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Tates Creek rips Lafayette in 43rd

Tates Creeks Blake Rose, celebrated with Tanner Hart,11, after scoring as Tates Creek defeated Lafayette in the 43rd District baseball tournament on Friday May 23, 2013 in Lexington, Ky. Photo by Mark Cornelison | Staff

Tates Creek jumped on Lafayette early and poured it on late winning the 43rd district title 11-3. Photos by Mark Cornelison | Staff

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HORSE RACING

Late photographer's prints, negatives of Secretariat released in calendar

The first project from the extensive collection of prints and negatives of the late equine photographer Tony Leonard has been released in the form of a 40th Anniversary calendar commemorating the 1973 Triple Crown Winner Secretariat.
HORSE RACING

John Clay: Calumet's return to racing prominence is a welcome one

Saturday's Preakness Stakes was a great big welcome back to a trio of horse racing's most important names: D. Wayne Lukas, Gary Stevens and Calumet Farm.
NATIONAL HORSE SHOW

Oxbow's energy difficult to quench

For Oxbow trainer D. Wayne Lukas, the real treat came on Sunday morning when he walked into the shedrow and saw the Preakness Stakes winner looking almost as fresh as his ageless conditioner.
KENTUCKY DERBY

John Clay: Inside post derailed Orb in pressure-packed Preakness

The history books will say that Orb lost the Preakness to Oxbow and the Hall of Fame combination of trainer D. Wayne Lukas and jockey Gary Stevens. More likely, Orb lost the Preakness on Wednesday by the luck of the draw when he drew the No. 1 post position.
HORSES

Derby winner Orb disappoints in the Preakness

Orb came up short in the Preakness, frustrating everyone who made the Kentucky Derby winner a 3-5 favorite - no one more than trainer Shug McGaughey.
KENTUCKY DERBY

Hall of Famers Lukas, Stevens team up on Oxbow to derail Orb's Triple Crown hopes

Heavily favored Orb never got involved with the leaders Saturday, and watched from well behind as Oxbow won the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
HORSES

Belmont Stakes: Oxbow vs. Orb in the cards

Another year, another Triple Crown hopeful unable to come through.
HORSES

Stevens rides Oxbow to 3rd Preakness win

Although no one really keeps track of such things, Gary Stevens had no problem making the assessment with complete conviction.
KENTUCKY DERBY PHOTOS

2013 Preakness

Oxbow, with Gary Stevens aboard, won the Preakness.
HORSES

Orb trainer McGaughey fights nerves at Preakness

Early Saturday morning, Shug McGaughey was walking back and forth in front of the stakes barn at Pimlico.