This is the story of an obscure big-league baseball journeyman from a half-century ago and the Preakness Stakes horse that bears his name. Jim Gosger is the former ballplayer, now an 82-year-old Michigan man who bounced around the Majors in the 1960s and ’70s with six different clubs, was the last batter to face immortal pitcher Satchel Paige, and who was once declared dead by the New York Mets.
Category: Horse Racing News
Racing royalty: Mullins trains King’s Irish runner
King Charles III and Queen Camilla send their racehorse Reaching High to be trained in Ireland by Willie Mullins, while Whirl triumphs at York.
Racing royalty: Mullins trains King’s Irish runner
King Charles III and Queen Camilla send their racehorse Reaching High to be trained in Ireland by Willie Mullins, while Whirl triumphs at York.
Goal Oriented the Pick to Give Bob Baffert Ninth Preakness Win
The 150th running of the $2 million, Grade 1 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico will be run without Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve winner Sovereignty, who is skipping the race and is expected
