Oxbow Never Looks Back in Preakness Upset

Calumet Farm’s Oxbow gunned to the front from the gate to win the $1 million Preakness Stakes May 18.
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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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Tom LaMarra, a native of New Jersey and graduate of Rutgers University, has been news editor at The Blood-Horse since 1998. After graduation he worked at newspapers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania as an editor and reporter with a focus on municipal government and politics. He also worked at Daily Racing Form and Thoroughbred Times before joining The Blood-Horse. LaMarra, who has lived in Lexington since 1994, has won various writing awards and was recognized with the Old Hilltop Award for outstanding coverage of the horse racing industry. He likes to spend some of his spare time handicapping races.

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