Shug McGaughey shipped his newly crowned Kentucky Derby champion, Orb, to his home base in New York to prepare for the May 18 Preakness Stakes.  Animal Kingdom's owners are hoping the 2011 Kentucky Derby winner can end a dismal run for U.S.-based horses in the Dubai World Cup at the Meydan Race Course on Saturday.  Bodemeister, the runner-up in this year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, was retired to stud because of an injury to his left shoulder.  Jockey Robby Albarado, who won the 2007 Preakness, was fined $500 for a misdemeanor assault conviction from a scuffle with his former girlfriend in Louisville, Ky., but his legal problems are not over.  Jockey Robby Albarado, who won the 2007 Preakness, was fined $500 for a misdemeanor assault conviction from a scuffle with his former girlfriend in Louisville, Ky., but his legal problems are not over.  When Secretariat flashed across the line in the 1973 Preakness Stakes, it seemed he had fallen a full second short of the Preakness record of 1:54. Or had he?  When Secretariat flashed across the line in the 1973 Preakness Stakes, it seemed he had fallen a full second short of the Preakness record of 1:54. Or had he?  The Maryland Racing Commission, after viewing a videotape, improved the 1973 Triple Crown winner’s time in the Preakness by more than a second.  The Maryland Racing Commission, after viewing a videotape, improved the 1973 Triple Crown winner’s time in the Preakness by more than a second.  After the Triple Crown contender I’ll Have Another was scratched, Union Rags won the Belmont Stakes in impressive fashion to join Bodemeister at the top of the 3-year-old class.
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