Preakness 2013 Replay: Video, Highlights and Recap

Oxbow helped derail Orb's chase toward history as Gary Stevens jockeyed his horse to a nearly wire-to-wire upset win in the 138th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday afternoon.

Oxbow, trained by D. Wayne Lukas, finished in one minute, 57.54 seconds and won by one-and-three-fourths lengths. 

Two Kentucky Derby also-rans rounded out the money finishers. Itsmyluckyday, ridden by Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez and trained by Eddie Plesa Jr., took second. Mylute, ridden by Rosie Napravnik and trained by Tom Amoss, took third. 

Orb, who was trying to become the 13th winner of the first two legs of the Triple Crown since Affirmed swept all three races in 1978, just never mounted his finishing kick.

He did not appear to handle starting on the rail well in his fourth-place effort. He was looking to become just the second horse since 1961 to win the Preakness after starting in Post No. 1. 

The Associated Press tweeted the results: 

The race got off to a clean start with Oxbow and Goldencents setting the early pace. Oxbow never tired and finished strong. 

Check out the final results below:

Pos.	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Post	Payout
1	Oxbow	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	6	$32.80, $12.00, $6.80
2	Itsmyluckyday	John Velazquez	Eddie Plesa Jr.	9	$7.80, $5.00
3	Mylute	Rosie Napravnik	Tom Amoss	5	$5.20
4	Orb	Joel Rosario	Shug McGaughey	1
5	Goldencents	Kevin Krigger	Doug O'Neill	2
6	Departing	Brian Hernandez Jr	Albert M. Stall, Jr	4
7	Will Take Charge	Mike Smith	D. Wayne Lukas	7
8	Govenor Charlie	Martin Garcia	Bob Baffert	8
9	Titletown Five	Julien Leparoux	D. Wayne Lukas	3

*Results and payouts according to Bovada.

For Hall of Fame trainer Lukas, this was his sixth Preakness win. He now moves into second place all time on the Preakness victory list. The win moved him out of a tie with Bob Baffert and Thomas J. Healey. It leaves him behind only Robert Wyndham Walden, who won the Preakness seven times.  

Lukas certainly stood a good chance at claiming the top spot in the Preakness, as he had 33 percent of the field. Will Take Charge and Titletown Five are also Lukas horses.

Orb was so impressive in workouts leading up to the Preakness that Lukas, via the Block News Alliance's Rick Bozich, was inspired to say, "Orb's work the other day would make you not want to enter."

This was Lukas' 14th win in a Triple Crown race.

Bruce Beck of WNBC-TV tweeted this fun fact:

Hall of Fame jockey Stevens got his horse off to a strong start and was able to take the lead without having to set a punishing pace. 

Stevens sounded like he had a blast. ESPN Pittsburgh's David Todd passed along this quote from Stevens:

ESPN highlighted the impressive tally of accomplishments for Stevens:

Oxbow finished sixth in the Derby, and he tired after a fast opening pace. This time he benefited from the smaller field and a strong run.

Oxbow's win leaves the June 8 Belmont wide open. No matter what happens now, we will have to wait at least another year for a Triple Crown winner.