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With all the GI Preakness S. entrants now on the grounds, Steve Sherack reports on Thursday's morning happenings from Pimlico, plus T.D. Thornton further examines medication testing procedures for the middle jewel of the Triple Crown... Friday's action from Old Hilltop includes the GII Black-Eyed Susan S. and the historic GIII Pimlico Special... Plus all you need to know from every other corner of the globe, including Europe, Asia and Australia.

The Bob Baffert-trained duo of GI Kentucky Derby hero American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) and Derby third-place finisher Dortmund (Big Brown) have drawn one-two for Saturday's GI Preakness S...Mr. Z (Malibu Moon) was a late addition to the eight-horse Preakness field after Calumet Farm purchased the chestnut from Zayat Stables Wednesday...Also, Steve Sherack gets the scoop on jockey Trevor McCarthy, who will celebrate his 21st birthday in a unique way Saturday...In other American news, the ARCI has added a new rule to crack down on people using performance enhancing drugs on...

Today's Preakness coverage includes the news that Materiality (Afleet Alex) will skip the middle leg of the Triple Crown and wait for the Belmont, Steve Sherack's tour of Baltimore's Inner Harbor and Bill Finley's discussion of Bob Baffert running another horse against his own Triple Crown hopeful American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile)... Bill Oppenheim discusses the success of first-season sires in Classic races following last weekend's French 1000 and 2000 Guineas... Plus group previews and news on several prominent European runners, including Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}), Toast of New York...

Bob Baffert is reunited with his Preakness duo and is pleased with what he saw ahead of Saturday's second leg of the Triple Crown. ... Andrew Caulfield examines the pedigree of Sunday's French 2000 Guineas winner Make Believe (Fr) (Makfi {GB}) and what his Classic win means for a resurgent French breeding industry. ...  Karaktar (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) will look to give the Aga Khan his second French Classic of the spring when he heads next to the May 31 G1 Prix du Jockey Club. All that and more...

Andre Fabre extended his record number of wins in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains with the surprising Make Believe (GB) (Makfi {GB}), while Ervedya (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) overcame her wide draw to take the fillies' version at Longchamp. ... "TDN Rising Star" Kentuckian (Tiznow) cruised to an easy victory in Sunday's GIII Laz Barrero, giving Rick Porter a graded double on the weekend in Arcadia. ... A pair of likely longshots in next week's GI Preakness S. tuned up, while another was ruled out of the second leg of the...