The fifth time was the charm for Exaggerator. In four previous races Nyquist came out on top. But today on a sloppy track at Pimlico Exaggerator got his revenge and ended this year’s Triple Crown hopes. The 2016 Preakness winner was able to overtake a tiring Nyquist that appeared to have spent too much in […]

The Preakness field is set for the 141st running of the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, Maryland.  Eleven horses aim to grab the middle jewel in the Triple Crown but only one, Nyquist, can keep the dream of winning the Triple Crown alive. The weather report for Pimlico shows rain on Saturday so it may be interesting

There were no surprises in the 2016 Kentucky Derby results. The top four favorites finished the race in top four order. Nyquist is now 8-0 in his career. Jockey Mario Gutierrez is now 2-0 in the Kentucky Derby. Danzing Candy roared out to the lead and Nyquist settled in just behind. As they came down

The field for the 2016 Kentucky Derby is set and the post positions have been drawn.  This years race starts with the added excitement carryover from American Pharoah’s Triple Crown winning year.  The 37 year drought ended in 2015… does it start again or will another Triple Crown winner emerge this year? 2016 Kentucky Derby

It was simple math… Jockey Victor Espinoza’s 3rd attempt times Trainer Bob Baffert’s 4th attempt = American Pharoah the 12th Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Horse Racing winner. The 37 year drought is over. 3 year old American Pharoah took the early lead and went wire to wire never being challenged as he extended his lead

The field is set for another shot at a Triple Crown winner at Belmont Park this weekend. The 147th Belmont Stakes features 7 challengers in American Pharoah’s bid to become the first horse to win the Triple Crown since 1978. Post Position Horse Trainer Jockey Odds 1 Mubtaahij Michael de Kock Irad Ortiz Jr. 14-1 2

American Pharoah has won the 140th Preakness Stakes. Trainer Bob Baffert is now 4-0 in wins at the Preakness after winning the Kentucky Derby. And in three weeks jockey Victor Espinoza will get his third shot at the Triple Crown. It was a dark and stormy day in Baltimore, Maryland as the top three horses

The post positions and opening race odds are out for the 2015 Preakness Stakes field. This year a small but deep field will battle it out in the 13th race at Pimlico on Saturday, May 16th. Favorite and Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah gets the #1 gate which hasn’t produced a winner in the Preakness

Will 2015 be the year for a Triple Crown winner? That is question on the minds of horse racing pundits and fans now that American Pharoah has won the Kentucky Derby. The Bob Baffert trained colt powered down the stretch to overtake Dortmund and Firing Line in the Derby but is he strong enough to win

Today the betting favorite was the winner as the 5-2 odds American Pharoah stormed past stablemate Dortmund and Firing Line to take the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby in front of a record crowd of 170,513. American Pharoah is the aptly named bay colt of owner Ahmed Zayat the Egyptian turned American citizen. Trainer