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It was like the first day back at school at Churchill Downs, where racing resumed Thursday. It is also where the first points prep for the 2022 Kentucky Derby – the Iroquois Stakes – will be run Saturday night. Since the race has never produced a Derby winner, it becomes an even better bet when horseplayers handicap it on its own merits. On that score, it may come as a surprise to learn who among trainers has dominated the Iroquois in recent years.

Impressive Juvenile Winner Echo Zulu Earns 92 Beyer At Saratoga Sponsored by: Echo Zulu breaks her maiden at Saratoga L and N Racing and Winchell Thoroughbreds Echo Zulu asserted herself as a rising star with a 5 ½-length debut triumph in a maiden special weight on Opening Day at Saratoga for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen. The 2-year-old daughter of leading freshman stallion and 2017 Horse of the Year Gun Runner, who also was trained by Asmussen and owned by Winchell, tracked m...

Rumor — or perceptual reality — has it that the Churchill Downs calendar has three days on it. There is the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May. The day before is the Kentucky Oaks. And the day after lasts 8,712 hours, taking in all of three seasons and most of a fourth without much to write home about. It is easy for haters to use the calendar at the Home of Racing for target practice. Lord knows the racebook cartel in Nevada has been doing that for 606 days and counting. But days ...

Sponsored by: Ricardo Santana celebrates Silver States win in the G1 Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park After running his win streak to six with a conquest of the Grade 1, $1 million Hill N Dale Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., Silver State has plenty of options on the table said co-owner Ron Winchells racing and bloodstock advisor David Fiske. Trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, the son of Hard Spun carried five straight triumphs into the prestigious one...

All eyes are on the Preakness to see what will happen next in horse racing’s latest chapter of drama. “If Medina Spirit goes and wins the Preakness on Saturday, the general public is going to just immediately say, ‘Oh, well, look, there’s still something funny going on,’” NBC Sports betting analyst Matt Bernier said. “If he doesn’t run well for whatever reason, the general public will still look at it and say, ‘See, something funny was going on in the Kentucky Derby.’ It’...

Posted: May 14, 2021 5:45 PM ET | Last Updated: May 14 Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness entrant Medina Spirit runs a training session and Pimlico Race Course on Wednesday. On Friday, the horse passed drug tests and was cleared to race in the second leg of the Triple Crown.(Julio Cortez/The Associated PRess)

Rombauer springs big Preakness upset, Medina Spirit third Preakness entrant Rombauer works out during a training session ahead of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Baltimore. (Source: APAP Photo/Julio Cortez/AP) By Associated Press | May 15, 2021 at 4:04 PM EDT - Updated May 16 at 6:22 PM BALTIMORE (AP) — Rombauer left Medina Spirit behind — and put horse racing’s latest controversy on the back burner. Little-known Rombauer sprung a...

146th Preakness, the week in photos 1 of 23 France Go de Ina arrived at Pimlico Race Course Saturday night to prepare for the 146th running of the Preakness Stakes May 15. The Kentucky-bred colt, based in Japan with trainer Hideyuki Mori, will become the first horse from Japan to compete in the Preakness since Lani in 2016 and the first Japanese horse to compete in a Triple Crown race since Master Fencer ran in the 2019 Belmont. France Go de Ina, a chestnut colt by W...

Preakness Notes: Winchell Hoping For Better Start From Midnight Bourbon Sponsored by: Midnight Bourbon stretching his legs at Pimlico Ron Winchell, who campaigns Louisiana Derby (G2) runner-up Midnight Bourbon in the name of his familys Winchell Thoroughbreds, said hes trying to keep his enthusiasm in check about their chances in Saturdays 146th Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico. “Its hard not to be overly optimistic,” Winchell, the Las Vegas entrepreneur and co-owner of Kentucky D...

Sponsored by: Steve Asmussen-trained Midnight Bourbon working at Churchill Downs prior to the Kentucky Derby Winchell Thoroughbreds Midnight Bourbon had the easy workout typical of a Steve Asmussen-trained horse five days before a race, covering the half-mile distance in 50.20 seconds at Churchill Downs on Monday morning. The Kentucky Derby (G1) sixth-place finisher is scheduled to van to Pimlico Race Course early Tuesday for a scheduled start in Saturdays 146th Preakness Stakes (G1)....