Blood-Horse

Journalism may be in the record books as the seventh straight beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby (G1), but that doesn't mean trainer Michael McCarthy has lost any faith in his grade 1-winning 3-year-old colt.

Due to unsafe track conditions caused by the inclement weather, Delaware Park has cancelled the opening day race card scheduled for May 14.

An attorney for track operator Churchill Downs Inc. told the Louisiana Racing Commission May 13 that Fair Grounds Race Course would not proceed with its 2025-26 meet without legislative relief, according to published reports.

Pimlico Race Course will celebrate the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1) May 17, but it appears Mother Nature did not get the memo about the festivities as there is an abundance of rain in the forecast this week.

If you go back in time to the middle of March, "The Avengers" ownership group had a pretty impressive Triple Crown depth chart.

Ifurhappynuknowit, a full sister to the dam of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Sovereignty, topped the Fasig-Tipton May Digital Sale May 14, selling for $280,000 to Denali Stud. Ninety-eight horses sold for $3,786,000, with an average of $38,632.

Scheduled to join Burnham Square, the sixth-place finisher from the Kentucky Derby (G1), in the $400,000 Matt Winn Stakes (G3) June 8 at Churchill Downs is Coal Battle, 11th in the Derby.

The opening under tack show session for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale will now begin at 9 a.m. ET May 14, a one-hour delay from its originally scheduled start time of 8 a.m.

Early Epsom Derby (G1) favorite The Lion In Winter will make his highly anticipated return to action after being declared for the May 15 Dante Stakes (G2) at York.

Maiden Watch Preakness Edition

Porter on Pedigrees

Trainer Mike Maker and Sugoi are back to try for a repeat in the May 17 Louisville Stakes (G3T) at Churchill Downs.

The $150,000 Maryland Sprint Handicap (G3) lures quick horses to Pimlico Race Course to race six furlongs. Two of the race favorites—Booth and Concrete Glory—are speedsters, highly effective when racing three-quarters of a mile.

It was a relatively quiet May 13 morning at a soggy Pimlico Race Course as two of nine starters in the May 17 $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) jogged around the wet, sealed racetrack.

America's Best Racing compiles as schedule of racing on radio and television.

America's Best Racing provides quick looks at this year's Preakness runners.

As race spacing is considered today, some historical perspective on Preakness date.

Meet the jockeys riding in the Preakness Stakes (G1), the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown.

The Jockey Club Information Systems in association with the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities have published the 2025 International Cataloguing Standards Book, also known as The Blue Book.

Kyle Rothfus doesn't use the term aftercare to describe finding safe, long-term homes for racehorses after they retire from the track.