While the Kentucky Derby qualifying point system may deter a filly from running for the roses, is there hope for the girls looking to tackle the boys in the Preakness? Not this year, as the …

Once upon a time, for a trotter to become the Hambletonian champion, it had to win two races in one day. In those days, there were two eliminations and, in the final, if one of those elimination …

Every year after the dust settles on the Kentucky Derby (GI), racing fans turn their heads east and focus on Baltimore and the Preakness Stakes (GI) where those left standing after battling under the Twin …

The winter of 2018-2019 has been a difficult one for the sport of horse racing, aka the Sport of Kings. It has suffered from horse shortages, drug issues and 23 horses died at Santa Anita …

Since 1960, just 10 of 279 non-Kentucky Derby starters have won the Preakness Stakes. That’s a 3.6 percent win rate, a 0.36 impact value (IV) and a 0.64 odds-based impact value (OBIV). Dr. William Quirin popularized …

The Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown, will be run Saturday, May 18 in its usual spot two weeks after the Kentucky Derby. With the Kentucky Derby DQ winner and other …

There have been some bombs to win the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. Saturday, Country House became the second-highest-paying horse to win the Kentucky Derby at 65-1. The same has not been true of the …

Michael House’s Grade 1 winner Hunt has been retired and the gray gelding will likely take up duties as a jumper for the owner’s 7-year-old grandson, Gabriel. The gray Irish-bred gelded son of Dark Angel, …

Gary and Mary West, two of the most respected owners in thoroughbred racing, seem to be the last people you’d think would get caught up in controversy. Yet that’s exactly what happened on Saturday night …

I’ve been getting a lot of e-mails regarding my views on Saturday’s disqualification of Maximum Security in the Kentucky Derby. As many know, I came out pretty strongly against it initially, calling it “absurd” in …

They will talk about this for years, much like they’ve talked about Codex’s veering into Genuine Risk in the 1980 Preakness. In that race, the stewards decided to uphold the results; Codex was the winner, …

US Racing’s Ray Wallin previews the 2019 Kentucky Derby, with particular emphasis on the pace of the race.

Full disclosure: The last time I picked the Kentucky Derby winner was nearly a quarter-century ago, in 1996, when Grindstone edged Cavonnier by a margin so close I’m still not certain which horse crossed the …

For the first time in several years, there is optimism at the New Jersey shore as Monmouth Park prepares for its opening day on May 4.  As we know, New Jersey horse racing has struggled …

US Racing writers Ray Wallin, Noel Michaels and Derek Simon give their selections for the 2019 Kentucky Derby.