Equestrian

Indy 500 officials tighten security following Boston bombings

2013-05-24 12:21:00

INDIANAPOLIS -- Officials have tightened security for Sunday's Indianapolis 500, which typically draws more than 200,000 spectators, in response to the deadly Boston Marathon bombings last month. Oversize drink coolers have been banned, and a street...

Stakes are highest for Orb in Preakness

2013-05-18 05:00:00

BALTIMORE — Horse racing's Preakness is a place of history and a bubble of hope. If you come here with a Kentucky Derby victory under your belt, as trainer Shug McGaughey and Orb have, you have little time to appreciate that history. You are...

Preakness Stakes analysis and betting tips

2013-05-16 17:35:00

There are always lots of hard luck stories in the Kentucky Derby, and some of those hard luck horses come to the Preakness looking to set the record straight. Several of those guys are here to take on Orb. And a handful more Derby grumblers are skipping...

Oxbow's Preakness victory doesn't spoil anything

2013-05-18 21:42:00

BALTIMORE — Chances are, the horse racing public will get it wrong again. When Oxbow went wire-to-wire in Saturday's Preakness, again ruining a chance for a Triple Crown, it is likely to prompt hand-wringing among those who see it as the...

Preakness host Maryland's horse racing in optimistic state

2013-05-17 00:00:00

BALTIMORE — It is difficult to be at the Preakness this year without feeling a tinge of jealousy. That is especially true if you are just a few days removed from a visit to the current dungeon of California racing, a.k.a. Hollywood Park. All...

Watch batter celebrate home run ... that was caught for an out

2013-05-16 07:57:00

� OK, all of you who hit a game-tying homer in the ninth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, please take a step forward. Not so fast, Jun-Woo Jeon. Jeon, who plays for the Lotte Giants of the Korean Baseball Organization, was batting in the ninth...

David Garrard says he's 'calling it quits' on NFL career

2013-05-16 07:39:00

A sleeper pick by many New York Jets fans to become the team's starting quarterback next season was David Garrard. Looks like that isn't happening. NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reported via Twitter on Wednesday that Garrard told two Jets players he no...

Orb draws No. 1 post for Preakness; will be a 1-1 favorite

2013-05-15 16:00:00

Kentucky Derby winner Orb drew the No. 1 post and was named the 1-1 morning line favorite for Saturday's Preakness at Pimlico Race Course. Orb trainer Shug McGaughey said he didn't think the rail position would affect his horse. "Not going to say I...

Orb trainer Shug McGaughey has Triple Crown reminders 'every day'

2013-05-15 16:35:00

BALTIMORE — Wednesday morning at Pimlico race track was similar to most mornings for Claude McGaughey III. Except there were lots of reporters around, which made it different. McGaughey is a thoroughbred horse trainer, currently the one in the...

Preakness notes: A different kind of trainer helped Gary Stevens

2013-05-18 18:50:00

BALTIMORE — Gary Stevens on Saturday became the oldest jockey to win the Preakness, and the Hall of Famer has Clark Masterson to thank. Masterson, a personal trainer based in Bellevue, Wash., helped the 50-year-old jockey lose 25 pounds and nearly...

Bird-flipping fan nowhere to be found at Heat-Bulls game

2013-05-15 17:00:00

Miami The closest thing to a bird at AmericanAirlines Arena on Wednesday was Miami Heat player Chris Andersen, nicknamed �“Birdman.” As for the Heat fan who gained notoriety for flipping the bird to a Chicago Bulls player, she was nowhere to...

Angels slow Ryan Madson's comeback; reliever will go to triple A

2013-05-15 17:30:00

Ryan Madson’s rehabilitation from Tommy John surgery was placed on a slower track Wednesday, the Angels scrapping plans to activate him this weekend in favor of sending the right-hander to triple-A Salt Lake for “a couple of weeks,”...

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2013-05-24 00:00:00

Juan Jose Aparicio carries a palette on which fencing will be stacked. Workers clean up the infield at Pimlico Race Track the day after the Preakness.

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Anthony Eppn finds a way to keep his feet dry as he works the last stages of the clean up of the infield at Pimlico Race Track the day after the Preakness yesterday.

2013-05-19 00:00:00