Horse Racing News

When the Kentucky Derby winner gets here for the Preakness Stakes, a groundswell of support often follows him.

Pleasant Prince did not succeed in the Florida Derby, so he has tried, and tried, and now will try again.

Blame, one of the unheralded members of the 3-year-old class of 2009, could be a significant player in the older horse division of 2010.

Derek Ryan's first appearance in the Preakness Stakes was as frustrating as it was rewarding.

Win the Kentucky Derby, and you don't get to pick the next start for your horse.

Seattle Smooth, who won the Grade 2, $150,000 Shuvee Handicap as the prohibitive favorite a year ago, will be odds-on again when she returns from an 11-month layoff to defend her title in Saturday's 35th running of the one-mile race at Belmont Park.

For the first time in three years, Zenyatta will not win the Grade 2 Milady Handicap for fillies and mares Sunday at Hollywood Park.

With Forever Together and Informed Decision in his barn, trainer Jonathan Sheppard has two of the elite older females in the country.

Hall of Famer and 1998 Horse of the Year Skip Away died of an apparent heart attack in his paddock Friday morning at Hopewell Farm in Midway, Ky., according to farm owner Rick Trontz.

Besides the 135th Preakness here Saturday, Pimlico also will run five other stakes on its 13-race card. Foremost among those undercard races is the $200,000 Dixie Stakes, a Grade 2 turf race at 1 1/8 miles.