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KENTUCKY DERBY – Medina Spirit
PREAKNESS STAKES – Rombauer
BELMONT STAKES – Essential Quality
LATEST NEWS
VIDEO: Talking Mage with Gustavo Delgado, Jr.
Our Gary Quill caught up with Gustavo Delgado, Jr., the co-owner and assistant trainer of Preakness contender (and Derby winner) Mage.
Photo gallery: Preakness Tuesday
The Preakness favorite, Black-Eyed Susan favorite, and fastest Preakness winner of all were at Pimlico Tuesday. Here’s Allison Janezic’s gallery of the day.
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
Motion headlines Saturday’s “Off to the Races” radio show
“Off to the Races on The Racing Biz Radio Network” returns February 18 with a special focus on the graded stakes at Laurel Park.
El Areeb to make next start in the Gotham
Kentucky Derby hopeful El Areeb will make his next start March 4 in Aqueduct’s Gotham Stakes, his trainer said.
Little movement in NTRA polls
McCraken and Arrogate lead the latest NTRA Top 3-year-old and Top Thoroughbred Polls.
Florida Derby under consideration for El Areeb
Laurel Park-based sophomore El Areeb’s trainer Cal Lynch has added the Florida Derby to his list of races under consideration.
Midlantic-breds top 3-year-old divisions
A pair of Midlantic-breds — Irish War Cry (NJ) and Unique Bella (PA) — moved to the heads of their divisions with dominant weekend victories.
Irish War Cry goes to head of NTRA class
Undefeated sophomore Irish War Cry is the nation’s top-rated three-year-old in the latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll.
Irish War Cry powers to Holy Bull triumph
New Jersey-bred Irish War Cry delivered an emphatic win in the Holy Bull Saturday and now looks to be a serious Kentucky Derby contender.
El Areeb romps to Withers triumph
Favored El Areeb made it three straight stakes wins, and burnished his Kentucky Derby resume, with an easy score in the Withers Stakes today.
NJ-bred Irish War Cry tackles big boys in Holy Bull
Undefeated sophomore Irish War Cry will tackle champion 2-year-old Classic Empire and graded winner Gunnevara in Saturday’s G2 Holy Bull.
