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I'll Have Another is aiming at horse racing's immortality as he will try to win the Belmont Stakes this Saturday and take the elusive Triple Crown.Sweeping the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes in five weeks is truly one of the toughest achievements in all of sports.There have been 45 horses who won two out of the three Triple Crown races, but only 21 who won both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness only to fail in the...  

If the oddsmakers are right, the furious home stretch at Saturday's Preakness Stakes may look a lot like the race to the finish line at the Kentucky Derby. The horses that finished first and second at the May 5 Kentucky Derby are the favorites heading on to the dirt track at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, the second of three races that make up the storied U.S. Triple Crown. Oddsmakers have Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another...  

The 2012 Preakness Stakes is now history, with I'll Have Another completing the second leg of the Triple Crown with a victory over Bodemeister, but if you were looking for massive payouts like the ones you saw after the Kentucky Derby, you're going to be disappointed.While this race was even more exhilarating than the one at Churchill Downs, I'll Have Another was right behind Bodemeister in the pre-race odds, meaning the payouts this time...  

The Preakness Stakes is only hours away, and there is no shortage of great horses who could take their successes from the Kentucky Derby and turn it into a win at Pimlico. Here is what you can expect from some of the top horses in the Preakness, with the odds coming from Preakness-Stakes.info.   Bodemeister: 8/5 Bodemeister was just a nose from winning the Kentucky Derby and while he displayed incredible speed and stamina, he just didn't have...  

Native Dancer came back and won the Withers, and then took the Preakness by a neck and the Belmont by the same margin. With Eddie Arcaro aboard, Nashua was the 6-5 Derby favorite, but Swaps (ridden by Bill Shoemaker) drew clear in the final ...  

BALTIMORE - The Preakness Stakes, perhaps more than the other two Triple Crown races, produces results that stand up to long-term scrutiny. Not since Red Bullet in 2000 has a Preakness winner failed to win either another graded stakes or earn a ...  

A record crowd of 121,309 packed sun-soaked Pimlico Race Course on Saturday for the 137th running of the Preakness Stakes, a race ending with Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another edging out Bodemeister for a thrilling victory. With the win, I'll Have Another now has a chance to capture horse racing's Triple Crown with a win at the Belmont on June 9. The Preakness crowd, up from 107,000 a year ago, surpassed expectations by the Maryland...  

WASHINGTON No one would confuse the Preakness Stakes with the Kentucky Derby. Where Churchill Downs has mint juleps, ornate hats, and Stephen Foster's "My Old Kentucky Home," Pimlico Race Course has the Kegasus beer mascot, a bikini contest ...  

Dale Romans wanted to run Dullahan in the Preakness Stakes but was talked out of it by owner Jerry Crawford of Donegal Racing. Now, just three weeks after finishing third in the May 5 Kentucky Derby, Romans thinks Crawford made the right call. “In ...  

I'll Have Another has had quite a flare for the dramatic at the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, but that excitement will be the very thing that costs him the Belmont Stakes and a shot at immortality. When the build for the Kentucky Derby started ...  

Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux has been removed from his mount Tiger Walk after failing a breathalyzer test on Friday. The rider has also been disqualified from two other races leading up to the 2012 Preakness Stakes. Desormeaux, an accomplished jockey with Kentucky Derby wins on Real Quiet in 1998 and Big Brown in 2008, has dealt with other conduct issues in the past. In 2011, he was arrested for striking a security guard with his car at...  

The Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown, will be contested at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday. Six colts who ran in the Kentucky Derby will return for the Preakness including the top two finishers I’ll Have Another and Bodemeister.  

I'll Have Another Stepped up with the biggest win in his career when taking the Kentucky Derby to remain undefeated this year and has been training steadily at Pimlico since May 7. Can he win the Preakness as well and get a shot at the Triple Crown?  

Hastings Racecourse erupted with cheers as Mario Gutierrez, aboard I’ll Have Another, won the Preakness Stakes, just two weeks after winning the Kentucky Derby. “It’s just all about the horse,” Gutierrez told NBC Sports minutes after winning the ...  

Off Track Betting closed its NYC offices ... I can produce witnesses that I correctly picked the past 2 Kentucky Derby winners. Now for my foolproof method for winning at the track. Step 1. I go with my Dad. Step 2. He gives me some money.