Articles for Seize The Grey

Commentary: Irascible D. Wayne Lukas brings energy to an otherwise dull Belmont Stakes
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Commentary: Irascible D. Wayne Lukas brings energy to an otherwise dull Belmont Stakes

LA Times  

Trainer D. Wayne Lukas looks on as Preakness Stakes winner and Belmont Stakes entrant Seize The Grey cools down following a work out on Wednesday in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Saturday’s third leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown will, once again, be the pretty girl at the prom who gets jilted when her date doesn’t show up. When D. Wayne saddled …

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Belmont with Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners could be the best of these Triple Crown races
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Belmont with Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners could be the best of these Triple Crown races

Associated Press  

Horse racing history of all kinds is being made Saturday in the final Triple Crown race of the year. Five weeks since Mystik Dan finished a nose ahead of Sierra Leone in the Derby and three weeks since he was second to Seize the Grey in the Preakness, all three are in the 10-horse field in the Belmont for a …

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Preakness winner Seize the Grey is likely running in the 1st Belmont at Saratoga
7 months ago

Preakness winner Seize the Grey is likely running in the 1st Belmont at Saratoga

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — Even without a Triple Crown on the line, the upcoming Belmont Stakes is one of the most anticipated horse races in the sport’s history. “When you’re in sports, you get to do these unique things, and having a Belmont up in Saratoga, that’s pretty unique for us,” New York Racing Association President and CEO David O’Rourke said. It’s …

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Forget the Triple Crown. Even the Derby-Preakness double has been too much to ask of late
7 months ago

Forget the Triple Crown. Even the Derby-Preakness double has been too much to ask of late

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — The Preakness has turned into a quite a spoiler lately on the road to the Triple Crown. Mystik Dan’s 2 1/4-length defeat Saturday marked the sixth consecutive year the Kentucky Derby winner failed to win the Preakness. It just wasn’t his day, but he’ll live to race again.” After a dramatic Derby win in a three-horse photo finish, …

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Jaime Torres wins the Preakness with Seize the Grey 2 years after starting to ride horses
7 months ago

Jaime Torres wins the Preakness with Seize the Grey 2 years after starting to ride horses

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — Jaime Torres was watching horse racing on television in his native Puerto Rico in 2019 when he decided he wanted to be a jockey. Less than five years later and just two since he began riding, Torres won the Preakness Stakes on Saturday aboard Seize the Grey. You can’t think like, ‘Oh, that’s going to happen.’ You’ve just …

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Seize the Grey wins the Preakness for D. Wayne Lukas and ends Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid
7 months ago

Seize the Grey wins the Preakness for D. Wayne Lukas and ends Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — D. Wayne Lukas worked his way to Seize the Grey after his horse won the Preakness Stakes and kept getting interrupted by well-wishers offering congratulations. Seize the Grey ended Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid Saturday by going wire to wire to win the Preakness, giving Lukas his seventh victory in the race, one short of …

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Seize the Grey earns wire-to-wire Preakness Stakes win on muddy track
7 months ago

Seize the Grey earns wire-to-wire Preakness Stakes win on muddy track

LA Times  

Jaime Torres, front, atop Seize The Grey, leads the pack heading into the first turn before winning the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course Saturday in Baltimore. It was really chaotic.” Jockey Jaime Torres, atop Seize The Grey, reacts after winning the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course Saturday in Baltimore. He brings in a horse two weeks after he …

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