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

Fierceness installed as Kentucky Derby favorite
Florida Derby winner and two-year-old champion Fierceness has been installed as the 5-2 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.

Muth tabbed as Preakness futures favorite
Santa Anita Derby winner Muth, ineligible to run in the Kentucky Derby, nevertheless has been made the morning line Preakness future wager favorite.
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
Maryland-bred Our Braintrust to tackle G3 Withers
Maryland-bred Our Braintrust, now with new connections, aims to get on the Derby trail in Saturday’s G3 Withers Stakes at the Big A.
Alex Zacney “hoping to make some memories” with Maximus Mischief
Alex Zacney, now 19, was too young to recall much of his father’s near-Triple Crown with Afleet Alex. But he’s hoping 2-year-old Maximus Mischief might provide the family a similar ride.
Weekend results shuffle NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
Some weekend surprises have led to some reshuffling of the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll.
After DQ, Monomoy Girl drops a spot in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
First past the post but DQed in the Cotillion, Monomoy Girl had insult added to injury when she dropped a spot in the latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll.
NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll steady as horses near next starts
The latest NTRA Top Thorougbhred poll was virtually unchanged as most runners near their final Breeders’ Cup preps.
Woodward hero Yoshida new to NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
Turf-to-dirt Woodward winner Yoshida checked in seventh on the latest NTRA Top Thorougbhred poll.
Triple Crown hero Justify retired from racing
Justify, the undefeated Triple Crown hero, has been retired from racing with what trainer Bob Baffert called “some filling in his ankle.”
Monomoy Girl making strong move in Top Thoroughbred Poll
Monomoy Girl’s fourth Grade 1 win of the season this past weekend catapulted her to third in the latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll.
Justify near-unanimous as leader of Top Thoroughbred Poll
Only one of 42 voters in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll picked Justify as the nation’s top runner.