There are seven 100 point-scoring races left as the Triple Crown trail heats up en route to the May 1 Kentucky Derby. Who’s rising?
In today’s BackTracks, the story of Linus McAtee, the diminutive jockey nicknamed Pony who fashioned a huge career.
Maryland’s top performers honored, Derby day attendance, and jockeys behaving badly, in the week in social media.
Jockey Alexander Crispin won the Eclipse Award for top apprentice, while Derby-Breeders’ Cup winner Authentic was named Horse of the Year.
Jockey John Velazquez is 0-for-9 in the Preakness and last year got dumped leaving the gate. Now, with Authentic, he’s got a shot to break his maiden.
Kentucky Derby winner Authentic is probable for the Preakness as long as everything goes to plan, and Tiz the Law remains a possible candidate.
Authentic went for the lead early and held them off late to win the 2020 Kentucky Derby.
What are the odds? No, really, what are they – the Kentucky Derby odds, that is. The latest odds and info.
The Kentucky Derby is upon us, the Preakness will be fan-free, and the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic yearling sale has a bumper crop, in the week in social media.
Protests, and the nation’s reckoning with race and racism, arrived at racing’s front door this week. The sport will need to make some choices.