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Rich Strike
10
Jun
  • Eric Reed
  • handicapping
  • Rich Strike
  • Triple Crown

Rich Strike won’t win the Belmont. Here’s why

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 6
  • 4 min read

Rich Strike shocked the world when he won the Kentucky Derby at 80-1. History says don’t look for a repeat in the Belmont.

Creative Minister
07
Jun
  • Eric Reed
  • Mo Donegal
  • Nest
  • Rich Strike
  • Rodolphe Brisset
  • Todd Pletcher
  • Triple Crown
  • We the People

We the People installed as Belmont favorite

  • The Biz / 4 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Despite the presence of Kentucky Derby hero Rich Strike, Peter Pan winner We the People is the 2-1 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.

Rich Strike
15
May
  • Eric Reed
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness
  • Rich Strike

Eric Reed: “If it was four weeks, we’d have been” in Preakness

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Trainer Eric Reed said Saturday the decision to bypass the Preakness with Derby winner Rich Strike was “absolutely” because of the short turnaround time.

Rich Strike
13
May
  • Kentucky Derby
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Preakness
  • Rich Strike
  • Tom Chuckas
  • Triple Crown

Rich Strike offers argument for Triple Crown change

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 5
  • 6 min read

Rich Strike’s defection from the Preakness is one more argument for changing the series’ configuration to acknowledge changes in horsemanship.

Rich Strike
12
May
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness
  • Rich Strike
  • Rick Dawson

Rich Strike will skip the Preakness

  • The Biz / 4 years
  • 5
  • 3 min read

In a stunning development, Rich Strike will bypass the Preakness, owner Rick Dawson said in a statement.

Rich Strike
12
May
  • Kaymarie Kreidel
  • Kentucky Derby
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness
  • Rich Strike
  • Triple Crown

Rich Strike, the pony, the bite, and the controversy

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 6
  • 8 min read

After winning the Kentucky Derby, Rich Strike tried to take a bite out of a pony, prompting a forceful outrider response – and a bit of a firestorm.

Rich Strike
10
May
  • Kentucky Derby
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness
  • Rich Strike
  • Triple Crown

What history says about Rich Strike’s Preakness chances

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 3
  • 4 min read

Lovable longshot Rich Strike was the kind of out-of-the-clouds head-scratcher of a winner the Kentucky Derby produces. How do they fare in the Preakness?

Rich Strike
09
May
  • Eric Reed
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness
  • Rich Strike

Eric Reed living his – and his father’s – Derby dream

  • Press Release / 4 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

Trainer Eric Reed, who plans to run Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike in the Preakness, is living both his and his dad’s racing dream.

Rich Strike
08
May
  • Antonio Sano
  • D. Wayne Lukas
  • Epicenter
  • Eric Reed
  • Ethereal Road
  • Happy Jack
  • Joe
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness
  • Rich Strike
  • Secret Oath
  • Shake Em Loose
  • Simplification
  • Steve Asmussen

First look at potential Preakness starters

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Rich Strike is “probably” coming to the Preakness, trainer Eric Reed said Sunday morning. Who’ll join the Derby winner in the starting gate?

Rich Strike
07
May
  • Churchill Downs
  • Eric Reed
  • Kentucky Derby
  • Rich Strike
  • Sonny Leon

Rich Strike posts Kentucky Derby shocker for the ages

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 4
  • 5 min read

Rich Strike, who barely got into the Kentucky Derby field and was 80-1 at post time, scored an upset for the ages, and for the little guy and gal.

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