The grey Napoleon Solo claimed the one hundred and fifty first running of Preakness Stakes … the second leg of the Triple Crown … outgunning Iron Honor in the home stretch to score under a hard ride from Paco Lopez. The fourteen-strong field was the largest since the same number… Read More »
There will be no Triple crown winner in the US this season with the connections of the Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo deciding to bypass the second leg … the Preakness … in favour of allowing their history making winner more time to recover from the strenuous, come from behind… Read More »
Ron Turcotte, the legendary jockey who partnered with Secretariat to capture the 1973 Triple Crown, has died at his home in Drummond, New Brunswick. He was 84. Turcotte passed away on Friday from natural causes, his family confirmed. Born in Canada, Turcotte rose from humble beginnings to the heights of… Read More »
In this COVIT changing world of international racing has the 146th Kentucky Derby of 1¼ miles become a ‘prep’ for the Breeders’ Cup World Championship at Keeneland on 6,7 January, now 9 weeks later. To be run at Churchill Downs on Saturday 5 September, the Kentucky Derby offers the best… Read More »
There will be no Triple Crown winner this year with Country House ruled out of the second leg, the Preakness Stakes, because of illness. Country House was promoted from second to first in the Kentucky Derby after the controversial disqualification of Maximum Security as the winner for causing interference. But… Read More »
Maximum Security’s owner Gary West is unsure whether the colt will run in the Preakness Stakes as he ponders an appeal against his disqualification as the winner of the Kentucky Derby. West says he realises the appeals process could extend well beyond the second leg of the Triple Crown at… Read More »
Justify will jump from barrier one in the Belmont Stakes as he bids to win the final leg of United States thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown. Justify has been installed the 4-5 favourite to add Saturday’s Belmont Stakes (2400m) to his Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes victories. If he can, he… Read More »
Kentucky Derby winner Justify has fought his to victory in the Preakness Stakes to keep his Triple Crown hopes alive. The Bob Baffert-trained colt held off several hard-charging challengers in the fog on a sloppy track similar to the conditions he encountered in the DErby at Churchill Downs. Baffert trained… Read More »
Kentucky Derby winner Justify has kept the Triple Crown alive with victory in the second leg, the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in Baltimore. The race was run in atrocious conditions with the Bob Baffert-trained colt holding off Derby runner-up Good Magic in driving rain. Baffert trained the most recent Triple… Read More »
View the results and replay for the 2018 Preakness Stakes. ThePreakness Stakes was raced at Pimlico racecourse on 20/5/2018. Replay: Just one step away from the Triple Crown – Justify wins the @PreaknessStakes! pic.twitter.com/ZcQihtBiRl — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) May 19, 2018 Results: 1st: Justify 2nd: Bravazo 3rd: Tenfold
View the final field for the 2018 Preakness Stakes. The Preakness Stakes will be run on Sunday 20th May at Pimlico racecourse. Time: 8:00am AEST – 6pm (Saturday 19th May ET) Distance: 1900m Class: Group 1 Have Your Say: Who do you think will win the Preakness Stakes? – Comment… Read More »
Kentucky Derby winner Justify has drawn gate seven for the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore where he will attempt the second jewel of US thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown. Field 🏆: View the Preakness Stakes Field Ridden by Mike Smith, Justify won the Derby as the favourite earlier this month and now… Read More »
Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming has finished out of the money in the Preakness Stakes with Cloud Computing running down Classic Empire in the final strides to win by a head. Cloud Computing (13-1) was one of five fresh horses in the Preakness who didn’t run two weeks ago in… Read More »
Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Charismatic has died unexpectedly aged 21. Charismatic, whose bid for the 1999 Triple Crown ended when he fractured his leg near the finish line in the Belmont Stakes, died on Sunday at Old Friends thoroughbred retirement farm in Kentucky. Charismatic was found dead in… Read More »
Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist will make his return in the Group One Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park. Last year’s two-year-old United States champion, Nyquist suffered his first defeat at his ninth start when third in the Preakness Stakes. He missed the Belmont Stakes because of an elevated white cell count… Read More »
Creator has pulled off an upset win in the Belmont Stakes, closing fast to claim Destin by a nose. The Steve Asmussen-trained colt was unplaced in the Kentucky Derby and did not run in the Preakness Stakes but relished the extra distance (2400m) in the final leg of the Triple… Read More »
Exaggerator has turned the tables on Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist to win the Preakness Stakes on a rain-soaked Pimlico track. The runner-up in the Derby, Exaggerator handled the conditions with ease and raced away in the straight. Exaggerator was ridden by Kent Desormeaux for his trainer-brother Keith.
In four attempts, Exaggerator has yet to get past Nyquist but his trainer Keith Desormeaux is prepared to try again in the Preakness Stakes. Exaggerator has narrowed his losing margin against Nyquist in each race, finishing 1-1/4 lengths behind in the Kentucky Derby. A determined Desormeaux keeps trying to convince… Read More »
Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist will start from gate three as the overwhelming favourite in the 11-horse field for the Preakness Stakes. Unbeaten in eight races, Nyquist was installed the 3-5 favourite after the draw on Wednesday (Thursday AEST). Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who will saddle rival Collected, says… Read More »
Kentucky Derby third placegetter Gun Runner will miss the Preakness Stakes, leaving a likely field of 11 for the middle leg of the Triple Crown at Pimlico. Gun Runner would have been the third choice in the Preakness. His absence tightens the focus on Nyquist and Exaggerator, the top two… Read More »
