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SPORTS/ENTERTAINMENT
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Orb favored to take Preakness, set up Triple Crown try
Garry Jones/AP
Exercise rider Jennifer Patterson gallops Preakness Stakes
favorite and Kentucky Derby winner Orb at Pimlico Race
Course on Friday in Baltimore.
By Richard Rosenblatt
Associated Press
BALTIMORE - Every-
thing’s a go for Orb.
The Kentucky Derby winner
was in a playful mood the day
before the Preakness, making
faces for photographers be-
tween nibbles of grass outside
his stall at Pimlico Race Course.
“He’s really settled in well.
He seems to be energetic about
what he’s doing so I couldn’t be
more pleased,” trainer Shug
McGaughey said on a warm
and sunny Friday morning.
“We’re excited about giving him
a whirl to see if we can get it
done and go on to the next step.”
Getting it done would mean
defeating eight rivals in the 13/16-
mile Preakness to set up a Triple
Crown try in the Belmont Stakes
three weeks from today.
Orb is the even-money favor-
ite, and there’s a growing feeling
that this 3-year-old bay colt may
be special enough to give thor-
oughbred racing its first Triple
Crown champion since Affirmed
in 1978.
“We’d sure love to have that
opportunity,” said McGaughey,
seeming relaxed and confident.
“Probably the racing world
would love to see it, too. It
brings a lot more attention to
what we’re doing from all
standpoints.”
Orb extended his winning
streak to five with a thrilling
victory in the Derby two weeks
ago, when jockey Joel Rosario
patiently guided the colt from
17th to first in the final half mile
over a sloppy track.
In the Preakness, Orb will
break from the No. 1 post, a spot
Horse racing
Preakness Stakes, 3:30 p.m., Ch. 5
that has seen only one winner
— Tabasco Cat in 1994 — since
1961.
“Who knows how this race is
going to go, but I don’t think it
will be a problem,” Rosario said
of the inside post. “He’s a horse
that comes from behind, so I re-
ally don’t think it will affect
him. I’m just excited to go into
this with a horse who has a
chance to win.”
A chance?
While rival trainers aren’t
conceding the race, most agree
Orb is the best of the bunch.
“Orb, he’s a freak. Right now,
everybody should be rooting for
Orb, except for the connections
of the other horses in the race,”
trainer Bob Baffert said — and
he’s got a horse in the race, 12-1
choice Govenor Charlie. “Any-
body who’s not rooting for Orb,
there’s something mentally
wrong with them.”
Baffert has been there be-
fore. Three of his five Preakness
winners had also won the Der-
by, but were unable to complete
the Triple Crown with a win in
the Belmont. He says the
Preakness is the least stressful
of the three races.
“There is absolutely no pres-
sure, believe it or not, because
you’ve just won the Derby,” he
said. “You’re flying high and ev-
erybody’s excited. You don’t
think about it. The next one
[the Belmont] is the pressure.”
Getting to the next one may
sound easy. It isn’t. Six of the
past eight Derby winners did
not win the Preakness, and
McGaughey is well aware of the
pitfalls.
“There are a lot of ways you
can lose. Freaky things can hap-
pen,” he said. “You hope he
doesn’t get in any trouble, you
hope he handles the track, you
hope he handles the kickback of
the dirt, you hope he handles
the day. If he does all that, I
would have to think it will take
a pretty darn good horse to beat
him.”
Maybe it’s Goldencents, who
did not take to the slop at Chur-
chill Downs and finished 17th
after winning the Santa Anita
Derby in April.
“Orb’s not like a one-race hit.
All year long he’s been super
impressive,” said Goldencents
trainer Doug O’Neill, who won
the Derby and Preakness last
year with I’ll Have Another, on-
ly to scratch the colt the day be-
fore the Belmont because of a
tendon injury. “But we’ve seen
Goldencents do some brilliant
things in the afternoon. If he
does, I think he can beat him.”
Maybe it’s Itsmyluckyday,
another top 3-year-old who did
not handle the sloppy track and
finished 15th in the Derby.
“He’s given me every sign
that he’s ready for the war; he’s
ready for the race; he’s ready for
the battle,” trainer Eddie Plesa
Jr., said. “Let’s just get it on.”
Or maybe it’s Departing, one
of the three horses in the race
who did not run in the Derby.
Orb knows Departing well
tilt' two were pals growing up at
Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky.,
and ran around together in the
same field. The gelding has won
four of five starts, and comes in-
to the Preakness off a win in the
Illinois Derby.
And, of course, there’s D.
Wayne Lukas, who has three of
the nine entries in Oxbow, Will
Take Charge and Titletown
Five, a colt owned by Green Bay
Packer greats Paul Hornung
and Willie Davis. Lukas, like
Baffert, has five Preakness
wins, and his next victory in a
Triple Crown race would give
him a record 14 — one more
than “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons.
Oxbow was sixth and Will
Take Charge eighth in the Der-
by, while Titletown Five is a
maiden winner who ran fourth
in the Derby Trial.
“You have to be careful about
that much emphasis on one
race,” Lukas said of Orb’s Derby
win. “You change the surface,
you shorten the race, you put
him in the one hole. These are
things he’ll have to overcome.
He’s the best horse. It’s his race
to lose. But it only takes one
horse to spoil your day.”
Weather could be a factor,
too. The latest forecast for today
is calling for a 50 percent
chance of rain with tempera-
tures reaching the low 70s. Post
time for the race on NBC is 5:20
p.m.
