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Belmont Stakes horses face increased security

NEW YORK (AP) — Horses in the Belmont Stakes on June 8 will face tighter security for the second straight year. They won’t, however, be kept in a detention barn three days before the race, as they were last year.

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Belmont Stakes: Oxbow vs. Orb in the cards

Jockey Gary Stevens celebrates aboard Oxbow after winning the 138th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Baltimore. Orb, the Kentucky Derby winner, trails at center and finished fourth. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

BALTIMORE (AP) — Another year, another Triple Crown hopeful unable to come through.

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Orb favored to take Preakness, set up Triple try

Exercise rider Jennifer Patterson gallops Preakness Stakes favorite and Kentucky Derby winner Orb at Pimlico Race Course Friday, May 17, 2013 in Baltimore. The Preakness Stakes horse race is scheduled for Saturday. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)

BALTIMORE (AP) — Everything’s a go for Orb.

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