Horse Racing

Early Voting handed Epicenter another Triple Crown heartbreak on Saturday, holding off the Kentucky Derby runner-up to win the $1.65 million Preakness Stakes. Well-rested after sitting out the Kentucky Derby, Early Voting validated the decision by trainer Chad Brown and owner Seth Klarman to skip the first jewel of US flat racing’s Triple Crown. “They

Early Voting edged betting favorite and Kentucky Derby runner-up Epicenter to with the 147th running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. Early Voting trailed 18-1 longshot Armagnac early in the race before taking the lead from the outside on the final turn. Epicenter charged from the inside, but secured the same second-place finish he did

6:29 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Canada-bred Interstatedaydream mounted a bold stretch run to hold off favorite Adare Manor and win the $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Friday. Starting from the ninth post, Interstatedaydream won for the third time in five career starts and has never finished out of the

The Kentucky Derby was a blast when Rich Strike shocked the field as an 80-1 long shot with one of the most spectacular closing stretches in horse racing history. The fun didn’t last though with the news that Rich Strike’s handlers chose not to run him in Saturday’s 147th running of the Preakness Stakes at

TIMONIUM, MD – The final session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale under-tack show, delayed an hour by overnight rains, concluded with 11 juveniles sharing the fastest furlong time of :10 flat, while a filly by Violence turned in the day’s fastest quarter-mile work of :21 1/5 Thursday in Timonium. The Top Line

Creative Minister makes his stakes debut in the Preakness. “When he ran in his maiden race at Gulfstream, it was the wrong distance,” trainer Ken McPeek said. “We really were trying to get a mile and a sixteenth into him, but the race didn’t fill. But his seven-eighths race was impressive. I was actually happy

2022 Alibi Breakfast The Preakness trophy at the Alibi Breakfast. 2022 Alibi Breakfast Date: 05/19/2022 The Alibi Breakfast is a Pimlico tradition that dates back to the 1930’s. On the porch of the historic Clubhouse, owners, trainers, and press would discuss the horses over coffee each morning during training hours. Some of the greatest tales

Fenwick shipped in overnight, arriving Wednesday morning. Trainer Kevin McKathan said, “I’ve always considered I’ve been training [all along]. It’s just that this is an opportunity that presented itself. It’s kind of like, ‘If we’re going to run, and we’re going to try to run in a Triple Crown race, why not run him in

1:25 PM ET ESPN News Services Kentucky Derby long-shot winner Rich Strike will not run in the Preakness Stakes on May 21. Owner Rick Dawson said in a statement: “Our original plan for Rich Strike was contingent on the KY Derby, should we not run in the Derby we would point toward the Preakness, should

12:51 AM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky horse racing stewards have suspended Brad Cox, trainer of 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Mandaloun, for 10 days with a $500 fine and have disqualified colt Warrior’s Charge for a failed postrace drug test after the Stephen Foster Stakes last June at Churchill Downs. The test found

2022 Preakness Tuesday Photos The Preakness Stakes barn Preakness Tuesday Photos Date: 05/17/2022 Several of the Preakness horses arrived at Pimlico on Wednesday afternoon, including favorite Epicenter, Early Voting, and Armagnac. Weather today was warm, but is supposed to get hotter for the weekend with temperatures pushing in to the 90’s with only a tiny

5:41 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Kentucky Derby runner-up Epicenter was set Monday as the 6-5 morning line favorite for the Preakness Stakes, which will be run without Rich Strike. The surprise Derby winner at 80-1 is not in the field of nine for Saturday’s $1.65 million race at Pimlico. Rich Strike’s owner felt

2022 Preakness Entries 2022 Preakness Entries Secret Oath winner of the Kentucky Oaks. Preakness Poll Who will win the 2022 Preakness? Updated: 05/16/2022 Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike is sitting out the Preakness, but a field of 9 was entered on Monday for the 146th Preakness Stakes. Kentucky Derby runner-up Epicenter is the morning line

Kentucky Derby hopeful Epicenter is bathed on the backside at Churchill Downs. May 4, 2022 Here’s a look at horses considered possible to run in the $1.5 million, Grade 1 Preakness on May 21 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Preakness 2022: Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike will skip for Belmont Horses are listed in

Preakness Weather Forecasts The old clubhouse cupola at Pimlico which serves as the winner’s circle for the Preakness. Preakness Weather Forecasts As the big day approaches, everyone starts to wonder what the weather will be like on Preakness day in Baltimore. Here is a collection of various weather resources you can check and try to

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Epicenter (Not This Time) remained on target for Saturday’s GI Preakness S. after a 1 1/2-mile gallop at Churchill Downs Sunday morning. “He seems to be pretty sharp,” Scott Blasi, who oversees trainer Steve Asmussen’s Churchill division, said of the GI Kentucky Derby runner-up and likely Preakness favorite. “I love how he’s doing.

2022 Preakness Contenders 2022 Preakness Contenders Rich Strike winner of the Kentucky Derby. Preakness Poll Who will win the 2022 Preakness? Updated: 05/12/2022 It is on to Baltimore for the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes (G1). Secret Oath, winner of the Kentucky Oaks (G1), is a confirmed new entrant to the

The chase for the Triple Crown will have to wait another year. Rich Strike, the surprise long shot winner of the Kentucky Derby, will not compete in the Preakness next weekend. Instead, the horse will next run at the Belmont Stakes in June. The decision for trainer Eric Reed and owner Rick Dawson came down