...is near the top of his game and this fanciful, back-to-the-future tale is still intact, it will finally be Shug McGaughey's turn to go for horse racing's biggest prize. Not that he's about to get ahead of himself."Freaky things...

...really settled in well. He seems to be energetic about what he's doing so I couldn't be more pleased," trainer Shug McGaughey said on a warm and sunny Friday morning. "We're excited about giving him a whirl to see if we can get it done...

...followed, like smacking his head in the starting gate in his second race. But a two-month break allowed trainer Shug McGaughey to work out the colt's gate issues, and by his fourth start, Orb had found the winner's circle ? a two-length...

...the Preakness, frustrating everyone who made the Kentucky Derby winner a 3-5 favorite ? no one more than trainer Shug McGaughey."I'm disappointed," McGaughey said after Orb finished fourth and Oxbow pulled off the upset Saturday."I'll...

...saddle."I've always been impressed with not only her riding skills, but her competitiveness," said Org trainer Shug McGaughey, who has employed Napravnik in the past. "She wants to be a great jock, she's very, very confident of herself...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Now that Shug McGaughey has won the Kentucky Derby, it's time for the 62-year-old trainer to go after another race missing from his Hall of Fame...

BALTIMORE - The Preakness draw was over, and trainer Shug McGaughey listed a variety of reasons why he was OK with having Kentucky Derby winner Orb starting Saturday's race from the rail.Then...

...the muck Saturday at Churchill Downs, the jockey rode Orb down the outside to victory, giving himself and trainer Shug McGaughey their first Derby wins.Rosario showed a bit more joy than the laid-back McGaughey for many reasons, the most...

...with no definitive favorite.Orb is the pre-race choice, just barely. Nearly overshadowed is his trainer, Shug McGaughey, who really, really wants this race. Doug O'Neill trying to win back-to-back. And then there's the threat...

...in a match race against Derby winner Foolish Pleasure in 1975. Orb was his first Kentucky Derby starter.Trainer Shug McGaughey has been alongside Phipps and Janney for nearly 30 years. The family's horses - including undefeated champion Personal...