Preakness Profile: Happy Jack * The Racing Biz

Aaron previews the 2023 Springboard Mile Stakes from Remington Park, then gives his top picks & long shots from this Kentucky Derby (G1) prep race. There's a reason we're the #1 trusted source for premium racing picks & info. The $300000 Springboard Mile, the top stakes event at Remington Park for 2-year-olds, drew a field of nine. A trio of…

A strong second to Rich Strike, the surprising winner of the Kentucky Derby, Epicenter is the headliner of a field of nine set for Saturday's 147th edition of the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes. A brave runner-up in the Derby, the son of Not This Time is a three-time stakes winner for trainer Steve Asmussen. The biggest of his wins was the 1…

KY Derby Winner Rich Strike May Find Riches Again in Saturday's G2 Lukas Classic (Rich Strike / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike is back at Churchill Downs and trainer Eric Reed is hoping his prized colt will notch a third-career victory beneath the historic Twin Spires in Saturday's…

LOUISVILLE, Ky.- Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike is back at Churchill Downs and trainer Eric Reed is hoping his prized colt will notch a third-career victory beneath the historic Twin Spires in Saturday's $500000 Lukas Classic (Grade II). "Every time he comes to Churchill he's ready for game time," said Reed, who regularly ships the Kentucky…

Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike is back at Churchill Downs and trainer Eric Reed is hoping his prized colt will notch a third-career victory beneath the historic Twin Spires in Saturday's $500000 Lukas Classic (Grade 2). "Every time he comes to Churchill he's ready for game time," said Reed, who regularly ships the Kentucky Derby winner 85 miles…

The $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing on Saturday attracted six runners from the Kentucky Derby in field of 11 that includes four Grade 1 winners. The 1 1/8-mile Penn Derby is the final Grade 1 stakes race restricted to 3-year-olds that is run around two turns. The seven-furlong Malibu Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita on Dec. 26 is the final…

Future Plans for other Preakness Starters BALTIMORE, Md. - Fern Circle Stables, Back Racing LLC and trainer Kenny McPeek's Creative Minister, who finished third in Saturday's Preakness (G1) at Pimlico Race Course, will be pointed toward the Belmont Stakes (G1) June 11 at Belmont Park. McPeek said the colt will likely have a couple of half-mile…

With the Kentucky Derby in the rearview mirror, fans will turn their eyes toward the second jewel in horse racing's Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes. The 147th running of the race is set for Saturday at 7:01 p.m. ET at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, where nine horses are set to run the 1 3/16-mile course. Preakness hats turn heads Baltimore…

Rich Strike, the 80-1 shot ridden by Sonny Leon and trained by Eric Reed, mounted a furious and improbable rally to capture the 148th Kentucky Derby on May 7. He was not even in the field until another horse was scratched the day before the race. But after initially pointing the colt toward the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, Rich Strike's owner said…

Kentucky Derby runner-up Epicenter was set Monday as the 6-5 morning line favorite for the Preakness Stakes, which will be run without Rich Strike. The surprise Derby winner at 80-1 is not in the field of nine for Saturday's $1.65 million race. Rich Strike's owner felt the two-week turnaround did not give the colt enough rest and plans to enter him…

The draw for Saturday's 147th Preakness Stakes lacked the drama of a Kentucky Derby draw because the field is half its size. The draw was held at a lakeside restaurant in Baltimore on Monday if for no other reason than Pimlico Race Course is very old and shows every bit of its age. In fact, there were more mentions of the post-draw private event…

BALTIMORE (AP) - Kentucky Derby runner-up Epicenter was set Monday as the 6-5 morning line favorite for the Preakness Stakes, which will be run without Rich Strike. The surprise Derby winner at 80-1 is not in the field of nine for Saturday's $1.65 million race. Rich Strike's owner felt the two-week turnaround did not give the colt enough rest and…

The post position draw and morning line odds are set for the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes. The 147th running of the 1 3/16 miles Preakness is Saturday, May 21 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, MD. The Preakness is Race 13 with post time scheduled for 7:01 p.m. ET. Huge longshot Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike will bypass the Preakness and…

The Preakness Stakes' age-old form as the deceptively "shorter" centerpiece that has dashed many a Triple Crown dream will be turned on its head this year, as the 2022 top favorite Epicenter will attempt to turn the 147th running of the stakes into a rebound, of sorts, from his inability to hold the lead against a furious assault by longshot Rich…

The 2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby features points-paying preps Saturday in both Florida and California. Tampa Bay Downs hosts the Grade 3, $250000 Sam F. Davis Stakes, while the $100000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate. Both races award Derby points on a 10-4-2-1 basis. This is the last Saturday until April 16 that does not feature a Kentucky…

For Patrick O'Neill'15, horse racing has always been "the family business."His uncle Doug O'Neill is a world-renowned thoroughbred racehorse trainer who runs Team O'Neill Racing and trained 2012 Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another. Another uncle Dennis O'Neill is a well-known bloodstock agent, which is the horse racing equivalent of a scout.…

Cal-bred champ doing'Super' for Santa Ana; Mandella says United up to speed in training ARCADIA, Calif.- Doug O'Neill hopes The Great One rebounds from his disappointing fifth-place finish behind recently sidelined Life Is Good in the Grade II San Felipe Stakes on March 6 when he runs in the Grade I Runhappy Santa Anita Derby next Saturday, April…

So what is it about these Southern California-based horses that have made them so lethal the past seven years on the first Saturday in May? Dating to I'll Have Another in 2012, five of the past seven winners of the Kentucky Derby had ties to the Southland. The two Triple Crown champions, American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify last year, both called…

After a dominant performance in the Kentucky Derby, Nyquist enters the Preakness Stakes as a substantial favorite to take the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown. While a small handful of Derby contenders will return in an attempt to knock Nyquist from his perch, much of the field is likely to be made up of newcomers looking to prevent a…

The posts are drawn. The odds are set. Now all that's left is actually running the 142nd Kentucky Derby. Saturday's race features a favorite on par with where American Pharoah sat a year ago. Around this time last year, Pharoah was a 3-1 favorite. That distinction now goes to Nyquist, who is attempting to follow Pharoah's path to Triple Crown…

The draw for the $1.65 million, Grade 1 Preakness Stakes was held Monday afternoon in Baltimore. Epicenter, runner-up in the Kentucky Derby, was named the 6-5 favorite in the morning line. Trained by Steve Asmussen, Epicenter drew the No. 8 post position in the field of nine going 1 3/16 miles at Pimlico Race Course. Along with Epicenter, the field…

The 147th running of the Preakness Stakes will break Saturday night from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Post time is set for 7:01 p.m. EST and the race will be televised on NBC. There will be one very notable absence on the track, however. Rich Strike, winner of the Kentucky Derby, will sit out and not attempt to win horse racing's Triple…

The 147th running of the Preakness Stakes Saturday at Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore has a tough act to follow after a shocking Kentucky Derby. Rich Strike, who only drew into the Derby when Ethereal Road was scratched the Friday before the race, rallied along the inside under a brilliant ride from Sonny Leon in the stretch to win at odds of…

The sports world has been turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, and there's no better example of the seismic shifts occurring than horse racing's Triple Crown: The Belmont Stakes on Saturday opens the series this year, rather than closes it. The Kentucky Derby - normally run on the first Saturday of May - has been moved to Sept. 5 and the…