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KENTUCKY DERBY – Medina Spirit
PREAKNESS STAKES – Rombauer
BELMONT STAKES – Essential Quality
LATEST NEWS
Experts’ Preakness Stakes picks
It’s Preakness day in Maryland. Who’ll win the big race? How to make sense of it? We asked our experts.
Experts’ Preakness Stakes undercard stakes picks
Today’s Preakness Stakes day card has plenty of stakes action before the big race. We asked our experts to share their selections.
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
Greene “never dreamed something like” Luna Belle
Deborah Greene cracks up at the idea that she always knew that she’d own racehorses. How could you imagine one like Luna Belle?
Preakness longshot Fenwick “not up here joking”
Fenwick is — deservingly — the longest shot in the Preakness. But trainer Kevin McKathan says they didn’t come to Baltimore for the crabcakes.
Owners making big bet on Creative Minister
Recent allowance winner Creative Minister is taking the expensive route to the Preakness: via a supplemental nomination of $150,000.
Preakness horse-by-horse analysis
With the Kentucky Derby in the rearview mirror, we turn our attention to Pimlico and the Preakness with our horse-by-horse analysis.
Tango Tango Tango hopes to dance in Dinner Party
The Grade 1-placed Tango Tango Tango will aim for his first graded victory in Saturday’s Grade 2 Dinner Party Stakes at Pimlico.
Off the Pace: A quartet of memorable Preakness stretch runs
In a new “Off the Pace”: Mike Valiante remembers four editions of the Preakness where the final quarter-mile proved absolutely thrilling.
Gallorette: Motion hoping Crystal Cliffs set for big outing
Trainer Graham Motion has 11 horses set to run at Pimlico over Preakness weekend, including Crystal Cliffs in the G3 Gallorette.
Ethereal Road among key Sir Barton contenders
While trainer D. Wayne Lukas is known for taking big swings, with 3-year-old Ethereal Road he’s taking a more conservative path.
Adare Manor favored in wide-open Black-Eyed Susan
A bulky field of 13 will face the starter in Friday’s Black-Eyed Susan, including morning line favorite Adare Manor and local hopeful Luna Belle.
