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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 an 11-1 upset to win the Preakness on Saturday, passing Bob Baffert’s Kentucky Derby winner to end ...
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 Will Take Charge, who raced in the 2013 Preakness, arrived in California on Wednesday to quarantine. ...
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 family's Winchell Thoroughbreds, said he's trying to keep his enthusiasm in check about their chances in Saturday's 146th Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico. “It's hard not to be overly optimistic,” Winchell, the Las Vegas entrepreneur and co-owner of Kentucky Downs as well as an internationally prominent owner and breeder, said by phone. “He's doing gre...
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 Saturday's 146th Preakness Stakes (G1). “He's doing great, wonderful physically. I'm excited to run him in the Preakness,” said Asmus...