While it may have lost most of its mainstream appeal once GI Kentucky Derby winner Country House (Lookin At Lucky) and original Derby winner Maximum Security (New Year's Day) dropped out of consideration, what's been left in their wake in Saturday's GI Preakness S. is a deep, competitive field of 13 horses looking to stake [...]

BALTIMORE, MD–Ken McPeek had a clear plan last winter for how to get his over-achieving colt Signalman (General Quarters) to the GI Kentucky Derby. After an encouraging juvenile campaign than included a victory in the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. and a clear third at 67-1 in the GI Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile, McPeek [...]

BALTIMORE, MD–Radio host Steve Byk, turf writer Bob Ehalt and the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance highlighted honorees at Thursday morning's Alibi Breakfast at Pimlico, one of the longest-running traditions in the Triple Crown. A crowd of hundreds gathered in the Terrace Dining Room in the track's clubhouse to celebrate Preakness week as the Charm City oval [...]

BALTIMORE, MD–After a fairly quiet Wednesday morning over Pimlico's main track, activity spiked dramatically Thursday morning, as 10 of the 13 horses entered in Saturday's GI Preakness S. made appearances in front of a steadily growing crowd of onlookers. First on the track at around 6:10 a.m. was Bourbon Lane Stable and Lake Star Stable's [...]

Marshall Gramm is a numbers guy. Imbued with economics teachings and a lifelong horseplayer, he understands risk and reward, and when it makes sense statistically to take the plunge and invest heavily into something. So when his Ten Strike Racing syndicate found themselves with a potential Triple Crown contender who wasn't nominated to the series, he agonized. [...]

It was a relatively quiet morning Wednesday at Pimlico, with most of Saturday's GI Preakness S. contenders slated to arrive by van later in the day or Thursday morning, but Gary Barber's War of Will (War Front) strutted his stuff over the main track with a spirited gallop after just jogging the oval Tuesday. The [...]

Patrons at Belmont will get a very early look at a multiple Grade I winner Saturday, as Klaravich Stables' Separationofpowers (Candy Ride {Arg}) headlines the GIII Vagrancy S. in her 4-year-old debut, carded as the day's first race. A slam-dunk 'TDN Rising Star' when unveiled with an 11 3/4-length romp two summers ago at Saratoga, the [...]

Expectations have been high for Robert and Lawana Low's Intrepid Heart (Tapit) ever since he hammered for $750,000 at OBS April, and they've grown to the point where the imposing gray will be a clear favorite to punch his ticket to the GI Belmont S. in Saturday's GIII Peter Pan S. at Big Sandy. Opening [...]

Last May, trainer Chad Brown brought in a good-looking gray European import off of a Group 1 placing to make her North American debut in the GIII Beaugay S. at Belmont. A Raving Beauty (Ger) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) won impressively before going on to pick up two Grade I victories. It wouldn't be a big surprise if the [...]

Aidan O'Brien's participation in American racing is usually restricted to a couple of marquee days on the calendar, but, likely sensing an opening with many of the top U.S. turf horses having just run in the GI Woodford Reserve Turf Classic S. last week, the European training legend ships over a pair of contenders for [...]

GI Kentucky Derby winner and 'TDN Rising Star' Country House (Lookin At Lucky) has been ruled out of a start in the GI Preakness S. May 18 after coughing and developing a fever, trainer Bill Mott told TDN Tuesday. The story was first reported by Daily Racing Form. “He was coughing and we decided to [...]

The imposing presence of Klaravich Stables and Bill Lawrence's Bricks and Mortar (Giant's Causeway) has not scared off the competition in Saturday's GI Old Forester Turf Classic S., and the 5-year-old will have to overcome the 12-hole in the deep 13-horse group. Winning four in a row to begin his career, including tallies in the [...]