Kentucky Derby hero will meet a speedy pair from trainer Bob Baffert's stable including Arkansas Derby winner Muth.
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Retired NFLer caused the horseracing community to rebel after he claimed on his podcast 'New Heights' that Secretariat raced on steroids.
Jockey Ellis was absent from North American racing for 16 years but is back and on a roll; old-timer Lapochka hanging in.
Woodstock Stakes winner Midnight Mascot makes the King's Plate list, as does mate Essex Serpent, both owned by the Conrads.
Arkansas Derby winner Muth and eight others may go postward in the second jewel of the American Triple Crown at Pimlico.
The series at Assiniboia Downs, Century Mile, and Hastings has some additional incentives this year, including $25,000 in bonuses.
The 2023 Champion Three-Year-Old is currently pursuing a U.S. campaign for owners Terry Hamilton and Murray House.
Play the Music and Candy Overload won the weekend stakes, while many different owners and trainers won other races.
Mystik Dan's sire Goldencents is from four generations of Canadian-bred mares including two from the late breeder Phil Kives.
Derby winner Mystik Dan, runner-up Sierra Leone and third-place colt Forever Young not expected for the Preakness Stakes.
Kentucky native Elliott Logan's TEC Stable and his Woodbine trainer Martin Drexler won the Modesty Stakes on Kentucky Oaks day.
Second with top fillies in the Kentucky Oaks three times, Ken McPeek gets a victory with Thorpedo Anna, a $40,000 purchase.
Graded stakes-winning mares battle in the Saturday feature at Woodbine; track hosts Kentucky Derby party on May 4.
How good is 2023 champion City of Troy? We will find out in the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday when the colt returns.
A strong field of 14 will race for Oaks glory on Friday at Churchill Downs, including the brilliant Tarifa, champion Just F Y I and others.
