an effort to win the Tour de France in 1999 and beyond, according to a report aired Sunday night on ''60...

First race Graham Motion's day got off to a good start when he saddled a winner in the first race. Technique, who went off at 7-1 and was ridden by Edgar Prado, won by at least two lengths. Technique paid $14 to win. Second race Katherine Sancuk's...

All week, George Bolton told anyone who would listen that Astrology was better than a 14-1 long shot in the 136th Preakness, even if he had run only two races as a 3-year-old, and even if he smashed his head on the starting gate last time out. Bolton,...