Wrestler-turned-jockey Nik Juarez, a long way from his rebellious youth in Maryland, is expected to ride American Promise in the Kentucky Derby.
Maryland-bred Hello Hot Rod — training in Kentucky for Arizona-based owner George Sharp — will return home for a hoped-for Tesio-Preakness double.
Our Preakness Memories series reaches back to tell the stories of past Preakness winners. Here, 2004 winner Smarty Jones.
Our Ghosts of Preakness Past series celebrates past editions of the Middle Jewel. Today: 2013, when Oxbow spoiled another Triple Crown dream but brought Gary Stevens and D. Wayne Lukas back to the heights of victory.
Royal Mo suffered a fractured sesamoid during a work this morning at Pimlico and will miss the Preakness but is expected to make a full recovery.
Mor Spirit, a Pennsylvania-bred son of Eskendereya, took the Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita Park to stamp himself the top Derby contender in the West.
Gary Stevens will not participate in the Jockey Challenge on Black-Eyed Susan day at Pimlico; the Challenge will have 7 of the 8 active Hall of Famers.
Over the next couple of weeks, The Racing Biz will celebrate the holidays by sharing a few of our favorite things: pictures, articles, and videos from 2013.
In a sport where jockeys are the only human athletes, you’d think their voices would be loud and clear in policy discussions. You’d be wrong.