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KENTUCKY DERBY – Medina Spirit
PREAKNESS STAKES – Rombauer
BELMONT STAKES – Essential Quality
LATEST NEWS
A Preakness about everything but the Preakness
Saturday’s 148th Preakness Stakes was a stirring duel to the wire. It put the cap on a strange week that seemed to be about everything but the race itself.
At Preakness, pols discuss Maryland racing’s future
From The Baltimore Banner: Preakness is a social, sporting, wagering – and political – event, where the future of Maryland racing was on most minds.
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
Midnight Bisou seizes NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
With the news about Maximum Security this week, Saudi Cup runner-up Midnight Bisou took the top spot in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll, with Authentic atop the 3-year-old poll.
Servis, Zacney hope Mischevious alex returns them to Derby
Mischevious Alex has plenty of talent – but will he be the one to take the Afleet Alex team back to the Kentucky Derby?
Mucho Gusto tops first 2020 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
Pegasus World Cup winner Mucho Gusto leads the first 2020 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll, while Tiz the Law atop the 3-year-old poll.
Triple Crown noms include 10 bred in Mid-Atlantic
The just-released list of Triple Crown nominees includes 10 horses bred in the Mid-Atlantic, including three stakes winners and six offspring of regional sires.
Monday Morning Qb may seek Withers score
Monday Morning Qb, winner of Laurel Park’s Heft Stakes in December, may hop the Derby trail in the Feb. 1 G3 Withers at Aqueduct.
Maryland-bred Torch of Truth set for bigger task
Torch of Truth won a race at Laurel Park Friday, but it’s his other job – as Derby hopeful Independence Hall’s workmate – that’s more important.
Derby futures, Fasig-Tipton sale, more: The week in social media
Supplemental entries spice up the Fasig-Tipton mixed sale next month, time to wager on Kentucky Derby futures, and more, in the Week in social media.
Bricks and Mortar tops final NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
With a win in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, Bricks and Mortar remained at the head of the class in the final NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll of 2019.
Bricks and Mortar leads pre-BC NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
Undefeated Bricks and Mortar continues to lead in the final pre-Breeders’ Cup edition of the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll, which was released Monday.
