Rick Snider
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Rick Snider: Washington Examiner columnist and entrepreneur. 2010 co-NSSA Washington, D.C. Sportswriter of the Year. - Washington, D.C.
June 19, 2013
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Rick Snider: The Preakness pick is Orb
By Rick Snider | 05/16/13 10:20 PM
The Preakness Stakes will be decided long before the finish line, even if it's not a runaway ending. Govenor Charlie and Goldencents figure to lead early in Saturday's second leg of the Triple Crown at Pimlico Race Course. They want to steal the Preakness, like so many predecessors. But it...
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Rick Snider: Old school rules once more at Preakness
By Rick Snider | 05/15/13 03:40 PM
Old school and old money once more rule the Triple Crown. After a quarter century of supermarket stable trainers D. Wayne Lukas, Bob Baffert and Todd Pletcher rolling into tracks shortly before spring classics, Pimlico's stakes barn was filled four days ahead of Saturday's Preakness Stakes....
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Rick Snider: Orb has a shot at being the first Triple Crown winner in 35 years
By Rick Snider | 05/11/13 12:20 PM
Is the Triple Crown impossible these days? Kentucky Derby winner Orb seeks to become the first horse to do it since Affirmed 35 years ago when he enters Saturday's Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes on June 8. It's the longest break between crown winners by a decade, fueling skepticism...
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Rick Snider: Nats get no points for fixing rainout policy
By Rick Snider | 05/09/13 09:45 PM
Rainouts are the worst. Greedy team officials are second. Sitting in Memorial Stadium as a young lad on the rare occasion dad took me to a Baltimore Orioles game, we'd wait for the official cancellation during rain hoping for a miracle. The ticket stubs were only good for the next day, and we...
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