More than $7.5 million in bonuses will be offered horsemen over Preakness weekend, along with races serving as qualifiers to international G1 events.
MidAtlantic Horse Rescue cofounder Bev Strauss has been named Honorary Postmaster for the 2024 Preakness.
The Bob Baffert-trained Muth, ineligible to compete in the Kentucky Derby, was favored in the final Preakness futures wager.
Mystik Dan held on in a three-horse photo to win a thrilling 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby.
Trainer Chelsey Moysey will return to Delaware Park and attempt to build on a solid 2023 campaign in which she finished fourth with 19 wins there.
Florida Derby winner and two-year-old champion Fierceness has been installed as the 5-2 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.
Trainer Jamie Ness, a winner of near 4,300 races and (so far) 11 Delaware Park training titles, will return to that track in a bid for a record-tying 12th.
Horses for trainer Mike Dini, who ultimately expects to have as many as 60 horses at Monmouth Park this summer, were the first to arrive at the Shore track.
Santa Anita Derby winner Muth, ineligible to run in the Kentucky Derby, nevertheless has been made the morning line Preakness future wager favorite.
Jockey Jevian Toledo, injured Sunday at Laurel Park, will be out until late June following surgery on his collarbone, while JG Torrealba is back in action.