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1996 Preakness Stakes - Full ABC Broadcast [01:03:46]
It was the day of sweet revenge in racing: Louis Quatorze won the 121st Preakness Stakes with Pat Day riding, just 10 days after he was replaced as a jockey by trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who watched today while his record streak ended after six straight Triple Crown victories. Day was signed for his ride by Nick Zito, the most vocal critic of Lukas and his hordes of horses. And they scored the coup of the year when Louis Quatorze, 16th in the Kentucky Derby and fifth in the Preakness betting, led every step of the way to outrun Skip Away by three and a quarter lengths. No Derby horse had ever finished so far back and returned two weeks later to win the Preakness. The closest that Lukas got to extending his streak was third place, with Editor's Note. The 8-5 favorite, Cavonnier, trained by Bob Baffert, finished fourth. Lukas, who entered five horses in the Derby and three in the Preakness, also finished fifth with Victory Speech and seventh with Prince of Thieves. Louis Quatorze even supplied some storybook numbers of his own. He ran the mile and three-sixteenths in 1:532/5 on a fast track, matching the record for the race set 12 years ago by Tank's Prospect, with Day in the saddle that day, too. In fact, this was the fifth time that Day had won the Preakness and the third in a row. The colt, a son of Sovereign Dancer, paid $19 for $2 to win and earned $458120 for his owners -- Bill Condren and Joe Cornacchia, who were the owners of other Zito stars like Strike the Gold and ...
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Colonial Cup 2011 - Saluting Our Military [16:22]
Special Pre-Race Show honoring our military at the 42nd annual Marion du Pont Scott Colonial Cup international steeplechase horse race. Featuring: Patriotic songs by Renaissance vocal group; Lugoff-Elgin High School Colonial Color Guard; renaming of race course to "Camp Springdale" for the day in honor of our military, Official Swearing In Ceremony of US Army recruits by MG James Milano, Commanding General of Ft Jackson; presentation of first annual MG Baron de Kalb service award (accepted by award winning broadcast journalist and author Rita Cosby in honor of her father Richard Cosby, WWII hero of the Polish Resistance); Carolina Skydiving Team jumping the course with giant American flags; Armed Forces Salute by Renaissance vocal group; National Anthem sung by Tomaczek Bednarek.
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