Showalter, horse owned by Orioles' Angelos, wins 1st career race
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Buck Showalter wasn't able to guide the Baltimore Orioles to the playoffs in 2015, but a different Showalter gave Orioles owner Peter Angelos a reason to smile this weekend.
Decorated in Baltimore-familiar orange and black at the Laurel Park race track on Sunday, Showalter, a 2-year-old horse owned by Angelos with the same name as the Orioles' skipper, ran in its first career race, coming in first and earning $29,640.
Not only did Showalter come in first, but it also managed to beat out a horse by the name of "Yankee Tar," striking a coincidental connection between a race track and one of the toughest divisions in baseball in the American League East.