Amtrak derailment, Hockey World Championships, American Pharoah | May 14
The day in photos from around the world.
Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Daily Brief American Pharoah, Amtrak, David Hockney, Hockey World Championships, Julianne Moore, Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Yemen
The day in photos from around the world.
Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Sports, The Baltimore Sun Churchill Downs, fashion, hats, Kentucky Derby
Fans gathered Saturday to watch the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs. But the real attraction was the hats.
Emma Patti Harris 0 Comment Nation, Sports American Pharoah, Dortmund, horse racing, Kentucky Derby
The 2015 Kentucky Derby will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2015. Dortmund is No. 1 in the Associated Press’ final Run to the Roses Top 10 Derby contenders. See how the rest of the AP’s Top 10 shapes up
Kalani Gordon 0 Comment Preakness, Sports Belmont, California Chrome, Kentucky Derby, Preakness
The case can be made that there is a lot more riding on California Chrome than a 100-pound jockey and a chance to be mentioned in the same conversation with the greatest thoroughbreds of all time.
The case can be made that when Chrome bursts out of the starting gate at Belmont Park on Saturday, he’ll be carrying the weight of the horse racing world on his chestnut shoulders. – Peter Schmuck, The Baltimore Sun
MORE COVERAGE: Crown for Chrome? | Best of 2014 Preakness
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Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Photo essays, Sports, The Baltimore Sun California Chrome, Kentucky Derby, Pimlico, Preakness, preakness stakes
The Preakness Stakes is a horse race steeped in history. Having first been run in 1873, the thoroughbred race is the middle jewel in the run for the Triple Crown. One of the little known traditions during Preakness week at Pimlico is the bath that each horse gets after their early morning workouts. Like most three year olds the horses don’t seem to be thrilled with the mandatory scrub down, but reluctantly suffer through them.
The Baltimore Sun 0 Comment Preakness, Sports, The Baltimore Sun horse racing, Kentucky Derby, Orb, Pimlico Race Course, Preakness, preakness stakes
Kentucky Derby winner Orb is a heavy favorite to win the 138th running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course. If he bests the field of nine, Orb — who is co-owned by Baltimore county resident Stuart Janney III — will be one big step closer to capturing horse racing’s first Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978. Look through photos of Orb leading up to the Preakness.
Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Bangladesh, Battle of the Queens, Icon Karl Marx, Kentucky Derby, Kuwait City, Macedonia, Maldon Mud Race, Pakistan, Sci-Fi London, Seiko Golden Grand Prix, Turkey
Derby winner Orb, pets dress up for Sci-Fi London, Battle of the Queens cow fight finals and more in today’s daily brief.
Michael Gold 3 Comments Nation, Preakness, Sports Churchill Downs, hats, horse racing, horses, Joel Rosario, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Louisville, mint juleps, Orb, Stuart Janney III
Orb, co-owned by Stuart Janney III, won Kentucky Derby glory Saturday — through the mud — in 2:02.89 to win by 261/27 lengths. Can Orb win the Triple Crown? He’ll have to prove himself again come May 18 at the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, Maryland in the second leg of the thoroughbred racing competition. Weigh in on our FB page or in the comments section.
View more photos from the 139th Kentucky Derby.
Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Bangladesh, Buddhist monks, California, Finland, firefighters, Germany, Hockey, Kentucky Derby, miners, monkey, Myanmar, Revolver Golden Gods Award Show, Rome, Russia, seagulls, Slipnot, South Korea, tiger, trickdogs, Vladimir Putin, wildfire, World Press Freedom day
Wildfires prompt the evacuation of hundreds of homes in California, novice monks learn what it’s like to live as Buddhist priests in South Korea, trickdogs perform for the ‘dog and pet’ fair in Germany and more in today’s daily brief.
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Stokely Baksh 7 Comments Preakness, Sports, The Baltimore Sun Air Horse One, Baltimore, BWI airport, Doug F. O'Neill, horse racing, horses, I'll Have Another, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby, Mario Gutierrez, Maryland, New York, Pimlico, Preakness, preakness stakes
The 2012 Preakness was billed as a rematch between Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another and runner-up Bodemeister. It was exactly that. In the end, I’ll Have Another went on to win the 137th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. His next stop is the Belmont Stakes in New York for a chance to win the Triple Crown in June. The last Triple Crown winner was Affirmed in 1978.
Take a look at I’ll Have Another from his Kentucky Derby win to training at Pimlico Race Course and his Preakness Stakes win.