Belmont Stakes News

It was Calvin Borel Day at Old Friends, the thoroughbred retirement farm near Georgetown, Kentucky.

Kentucky Derby pacesetter Palace Malice will run in the 145th Belmont Stakes on June 8 with Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith in the saddle.

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The Kentucky Derby has come and gone hopefully with your winner! Now we are awaiting the Preakness Stakes.

Oxbow, ridden brilliantly by 50-year-old-returner-from-retirement jockey Gary Stevens, not only won the Preakness, but sent horse racing to the back pages of the sports section again.

Oxbow, a 15-1 longshot, went nearly wire-to-wire to win the 138th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday giving trainer D. Wayne Lukas the all-time lead in Triple Crown race victories with 14.

Never caused problems. Never raised a ruckus. Never got sick or hurt while frolicking in the fields of Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., with his pals, or when he was learning how to be a racehorse at Niall Brennan's farm in Ocala, Fla.

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The result: a huge upset and the end of any hopes for a Triple Crown attempt at the Belmont Stakes.

Jockey Gary Stevens, left, and trainer D.a SWayne Lukas celebrate after Oxbow's run to the Preakness Stakes title Saturday.

Oxbow put D. Wayne Lukas in the record books again with an upset of Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving the Hall of Fame trainer his 14th win in a Triple Crown race.

Preakness day is a Baltimore tradition, but it means different things to those who attend the race.

The Preakness was first contested on May 27, 1873, and since then has been run at seven different distances.

"Can he beat Orb? We don't know," the silver-haired trainer said. "I think he could be 1-2-3 and if feel that way, we have a chance." "I'm a longshot and I should be a longshot," Baffert said.

When does the Preakness start? The Preakness, the second race in the triple crown, will begin at about 6:20 p.m. NBC 's coverage of the race starts at 4:30 p.m. Orb, winner of the Kentucky Derby , is in the field and is favored to win.

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The great Secretariat is widely considered to be the best thoroughbred in horse racing history.

Orb will run today at Pimlico, looking to secure the second leg of thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown.

Orb's record-setting rider recognizes his role as the passenger part of the equine equation, and appreciates that a jockey's success is usually attributable to superior horseflesh.