Triple Crown

Growing blackberries: Sweet fruit, minus the thorns

2013-06-18 11:16:00

The thornless blackberries in Mary Steffens' backyard in Echo Park are going on three years, and one of the plants is finally setting fruit -- big, purple-black globes of nearly seedless, sweet-tart juiciness. Steffens got the plants from a friend at...

Santa Anita will play host to Breeders' Cup in 2014 as well

2013-06-10 05:30:00

Southern California horse racing will get some good news Monday at a time of gloom over the upcoming closure of Hollywood Park. The Breeders' Cup will announce it will return to Santa Anita for an unprecedented third straight year in 2014. Craig Fravel,...

Out of 'Luck,' Gary Stevens gets back in the saddle

2013-06-07 17:11:00

The comeback of Gary Stevens was never intended for a real Triple Crown race aboard a horse named Oxbow. No preconceived game plan put him in the winner's circle at the Preakness last month, much less on his way to Saturday's Belmont Stakes. Stevens'...

Charl Schwartzel leads Memorial; Tiger Woods is six shots back

2013-05-30 22:15:00

Charl Schwartzel made sure one hole didn't ruin an entire round Thursday in the Memorial at Dublin, Ohio. Schwartzel hit the ball so consistently well at Muirfield Village that the former Masters champion twice had stretches of four consecutive birdies....

Three different horses win the Triple Crown races

2013-06-08 16:40:00

Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens really thought this was going to be the year. "The way Orb won the Kentucky Derby, I thought we'd have another Triple Crown winner," he told me in a lengthy interview for a story that ran in Saturday's L.A. Times. Of...

Palace Malice wins Belmont Stakes over Oxbow, Orb

2013-06-08 16:15:00

NEW YORK -- Palace Malice took charge on the turn for home and won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, holding off Preakness winner Oxbow and Kentucky Derby winner Orb. The win gave Todd Pletcher his second Belmont winner in six years, and vindicated the...

A look back at Secretariat's 31-length Belmont victory [Video]

2013-06-07 07:44:00

It has been 40 years since Secretariat's stunning 31-length victory in the 1973 Belmont Stakes capped a dramatic Triple Crown sweep. This year's Belmont Stakes at 1� miles is set for Saturday in New York, so taking a look back at video of Secretariat'...

Orb a 3-1 favorite after drawing fifth position for Belmont Stakes

2013-06-05 18:30:00

What could have been a chance at the first Triple Crown in 35 years will instead come down to this for Baltimore County resident Stuart Janney Jr: a shot at redemption. Always measured, Janney avoids soaring rhetoric when discussing racing. He's been...

Orb is 3-1 favorite in Belmont Stakes

2013-06-05 19:44:00

Back home again in New York, Kentucky Derby winner Orb is the horse to beat in the Belmont Stakes. Orb was made the 3-1 morning-line favorite in a field of 14 entered for Saturday's final leg of the Triple Crown at Belmont Park, and trainer Shug...

Santa Anita gets key racing dates

2013-05-23 17:55:00

Santa Anita came away the big winner Thursday when the California Horse Racing Board tentatively approved racing dates for 2014 and 2015 in response to the pending closure of Betfair Hollywood Park on Dec. 22. Santa Anita will expand its usual fall...

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...

Orb's Triple Crown bid ends at Preakness, which is won by Oxbow

2013-05-18 15:35:00

Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, who at age 50 came out of retirement earlier this year, led Oxbow to a wire-to-wire victory in 1:57.54 and a big upset of Kentucky Derby winner Orb today in the 138th Preakness at Pimlico Race Course. Stevens is the...

In this April, 2011 file photo David Su of Amherst, MA competes in the men's Whitewater Slalom during the Whitewater Triple Crown New England Championships on Sunday. The event took place on the Farmington River in Tariffville and East Granby.

2013-05-30 08:46:00

Chris Davis simply refuses to be denied. He launched two more home runs Wednesday, increasing his major league-leading total to 19 on the same night the Orioles handed out "Crush Davis" T-shirts.

2013-05-29 00:00:00

D. Wayne Lukas, trainer of Preakness winner Oxbow, hoists the winner's trophy for the sixth time at Pimlico Saturday, where he also captured his 14th victory in a Triple Crown Series race, an all-time record. Winning jockey Gary Stevens is to his right.

2013-05-18 00:00:00