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...singing. "I had my own little amplifier and guitar," he remembers-Dale is full of dry, self-deprecatory anecdotes. "What I did not realize was that it was a receiver too. Suddenly in the middle of a song, out would come, 'Zebra 2, Zebra 2, go immediately to Pimlico Road.' It made quite a contrast to folk-rock...
...quite. Now, like any Derby winner, Cannonade has a shot at racing's Triple Crown, and Stephens would surely like to claim the big prize. The next step is Saturday's Preakness at Pimlico. "I wish the race were the day after tomorrow," announced Stephens after examining Cannonade. "He has recovered from the Derby incredibly fast...
Then there is the difference in tracks. The Kentucky Derby is 1¼ miles run on a surface at Churchill Downs that many horses find particularly tiring. The Preakness is considerably shorter, 1 3/16 miles, and Pimlico has sharp turns and a shorter stretch that generally favor horses with enough early foot to be in front with no more than half a mile to go. (From 1923 to 1931, the Preakness preceded the Derby and horses had a more natural progression of lengths building up to the Belmont Stakes.) The third race of the Triple Crown is once around...
SATURDAY. The Preakness. The 98th running of jewel two of the Triple Crown from Pimlico Track in Baltimore. Md. I have 5 smackers and a mint julep riding on Derby-winner Secretariat to take the first Triple Crown since 1948. My bookie predicts strong challenges from Sham and Impecunious. CH.7. 5 p.m. Color. Live...
Riva Ridge's nine victories are all the more impressive because most of them have been won against top competition. As a two-year-old, he took the Flash, the Futurity, the Champagne Stakes, the Pimlico-Laurel Futurity and the Garden State, collecting a total of $503,263 in prize money. In his first trial as a three-year-old, following a long winter's rest, he ran away with the Hibiscus Stakes. After missing out in the Everglades, he returned to the winner's circle last week with a coasting four-length victory over ten other...