The Bob Baffert-trained Arabian Knight was plenty impressive in winning Saturday’s Southwest Stakes but did not early any Kentucky Derby points.
In a thriller at Monmouth Park, Mind Control fought back to defeat Hot Rod Charlie narrowly, topping a Haskell preview day with four stakes.
In a three-way thriller, Red Ghost managed to get her nose down on the wire to win the Grade 3 Miss Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.
It wasn’t going to be Bob Baffert’s year, but yet again it was as his trainee Medina Spirit scored a front-running upset in the Kentucky Derby.
In today’s “10 stories that mattered,” the issues of race with which the nation has struggled came to horse racing.
The Jockeys’ Guild will seek to overturn a new New Jersey rule which prohibits the use of the riding crop except for safety purposes.
Kentucky Derby winner Authentic dominated the Breeders’ Cup Classic to cap a successful day – and tumultuous period – for trainer Bob Baffert.
Jockey John Velazquez is 0-for-9 in the Preakness and last year got dumped leaving the gate. Now, with Authentic, he’s got a shot to break his maiden.
Yaupon ran his record to a four-for-four with a dominant front-end score in the Grade 3 Chick Lang Stakes to top the Preakness Thursday card at Pimlico.
The protests after the killing of George Floyd led racing organizations to issue statements – but many wonder where people of color are in the conversation.