129th Kentucky Derby Weekend
LOU2003050225-LOUISVILLE, KY., May 2 (UPI) -- Horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas talks with a jockey before the Kentucky Oaks Friday, May 2, 2003 in Louisville, KY. jg/mjc/Mark Cowan UPI
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Kentucky Derby winner Orb and Preakness Stakes victor Oxbow try for a "best of three" outcome in Saturday's Belmont Stakes.
Wrap-up of thoroughbred stakes action.
Again this year, there will be no Triple Crown winner as Oxbow led the way to an upset win in Saturday's Preakness Stakes.
Trainer Shug McGaughey says it'll take "a pretty darn good horse" to beat Kentucky Derby winner Orb in the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown.
Kentucky Derby winner Orb drew post position No. 1 for Saturday's Preakness Stakes -- almost the opposite of what his trainer wanted.
The field for Saturday's Preakness Stakes is stabilizing at nine runners with Kentucky Derby winner Orb the clear, and feisty, favorite.
Wrap-up of thoroughbred stakes action.
Wrap-up of thoroughbred stakes action.
Saturday's 139th running of the Kentucky Derby drew a full field of 20, headed by morning-line favorites Orb and Verrazano.
For the first time since 2008, the Kentucky Derby field will go to the post Saturday without a horse saddled by trainer Bob Baffert.
