Calumet Farm’s Oxbow gunned to the front from the gate in the $1 million Preakness Stakes May 18 and never looked back to post a 1 3/4-length victory at 15-1.

Heavy favorite Orb, winner of the 2013 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands, made a bid on the backstretch, fell back along the inside, and then rallied mildly to finish fourth. Itsmyluckyday ran second, with Mylute third.

Gary Stevens rode the winner for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who captured the Preakness for the sixth time. Oxbow, winner of the Lecomte Stakes earlier this year, covered the 1 3/16 miles at Pimlico Race Course, in Baltimore, Md., in 1:57.54 on a fast track.

Only Wyndham Walter, with seven training wins from 1875-88, has more Preakness victories than Lukas

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