Belmont Stakes 2021 Preview: Can Rombauer Repeat Against A Tough Field?Belmont Stakes is set for early Saturday evening, with Essential Quality as the favorite but Rombauer looking for another win.
Medina Spirit Drug Test Confirmed; Derby Win In JeopardyTrainer Bob Baffert's lawyer says a split-sample test of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit came back positive for the presence of the steroid betamethasone.
Horse Racing Has More Questions Than Answers Post-Preakness As Focus Remains On Bob Baffert And MedicationAfter a week dominated by the failed drug test of trainer Bob Baffert's Kentucky Derby-winning Medina Spirit, horse racing enjoyed a rare moment to celebrate at the Preakness when unheralded Rombauer gave owners John and Diane Fradkin and trainer Michael McCarthy a victory in their first Triple Crown race.
Rombauer Wins The Preakness Stakes, Medina Spirit In The MoneyRombauer wins the Preakness Stakes.
Preakness Fans Happy To Watch Live Horse Racing Again At PimlicoThe horns inside Pimlico could be heard from one end of the race track to the other -- the Tune of 146 awaited!
Maryland's Charlie Marquez Is One Of America's Youngest Jockeys, Races At PimlicoBorn and raised in Columbia, Maryland, some of Charlie Marquez's first memories are of the Pimlico Race Course.
Preakness Is 1st Horse Race To Make Digital Souvenir NFTsAnyone who has ever wanted a personal video copy of Secretariat's 1973 Preakness victory or a digital rendering of the race's Woodlawn Vase — and an actual 28-inch replica of the trophy to go with it — is in luck.
Medina Spirit Permitted To Enter Preakness, Maryland Jockey Club SaysDespite a failed drug test after the Kentucky Derby, Medina Spirit will be able to run the Preakness in Baltimore Saturday.
Bob Baffert No Stranger To Failed Drug Tests By His HorsesBob Baffert could make some unwanted history if Medina Spirit becomes only the second Kentucky Derby winner to be disqualified for a failed drug test.
Medina Spirit's Kentucky Derby Win In Jeopardy After Failed Drug Test, Still Expected At PreaknessChurchill Downs has suspended trainer Bob Baffert after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a post-race drug test.
Optimism Rising About Future Of Pimlico With Rebuild LoomingPimlico is still that old, historic place as it's set to host the 146th Preakness on Saturday. While Bob Baffert-trained Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failing a postrace drug test hangs over this year's Preakness, there's a renewed sense of long-term optimism about the home of the second jewel of horse racing's Triple Crown.
How Pimlico Race Course Kept Jockeys Safe During COVID PandemicWhen COVID struck last year, everything at Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore stopped.
Mandaloun And Essential Quality Won't Run In PreaknessKentucky Derby favorite Essential Quality and runner-up Mandaloun will not run against Medina Spirit in the Preakness, trainer Brad Cox said Thursday.
10,000 Fans Allowed In Pimlico Race Course At Preakness 146 In May, No InfieldFestThe Maryland Jockey Club announced Tuesday that a "socially distant, limited crowd" of 10,000 people will be allowed to join in on the festivities on Saturday, May 15 at Pimlico Race Course.