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Memorial Day Weekend features outstanding racing across the country, including Saturdays six-stakes card at Churchill Downs that culminates with the Aristides Stakes. The Race 10 anchor is a 6-furlong sprint that attracted a field of 10. The sequence of stakes also includes the Grade 3 Matt Winn and Grade 3 Regret. The Aristides is named after the first Kentucky Derby winner in 1875.

Laki goes after his third straight victory at Pimlico Race Course in Saturday’s $150,000 Maryland Sprint (G3).

A sure sign that spring has arrived in Maryland with summer not far behind, is the annual running of the Preakness Stakes at the Pimlico Race Course, and it happens for the 146th time this Saturday.

A fan at Pimlico looks at the program on Preakness day in 2019. (Penelope P. Miller/Americas Best Racing) For a race that has 146 years of history behind it, the Preakness Stakes is an incredibly modern even. Half elite day of horse racing, half festival, the middle jewel of the Triple Crown (comprised of the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes) has evolved into a destination event for sports and music fans across the country. If you’re new to the Preakness Stakes, we...

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AP Sportlight May 1 1920 — Joe Oeschger of the Boston Braves and Leon Cadore of the Brooklyn Dodgers both pitch 26 innings in a 1-1 tie, the longest game in major league history. 1943 — Count Fleet, ridden by Johnny Longden, wins the Kentucky Derby by three lengths over Blue Swords. 1948 — Citation, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, wins the Kentucky Derby by 3½ lengths over Coaltown. It’s Citation’s toughest race in winning the Triple Crown. 1965 — The Montreal Canadiens beat the Chicago Bl...

Australia: A Champagne End To The Sydney Autumn Carnival Sponsored by: Converge (6-1) carried high weight to win the Fernhill, and is therefore advantaged under the Champagne’s set weights versus those he vanquished The Championships at Randwick may have come and gone, but Sydneys final two Group One races of the Autumn Carnival, the Champagne Stakes and All Aged Stakes, headline a 9-race card at Randwick this Friday night. Live-stream the card on the new Sky Racing World App or wat...

Top Oklahoma-Bred Welder Preparing For Rare Out-Of-State Appearance At Oaklawn Park Sponsored by: Trainer Teri Luneack and her star sprinter Welder at Ra-Max Farms in Claremore, Okla. Oaklawn will run two $1 million races Saturday (Apple Blossom and Oaklawn Handicap) and have a millionaire running in an allowance event when Welder makes a rare appearance outside Oklahoma for trainer Theresa Sue Luneack and owner Ra-Max Farms LLC. Oklahoma-bred Welder is the 2-1 program favorite for t...

C Z Rocket Gets The Best Of Whitmore Again In Count Fleet Sprint Handicap Sponsored by: C Z Rocket defeats Whitmore in the Count Fleet Sprint Handicap Winning for the seventh time in eight races since being claimed for $40,000 last April, the 7-year-old City Zip gelding C Z Rocket defeated  sprint champion Whitmore for the second time in a row on Saturday, taking the Grade 3, $500,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap by two lengths at Oaklawn in Hot Springs, Ark. Ridden by Florent Geroux ...