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

Pimlico hospitality team brings “magic of Preakness”
With the arrival of the Preakness at Pimlico, a 45-person team springs to action to give incoming horsemen the best experience they can.

“Life-changing” Witty looks live in McKay Turf Sprint
Owner-breeder-trainer Lizzie Merryman had offers on Witty, but they weren’t life-changing. He is, she says, as he heads into the Jim McKay Turf Sprint at Pimlico.
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
Podcast: Derby Bill talks Kentucky Derby
It’s Kentucky Derby time, and we unleash the man who has Derby in his name, Derby BIll Watson, to talk Derby to us and pick the top contenders.
Ethereal Road out of Kentucky Derby
Longshot Ethereal Road, the D. Wayne Lukas trainee who slipped into the Kentucky Derby, has been declared out.
Midlantic-breds in Kentucky Oaks Day stakes
With a bevy of stakes at Churchill Downs on today’s Kentucky Oaks day, there’s one Pennsylvania-bred in action in an undercard stake.
Kentucky Derby horse-by-horse analysis
With the Kentucky Derby upon us, our annual Kentucky Derby horse-by-horse analysis also makes its return, plus video of all the prep races.
Kentucky Derby memories: East versus West
Correspondent Jennifer Kelly recalls a favorite Kentucky Derby moment: when West Coast invader Sunday Silence and the East’s Easy Goer squared off.
Zandon installed as Kentucky Derby favorite
Blue Grass Stakes winner Zandon has been installed as the narrow 3-1 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby and will leave from post 10.
Shake Em Loose connex on fence for Preakness
Owner-trainer Rodolfo Sanchez-Salomon said he’s “not sure” if his claimer-turned-stakes winner Shake Em Loose will run in the Preakness.
Early Voting likely headed to Preakness
The lightly raced Early Voting is most likely headed to the Preakness rather than the Kentucky Derby, his trainer said.
Secret Oath could make Preakness start
Secret Oath, the D. Wayne Lukas-trained filly who finished third in the Arkansas Derby, could run in the Preakness, her trainer said.