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1985: A Forgotten Preakness Worth Remembering

From the moment a horse crosses the finish line in the Kentucky Derby (and sometimes even before that), Triple Crown obsession begins. The racing world, in which few interested parties, from track executives to marketers to bettors, can agree, comes as close to consensus as it gets in hoping that a horse will sweep the…

May 15, 2015 in Preakness 2015, racing history.

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