Mike Smith

Mike Smith

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  10 Things to Know about the Preakness _ and beyond

  There are only two outcomes when it comes to Saturday's Preakness Stakes — either the Kentucky Derby winner Orb wins the race to set up a Triple Crown ... 

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  Kentucky Derby winner Orb has 1st jog since win

  Orb is becoming quite comfortable in the rain. The Kentucky Derby winner returned to the track for the first time since splashing his way to victory ... 

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  Orb comes from behind to win Kentucky Derby

  Way back in the pack heading into the final turn, Orb was calm even if his jockey wasn't. Churning through a sloppy track that resembled creamy peanut ... 

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  Trainer Pletcher seeking Oaks-Derby double

  A win in the Kentucky Oaks on Friday has Todd Pletcher halfway toward a milestone last achieved 61 years ago. The trainer can accomplish the rare feat ... 

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  Longshot Princess of Sylmar wins Kentucky Oaks

  A filly that trainer Todd Pletcher waffled on entering in the Kentucky Oaks has him poised to complete a rare double Saturday in the Kentucky Derby. 

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  Goldencents, Itsmyluckyday jog at Churchill Downs

  Doug O'Neill's first full day at Churchill Downs already has him feeling like he could achieve something special in the Kentucky Derby. Again. 

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  Verrazano 1st on AP's final Top 10 Derby list

  Doug O'Neill is gearing up for a Kentucky Derby repeat. A year after winning the Derby with I'll Have Another, the trainer is going for another — this ... 

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  Overanalyze charges late to win Arkansas Derby

  Mike Repole wasn't sure what to make of a disappointing start of the year for his standout 3-year-old, Overanalyze, after a fifth-place finish at the ... 

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  Verrazano regains No. 1 spot in AP Derby rankings

  Verrazano will attempt to break a longstanding Kentucky Derby jinx — win the race without having run as a 2-year-old. It's been done before, but only ... 

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  Animal Kingdom wins Dubai World Cup

  Animal Kingdom showed that an American horse can win the world's richest horse race on an all-weather track, pulling away down the straight Saturday ... 

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  Animal Kingdom wins $10 million Dubai World Cup

  Animal Kingdom pulled away down the straight to win the $10 million Dubai World Cup on Saturday for the first American victory in the world's richest ... 

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  Stevens: Dubai World Cup motivated comeback

  During the seven years he was retired, one of the things that kept nagging at U.S. Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens was the fact he won the Dubai ...