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The first under-tack show of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale concluded May 14 with seven juveniles tying for the fastest furlong at :10 1/5. A colt by Complexity breezed the fastest quarter-mile in :21 4/5.

In an era when trainers are loathe to run their horses on a short amount of rest, Hall of Famers Bob Baffert and D. Wayne Lukas are the gold standard when it comes to running in and winning the Preakness Stakes (G1) on two weeks' rest.

Group 1-winning mare Benedetta (AUS) will head to the Queensland Winter Carnival with the 5-year-old's trainer Jason Warren looking forward to starting the 2024 Goodwood (G1) winner off in the May 17 Doomben Ten Thousand (G1).

The second session of the under tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale will now begin at 9 a.m. ET May 15, a one-hour delay from its originally scheduled start time of 8 a.m.

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association praises the House Ways and Means Committee for passing a tax bill through their committee that includes 100% bonus depreciation. This is one of the first hurdles the bill needed to cross to become law.

Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse said he's not worried about the two-week turnaround for Preakness Stakes (G1) contender Sandman, but the uncertainty of track condition could be a concern.

With much of the weekend's racing action taking place at Pimlico Race Course, a field of six 3-year-old fillies clash on the lawn on the opposite coast in Santa Anita Park's $100,000 Honeymoon Stakes (G3T) May 18.

Following an allowance win over a sloppy track at Keeneland, trainer Brendan Walsh is confident that Godolphin's Paris Lily is reaching her best form ahead of the $300,000 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) at Pimlico Race Course May 16.

When the horses break from the starting gate for the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course there won't be more than nine runners. That's becoming a trend that hasn't been matched for the race in more than 30 years.

A homebred for the family of the late Harvey Clarke, Gosger returns his family's bloodline to the Triple Crown when he races May 17 in the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course.

Trikari, a grade 1-winning millionaire by Oscar Performance, tries to end a three-race slide and return to the winner's circle in the $250,000 Dinner Party Stakes (G3T) May 17 at Pimlico Race Course.

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.