Horse Racing

Kentucky Derby runner-up Epicenter has been set as the morning line favorite for the Preakness. Derby winner Rich Strike is not in the field of nine for the second jewel of horse racing's Triple Crown.

Rich Strike will not run in the Preakness after his major upset to win the Kentucky Derby, keeping horse racing from having a Triple Crown winner for a fourth consecutive year.

As favorite Epicenter and Zandon engaged in a duel at the front, Rich Strike stole the show with the second-biggest upset in the Derby’s 148-year history.

Medina Spirit has been stripped of the victory in last year’s Kentucky Derby and Mandaloun has been declared the winner in a ruling by state racing stewards.

A New York federal judge has nullified the suspension of horse trainer Bob Baffert, finding that the New York Racing Association acted unconstitutionally by failing to let him respond adequately to the claims.

Back in1996 at Yakima Meadows, three horses crossed the finish line simultaneously creating a triple dead heat -- one of the rarest feats in all of sport!

Medina Spirit is set to run in the Preakness on Saturday to go for the second leg of the Triple Crown, as long as the Kentucky Derby winner passes a series of additional drug tests.

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit is headed to Baltimore for the Preakness Stakes while trainer Bob Baffert says he won’t attend the race to avoid being a distraction

Tiz The Law, a 4/5 favorite and winner of the first jewel of horse racing's elusive Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes, finished 1 1/4 lengths behind Authentic (8-1) which led the entire race wire-to wire.

The fastest two minutes in sports will also be the quietest in Kentucky Derby history. Churchill Downs will not have 23,000 physically distanced, masked fans at Saturday’s race.