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

Triple Crown: Florida Derby picks and analysis
Our analyst digs into today’s Florida Derby with picks and analysis as the sophs tackle this 100-point to the winner stop on the Triple Crown trail.

Triple Crown: Jeff Ruby Steaks picks and analysis
Our analyst digs into today’s Jeff Ruby Steaks with picks and analysis as the sophs tackle this 100-point to the winner stop on the Triple Crown trail.
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
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.
Joe resolute in Tesio triumph
It was a Mike Trombetta-trained exacta in Saturday’s Federico Tesio at Laurel Park, with Joe narrowly holding off stablemate Mr jefferson to win.