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Orb comes up short
Preakness Horse Racin Heal
Jockey Gary Stevens celebrates aboard Oxbow after winning the 138th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday in Baltimore. - photo by Associated Press
BALTIMORE — Oxbow put D. Wayne Lukas in the record books again with an upset of Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving the Hall of Fame trainer his 14th win in a Triple Crown race. Kentucky Derby winner Orb was unable to find his rhythm after breaking from the rail, and never challenged in finishing fourth. The loss ended any chance of a Triple try at the Belmont Stakes in three weeks, extending the drought to 36 years since Affirmed in 1978 became the 11th horse to sweep the Derby, Preakness and Belmont.