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KENTUCKY DERBY – Medina Spirit
PREAKNESS STAKES – Rombauer
BELMONT STAKES – Essential Quality
LATEST NEWS
Early look at possible Preakness starters
Kentucky Derby winner Mage is likely for the May 20 Preakness, if all goes well, and runner-up Two Phil’s is possible. Here’s who else might be coming.
Like magic, Mage takes Kentucky Derby
The lightly raced Mage parlayed a perfect setup and a deft ride by jockey Javier Castellano into a Kentucky Derby triumph.
PREAKNESS ENTRIES
- Simplification (6-1)
- Creative Minister (10-1)
- Fenwick (50-1)
- Secret Oath (9-2)
- Early Voting (7-2)
- Happy Jack (30-1)
- Armagnac (12-1)
- Epicenter (6-5)
- Skippylongstocking (20-1)
PREAKNESS NEWS
Goldberg, Awesome Speed take a Preakness shot
Awesome Speed doesn’t have the best resume in Saturday’s Preakness, but trainer Alan Goldberg figured it’s worth “taking a shot.”
25 years ago, Hansel kicked off Virginia renaissance
“You give me 90 days, we could win a race at Charles Town,” says Frank Shipp, who managed ’91 Preakness winner Hansel’s career.
Preakness Moments: Steve Byk
Steve Byk, the radio voice of Thoroughbred racing, recounts a time when some detective work led to a big Preakness score.
Preakness Moments: Bruce Quade
Nobody knows more about what the Preakness means to Maryland than state racing commissioner Bruce Quade, who shares a Preakness moment.
Nyquist odds-on, breaking from post three in Preakness
Undefeated Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist was installed as the 3-5 morning line favorite and will break from post three in the Preakness.
Nyquist to be saddled in indoor paddock
Kentucky Derby champion Nyquist will eschew the tradition of saddling on the Pimlico turf course and instead be saddled inside, trainer Doug O’Neill said.
10 years since Barbaro, laminitis still a challenging foe
Ten years after Barbaro broke down in the Preakness and later succumbed to laminitis, fighting that disease remains a tricky, uncertain undertaking.
Preakness Moments: Gabby Gaudet
What’s it like to ride (and be injured by) a Preakness runner? Maryland racing analyst Gabby Gaudet provides the answer in today’s Preakness Moments podcast.
Preakness notes: Arrivals and defections
Yet more horses arrived at Pimlico today for Saturday’s Preakness, while the connections of two contenders opted to pass on the Middle Jewel.