While Orb will take his shot
at becoming the 34th horse
with a chance at the Triple
Crown — 11 have done it, 19
failed and three others did not
run in the Belmont — several
other historic milestones are in
play. Rosie Napravnik will be
aboard 5-1 second choice My-
lute in an attempt to become
the first female to the win the
Preakness and Kevin Krigger,
who rides Goldencents, looks to
become the first black jockey to
win since Willie Simms with Sly
Fox in 1898.
Orb’s rapid rise began with
his win in the Fountain of
Youth, followed by a solid victo-
ry in the Florida Derby before
he ran off with the Kentucky
Derby. The colt is co-owned by
racing royalty — Ogden Mills
“Dinny” Phipps and his first
cousin, Marylander Stuart Jan-
ney III. They run their racing
operation the traditional way —
breeding and racing their own
horses rather than attending
sales and trying to buy champi-
ons.
McGaughey has been the
Phipps’trainer for 28 years, and
has campaigned such champi-
ons as Easy Goer, Inside Infor-
mation and the undefeated Per-
sonal Ensign.
“This has kind of shown that
with Stuart Janney’s relation-
ship with breeding that it can
be done in a different way,”
McGaughey said. “There’s a
long line of pedigree that’s been
in their family for years and
years and years and there’s a lot
of thought process in breeding
horses to mares — whether
right or wrong. And we might
have gotten a little lucky this
time.”
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BY NANCY BLACK
10 is the easiest day.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY: Take time for
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Mother hopes to shield daddy’s girl
Dear Abby: I am the moth-
er of a 5-year-old daughter I’ll
call “Mandy.” Her father and I
separated when she was 16
months old and now we are di-
vorced. I am newly engaged to a
wonderful man and very happy.
I have just learned that my ex
is having ababy boy with a wom-
an he has stated he does not love
and isn’t even in a committed re-
lationship with. I would like to
protect Mandy from any pain
this might cause her because she
is a daddy’s girl.
How should I deal with this
and maintain my composure re-
garding the sibling who will now
forever be a part of my daugh-
ter’s life (and mine)?
Stressed Out in San Diego
Dear Stressed Out: It is
not appropriate to show your
disgust with this situation to
your daughter. Because your ex
has gone on record that he
doesn’t love the woman he im-
pregnated, and he is not in a
committed relationship with
her, you may be worrying need-
lessly. He will have a financial
obligation to his son, but wheth-
er he’s willing to be a father in
the best sense of the word, we
don’t know.
If Mandy interacts with her
half-brother she will have to
learn to share, which is an im-
portant life lesson every child
must learn sooner or later.
Dear Abby: I am a 40-
something divorced female. Af-
ter my divorce I met a man I en-
joyed being with. He led me to
believe he cared for me and I
bought into it.
It was a vulnerable time for
me and, unfortunately, I let my
guard down. I did something
stupid and co-signed for a stu-
dent loan for him. He has
stopped making payments, has
blocked my calls, moved, etc.,
and now I’m stuck with the fi-
nancial burden.
I have learned that he had a
fiancee while we were involved
and they are now married. Abby,
he was bilking me the whole
time.
I need to know what legal re-
course I have. I know where he
lives and possibly where he
works, so if he needs to be served
with papers, he can be found. I
regret that I didn’t keep my
guard up, and I don’t feel he
should get away with this. What
should I do now?
Let My Guard Down
in Ohio
Dear Let Your Guard
Down: It appears you have
been the victim of a fraud. If I
were you, the first thing I’d do is
share his address with the loan
company. Then I’d discuss this
matter with the police to find out
if he has a history of bilking
women and if I could file charg-
es. If that isn’t possible, the next
thing I’d do is talk with a lawyer
about any legal remedies avail-
able to me. And that’s what I’m
advising you to do.
Dear Abby: I work in the
media and meet a lot of people. I
have arthritis in my hands. I
have always believed in a firm
handshake, but I’m finding that
receiving one is crippling my
hand. I don’t want to appear un-
friendly by not reciprocating a
handshake, but I don’t want my
hand to ache for hours on end
after meeting someone. Any
suggestions?
Hurting in Dover, Del.
Dear Hurting: It would not
be unfriendly to simply say, “It’s
nice to meet you, but I can’t
shake hands because I have ar-
thritis.” Many people do, and it’s
the truth.
Dear Abby is written by
Abigail Van Bwren, also known
as Jeanne Phillips, and was
founded by her mother, Pauline
Phillips. Write Dear Abby at
www.DearAbby.com or P.O.
Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA
90069.
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Denton actor faces
cocaine charges
Los Angeles County prosecu-
tors say they’ve charged a former
Days of Our Lives actor with
selling cocaine out of his Agoura
Hills, Calif., home.
Spokeswoman Jane Robison
says Denton native Dylan Mi-
chael Patton was charged
Thursday with one count of co-
caine possession.
Sheriff’s deputies arrested
Patton after searching his home
with a warrant Tuesday. They
say they seized an unspecified
amount of cocaine.
Patton played the role of Will
Horton from February 2009 to
January 2010 in more than 100
episodes of the long-running
soap opera. His character is the
son of Sami Brady, who is played
by Alison Sweeney.
If convicted, Patton faces up
to nine years in prison.
It isn’t clear whether Patton
currently has a lawyer or a pub-
heist. A phone number listed in
his name was not set up to re-
ceive messages.
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