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KENTUCKY DERBY – Medina Spirit
PREAKNESS STAKES – Rombauer
BELMONT STAKES – Essential Quality
LATEST NEWS
Experts’ Kentucky Derby picks
It’ll be a 20-horse cavalry charge in the Kentucky Derby. Who’ll win? How to make sense of it? We asked our experts.
Experts’ Kentucky Derby undercard stakes picks
Today’s Kentucky Derby day card has plenty of stakes action before the big race. We asked our experts to share their selections.
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
One strange Preakness season kicks off… strangely
Derby winner Country House won’t contest the Preakness – first time in 23 years that’s happened – and that’s only one part of the strangeness.
Signalman “fresh” for Preakness date
Signalman, unraced since a third-place effort in the Blue Grass, is Preakness-bound after not drawing into the Kentucky Derby.
Improbable looms top Preakness contender
Kentucky Derby fourth-place finisher Improbable is Preakness-bound, his trainer said.
Maximum Security seizes top spot in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
With the Kentucky Derby upon us, Omaha Beach retains the lead among three-year-olds in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll.
Preakness probables watch: Country House connex leaning towards run
Trainer Bill Mott said he was leaning towards bringing Country House to Baltimore for the Preakness.
Bourbon War “probable” for Preakness
G2 Fountain of Youth runner-up Bourbon War is probable for the May 18 Preakness Stakes, his trainer said.
Some thoughts on the Kentucky Derby DQ
The first-ever Kentucky Derby disqualification for an in-race infraction has generated plenty of controversy. Our thoughts…
War of Will “probably” Preakness-bound
Trainer Mark Casse said Sunday that War of Will, the troubled eighth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, will likely come to the Preakness.
Country House scores Kentucky Derby upset – via DQ
Country House’s ran second, and the stewards did the rest, DQing winner Maximum Security and elevating Country House to the top spot in the Kentucky Derby.
