Horse Racing

7:09 PM ET Related Press BALTIMORE — Early Voting held off hard-charging favourite Epicenter to win the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, validating the choice to skip the Kentucky Derby and intention for the second leg of the Triple Crown. Early Voting stalked behind the leaders for a lot of the race earlier than transferring into

6:29 PM ET Related Press BALTIMORE — Canada-bred Interstatedaydream mounted a daring stretch run to carry off favourite Adare Manor and win the $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Friday. Ranging from the ninth put up, Interstatedaydream received for the third time in 5 profession begins and has by no means completed

7:12 AM ET ESPN Sports activities Betting The 147th operating of the Preakness Stakes will happen Saturday on the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Whereas Kentucky Derby winner Wealthy Strike will sit out the race, this yr’s Preakness will likely be attention-grabbing to look at with Derby runner-up Epicenter and Kentucky Oaks winner Secret

10:17 AM ET ESPN Sports activities Betting The 147th working of the Preakness Stakes will happen Saturday on the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Whereas Kentucky Derby winner Wealthy Strike will sit out the race, this yr’s Preakness might be attention-grabbing to look at with Derby runner-up Epicenter and Kentucky Oaks winner Secret Oath

12:51 AM ET Related Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky horse racing stewards have suspended Brad Cox, coach of 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Mandaloun, for 10 days with a $500 high-quality and have disqualified colt Warrior’s Cost for a failed postrace drug take a look at after the Stephen Foster Stakes final June at Churchill Downs.

5:41 PM ET Related Press BALTIMORE — Kentucky Derby runner-up Epicenter was set Monday because the 6-5 morning line favourite for the Preakness Stakes, which can be run with out Wealthy Strike. The surprise Derby winner at 80-1 just isn’t within the subject of 9 for Saturday’s $1.65 million race at Pimlico. Wealthy Strike’s proprietor

1:25 PM ET ESPN Information Companies Kentucky Derby long-shot winner Wealthy Strike won’t run within the Preakness Stakes on Might 21. Proprietor Rick Dawson mentioned in an announcement: “Our unique plan for Wealthy Strike was contingent on the KY Derby, ought to we not run within the Derby we’d level towards the Preakness, ought to

2:54 PM ET Related Press The jockey of Kentucky Derby upset winner Wealthy Strike is presently serving a four-day suspension handed down by Ohio racing stewards that his agent mentioned will not stop him from driving the horse in subsequent week’s Preakness. Stewards final week suspended Sonny Leon for careless driving within the third race

7:08 PM ET ESPN Information Providers LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With favourite Epicenter and Zandon dueling in entrance, Wealthy Strike got here charging up the rail within the closing strides for a surprising 80-1 upset within the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Jockey Sonny Leon guided Wealthy Strike from far again within the 20-horse area to beat

7:24 PM ET Related Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Secret Oath charged from pack to seize the lead from Yuugiri and off favourite Nest by two lengths Friday within the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, giving 86-year-old coach D. Wayne Lukas his fifth Oaks win and first since 1990. Coming off a third-place run behind colts

12:38 PM ET ESPN Information Providers Corridor of Fame coach Bob Baffert, who’s banned from the Kentucky Derby, is on a mission to revive two legacies — his personal and that of Medina Spirit, who was stripped of the 2021 victory after testing constructive for an anti-inflammatory remedy following the race. “I have never had

6:56 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The 148th operating of the Kentucky Derby kicks off Triple Crown season. The race for the elusive crown begins this Saturday at Churchill Downs with Zandon because the 3-1 morning-line favourite. Our focus strikes to pari-mutuel betting, which is totally different from the traditional sports activities betting futures we’re

12:45 PM ET ESPN.com employees The 148th operating of the Kentucky Derby will happen Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Zandon, leaving from the ten publish, opened because the 3-1 morning-line favourite after Derby publish positions had been launched Monday, adopted carefully by Epicenter at 7-2 from the third place. Submit time for Saturday’s

12:20 PM ET Related Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A deal for Drug Free Sport Worldwide to police remedy in horse racing was introduced Tuesday, two months earlier than the Horseracing Integrity and Security Authority takes impact. The U.S. Anti-Doping Company had been set to change into the regulator for anti-doping and drugs management for

4:31 PM ET Related Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Zandon and filly Nest are the morning-line favorites for the 148th Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, respectively, at Churchill Downs, which is able to host each marquee races at full capability for the primary time since 2019. Zandon, educated by Chad Brown, drew 3-1 odds on Monday

12:35 PM ET Related Press A retired New York State Supreme Courtroom Justice on Wednesday beneficial a two-year suspension for Bob Baffert after the two-time Triple Crown-winning coach’s listening to with the New York Racing Affiliation. The ruling by O. Peter Sherwood is just not a last choice. Baffert’s camp and NYRA every have seven

7:34 PM ET Related Press ARCADIA, Calif. — A filly died Tuesday after struggling a coaching harm at Santa Anita, the monitor’s second such demise in two days and fifth this yr. Cayton Child, a 4-year-old filly skilled by Gary Stute, suffered a musculoskeletal harm throughout coaching on the Arcadia monitor, in response to the

9:42 AM ET Related Press The Kentucky Derby tv broadcast shall be produced by a girl for the primary time within the 148-year historical past of the race. Lindsay Schanzer is the brand new senior producer for NBC Sports activities’ Derby protection, overseeing the community’s horse racing manufacturing. It is her tenth Derby however her