KENTUCKY DERBY – Medina Spirit
PREAKNESS STAKES – Rombauer
BELMONT STAKES – Essential Quality
LATEST NEWS

Preakness: John Velazquez to ride Sandman
With his Derby rider headed elsewhere, Sandman will partner with John Velazquez in Saturday’s 150th running of the Preakness Stakes.

Preakness: McCarthy “very pleased” with Journalism
Trainer Michael McCarthy recent flew from his California base to Churchill Downs to see Preakness entrant Journalism and said he is “very pleased.”
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
Lukas “enjoying every minute” of Preakness 150
Trainer D. Wayne Lukas, a Preakness lover through and through, is back at age 89 with Virginia Derby winner American Promise.
Evenly matched field set for G2 Black-Eyed Susan
A field of nine will contest Friday’s Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan at Pimlico, and it’s a wide-open group that could be a linemaker’s nightmare.
Journalism to run in Preakness
Kentucky Derby runner-up Journalism has been cleared for a run in the Preakness, his owners said Sunday.
The pianist, the racetracker, the dog: Pimlico’s ghosts
Pimlico, a one-mile dirt oval bounded by generations of our collective memory, serves as the final home for racetrackers, bettors, even a dog.
Junior Alvarado sounds off on hefty Derby crop fine
“Extremely ridiculous,” jockey Junior Alvarado called a $62,000 fine he received for excessive crop use aboard Sovereignty in the Kentucky Derby.
Preakness: Sandman may try his luck
Sandman, seventh in the Kentucky Derby and previously headed to the Belmont, is now under consideration for the Preakness Stakes.
Preakness: A Baltimore-bred’s Pimlico memories
Longtime handicapper Gary Quill has been going to Pimlico for more than 60 years. Here’s what he’ll remember as a new facility replaces the old.
Rodriguez now out of Preakness
Rodriguez, the Bob Baffert trainee who won the Wood Memorial but was forced to skip the Kentucky Derby, now is also out of the Preakness.
Preakness: Journalism not yet in, not yet out
The connections of Journalism, beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby, said Thursday they are keeping the Preakness “in play” for his next start.