Competition News & Issues

Preakness National TV Ratings Dip 9%

Final national television ratings for NBC’s coverage of the May 19 Preakness Stakes from Pimlico Racecourse in Baltimore, Md., dipped 9% from year-ago figures. The 2007 Preakness telecast drew a 4.9 national rating and a 13 share. Each rating

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Curlin on Track for Belmont Start

Curlin, winner of the May 19 Preakness Stakes, returned to the racetrack May 23 at Churchill Downs for the first time since his heart-pounding victory over Street Sense, winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby.


The chestnut son of Smart

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Barbaro Painting Doing Well on eBay

(Edited press release)


The NTRA Charities–Barbaro Memorial Fund will benefit from a painting of Barbaro created on Kentucky Derby Day in the Churchill Downs paddock by Susan Sommer-Luarca. The item is now for sale on

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Haskin’s Preakness Recap: Crafty Curlin

(This article appears in the May 27, 2007 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine.)

Thoroughbred racing is a sport of contrasting emotions, ranging from euphoria to despair and laced with a heavy dose of what might have beens. It often

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Hard Spun Looks Good for Belmont Stakes; Curlin Weary

(compiled from Preakness notes)

Third-place finisher Hard Spun is the most likely of Saturday’s Preakness Stakes contenders to move on to the Belmont Stakes, the final jewel of the Triple Crown at Belmont Park on June 9.

Trainer

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No Surprise: Matz Colt Wins Inuaugural Barbaro Stakes

When the Maryland Jockey Club carded the inaugural Barbaro Stakes on the Preakness Stakes card, it was prophetic that trainer Michael Matz would enter Chelokee.


After all, Matz had saddled Barbaro to win the 2006 Kentucky Derby and then

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Curlin Edges Street Sense in Preakness

Curlin kept gaining down the stretch and got past Street Sense in the final strides to win the Preakness Stakes Saturday at Pimlico.


In just his fourth lifetime start, Curlin ran third in the May 5 Kentucky Derby. In his fifth start, the

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3 Jockeys Escape Serious Injury in Hollywood Spill

Three jockeys escaped serious injury at Hollywood Park May 17 when Royal Change, leading the field in the fourth race while approaching the quarter pole, suffered a fractured right foreleg and fell, tossing  jockey Alex Bisono.


Two

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Barbaro Memories Still Fresh at Track

The scene will be familiar enough, maybe too much so.

When the gate bursts open to start the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, the horse charging out of the No.6 post will be a handsome bay colt. Only this time, it won’t be Barbaro, even if it

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Preakness: Street Sense, Hard Spun Draw Outside Posts

Street Sense and Hard Spun, the one-two finishers in the May 5 Kentucky Derby, drew outside post positions for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, which as expected attracted a field of nine. Their connections, however, didn’t seem concerned with the

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