Kentucky Derby News

An ultra-competitive field of 12 will go postward in Saturday’s $100,000 Winning Colors Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs. The affair for fillies and mares lacks a standout and my focus will be on a pair of contenders to challenge for the top prize...

War of Will appears poised to be the only horse to compete in all three Triple Crown events this spring as the Preakness (G1) winner heads an early list of possible entries for the $1.5 Belmont Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park on June 8.
The longest of the...

Two years ago, trainer Mark Casse endured a tough loss in the Preakness (G1) with his juvenile champion Classic Empire, who was edged in the final yards by Cloud Computing after dueling most of the way with Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming.
Two...

The Louisville Stakes at Churchill Downs on Preakness Day
A competitive field of seven will travel 1 ½ miles on The Churchill Downs turf in Saturday’s feature, the $100,000 Louisville Stakes (G3). Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s SOGLIO...

A perennial Preakness (G1) storyline – newcomers to the Triple Crown scene test their mettle against the proven competitors coming out of the Kentucky Derby (G1) – takes on heightened relevance this year. That’s mainly because the first...

No maiden has won the Preakness Stakes (G1) since 1888 when Refund topped a field of four. That could all change on Saturday when Bodexpress runs in the 144th edition of the middle jewel of the Triple Crown at Pimlico Race Course.
Trained by Gustavo Delgado,...

A baker's dozen of sophomores will travel 1 3/16 miles at Pimlico in Saturday's $1.5 million Preakness Stakes (G1). The middle jewel of the Triple Crown is without the top-three finishers in Louisville two weeks ago, but an excellent field...

“And here’s the race we’ve been waiting for!”
Race caller Trevor Denman expressed the thoughts of racing fans as Sunday Silence and Easy Goer, two future Hall of Famers each on a mission in the 1989 Preakness (G1), came to grips...

Ten Strike Racing and Madaket Stables' Warrior's Charge has dominated a pair of allowance fields at Oaklawn Park en route to being entered in the $1.5 million Preakness (G1) at Pimlico on Saturday. The three-year-old colt, who was not Triple...

Rupp Racing's Owendale earned his way into Saturday's $1.5 million Preakness (G1) at Pimlico with a 1 3/4-length score in the Lexington (G3) at Keeneland.
Owendale didn't send signals that he would be a classic performer early on in...