Way up north at Assiniboia, Mongolian Wind has made a name for himself by rallying to victories in the Manitoba Derby and Gold Cup S. racing 1 1/8 miles.
Category: Preakness Stakes
Betting information, handicapping picks, expert analysis and more on the Preakness Stakes
The Road to the Kentucky Derby wrapped up on Saturday with the Pegasus S., a 1 1/16-mile event at Monmouth Park awarding qualification points to the top four finishers on a 20-8-4-2 basis.
Authentic’s Haskell Stakes victory Saturday may have eroded his faith among Kentucky Derby futures bettors. But he gained new Breeders’ Cup ground in early wagering.
Although Dean Martini isn’t nominated to the Triple Crown, the up-and-coming gelding burst onto the Kentucky Derby scene in a big way.
If all three of Baffert’s leading hopes make it to the starting gate, however, it’s a curious fact that he hasn’t won the Derby when he’s had three starters (1999, 2006, 2019).
A $2 million-guaranteed Late Pick 4, encompassing the most important and historic stakes held at Pimlico on Preakness Day, is a good sequence we’re hoping doesn’t chalk out. Here’s how we’ll play…
by Nicole Schiveley When was the last time the Preakness Stakes (G1) was run with the absence of the Kentucky Derby’s (G1) top three finishers? It was 68 years ago, to be…
Although the post-time favorite recently went on a long and unprecedented winning streak in the Kentucky Derby (G1) (2013-18), the Preakness (G1) is generally considered the more formful of the three Triple…
The dozen contenders expected in Saturday’s Preakness (G1) bring notable pedigrees into the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown. Although none is by a Preakness winner, three are grandsons of champions who’ve…
For the first time since 1951, the principals from the Kentucky Derby (G1) are all absent from the Preakness (G1). But if the Middle Jewel doesn’t lend itself so much to a…
As has become more often the case in recent years, “new shooters” will outnumber Kentucky Derby (G1) participants when the field for the $1.5 million Preakness (G1) takes to the track at…
When first thinking about the “Race of the Year” topic, I couldn’t settle on just one. Enable’s historic victory in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) was on the short list, for the…