By Miriam Lee Two years before the first Kentucky Derby, in 1973 Pimlico ran a stakes race for 3-year-olds during its first-ever spring race meet. Maryland governor Oden Bowie named the race, whic...
Preakness Profile: Art Collector In the days leading up to Saturday’s 145th Preakness, usracing.com will be publishing profiles of the 11 horses entered in 2020’s final leg of the Triple Crown. By...
Preakness Profile: Liveyourbeastlife In the days leading up to Saturday’s 145th Preakness, usracing.com will be publishing profiles of the 11 horses entered in 2020’s final leg of the Triple Crown...
Filly Swiss Skydiver, Odds for the Preakness Stakes By Ray Wallin It’s been an odd year, 2020. Nothing has seemed normal. Of course, there’s the COVID-19 pandemic that is changing the way we live....
Preakness Draw: Derby Winner Authentic Tabbed 9-5 Favorite in 11-Horse Field By Richard Rosenblatt After lots of last-minute decisions, the 145th Preakness (G1) is set – a field of 11 was entered Mo...
By Richard Rosenblatt The filly is in, Pletcher is out, and the first Preakness (G1) contender has arrived at Pimlico Race Course. Let Preakness Week begin, or as many prefer to say, ‘Hi ho Pimlico....
By Richard Rosenblatt This is why horse racing is such a fantastic sporting event, with or without spectators: On the East Coast, a little-known 3-year-old colt named Andrez Conquist delivered the rac...
By Richard Rosenblatt Decisions, decisions, decisions. A few weeks ago, Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen acknowledged Pneumatic would show up for the 145th Preakness (G1) on Oct. 3, giving the trai...
By Margaret Ransom It’s hard to believe it’s been a decade since the great Zenyatta last won the race that would eventually bear her name – the Zenyatta Stakes (G2). The Hall of Fame mare had wo...
By Mike Farrell What a difference a horse makes, especially one as talented as Volatile. His abrupt retirement Monday with a hairline fracture stripped the Sprint Division of a leading performer. The ...
