Mystik Dan's path to winning the Kentucky Derby opened up about midway through the final turn after he cleared out pacesetter Track Phantom and rode the rail to the slightest of victories.
Preakness Stakes (G1) morning-line favorite Muth has been declared out of the May 18 race after trainer Bob Baffert said the colt spiked a temperature after arriving at Pimlico Race Course late May 14.
Preakness favorite Muth is out of the Saturday race after spiking a fever, trainer Bob Baffert said Wednesday. Muth won the Arkansas Derby and was favored on the morning line at 8-5 odds ahead of Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (5-2) and Imagination (5-2), another Baffert-trained horse.
Bob Baffert trainees Muth and Imagination had their final timed workouts May 10 in preparation for the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1). They covered six furlongs in tandem in 1:11 4/5 at Santa Anita Park.
There is a lot of excitement in the racing world following the 2024 Kentucky Derby, which will have fans and avid bettors alike looking forward to the Preakness Stakes.
Trainer Kenny McPeek said Sunday morning that the ultimate decision on running Mystik Dan in the 149th Preakness Stakes (G1) May 18 at Pimlico Race Course depends on the newly crowned Kentucky Derby (G1) winner.
Two of Bob Baffert’s Preakness Stakes (G1) candidates, Muth and Imagination, worked six furlongs in company Saturday at Santa Anita. Also working was Grade 1 winner Tamara, who is on the comeback trail for trainer Richard Mandella.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency issued a news release that raised eyebrows and revived suspicions in thoroughbred racing. In
A lawsuit brought by a group of bettors against trainer Bob Baffert and Churchill Downs, Inc. was ordered dismissed for a second time by federal appeals court on May 2.
Polarizing trainer Bob Baffert has dominated the Kentucky Derby over the years, but a suspension has largely kept him away from Churchill Downs since 2021.
Bob Baffert's horses are ineligible to run the 2024 Kentucky Derby The 150th Run for the Roses won't see Baffert's horses in the competition because of a suspension that dates back to 2021.
Bob Baffert won't have a horse in the race at the 150th Kentucky Derby, but he is vying to enter two into the Preakness Stakes. The Hall of Fame trainer is likely to have Imagination alongside Muth in the second leg of the Triple Crown, Imagination's co-owner Jack Wolf told BloodHorse.com on Monday.
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert—who remains barred by Churchill Downs from racing there, notably in the Kentucky Derby (G1)—looks poised to run a pair of 3-year-olds in the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course.
The owner of Muth, the winner of the Arkansas Derby, said Thursday he's focusing on the Preakness Stakes after a judge denied the horse entry into next week's Kentucky Derby.
Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Muth and Santa Anita Derby (G1) runner-up Imagination each worked for trainer Bob Baffert Sunday morning at Santa Anita. Zedan Racing Stable's Muth, a son of Quality Road, worked five furlongs in 1:00.20.
Mr Fisk used a last-to-first rally under Kazushi Kimura to take down the $100,000 Californian going 1 1/8 miles Saturday at Santa Anita. Mr Fisk drew even with pacesetting 1-5 favorite Judge Miller near the quarter pole then drew from that rival in the stretch to score comfortably by 2¼ lengths.
Owner Amr Zedan's Zedan Racing Stables filed an appeal with the Kentucky Court of Appeals on Friday, attempting to overturn Thursday's Kentucky Circuit
Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Mitchell Perry has officially denied a motion for temporary injunction that would have allowed trainer Bob Baffert to enter horses in this year's Kentucky Derby.
China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners, Starlight Racing, WinStar Farm, jockey Mike Smith, and trainer Bob Baffert have filed a notice of appeal challenging the court-ordered disqualification of Justify from the 2018 Santa Anita Derby (G1), reports bloodhorse.com.
Declaring he understands the arguments, a Louisville, Ky., judge said he will issue a ruling this week on Amr Zedan's courtroom bid to force Churchill Downs to allow Arkansas Derby (G1) winner and Bob Baffert trainee Muth in the Kentucky Derby (G1).
By the end of this week, racing fans should know whether a lawsuit filed by owner Amr Zedan will be successful in allowing Muth, trained by Bob Baffert, to run in this year's Kentucky Derby.
Two weeks after winning the richest race in Oaklawn history, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert goes for the Hot Springs, Ark., track's second richest in Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap for older fillies and mares.
With National Treasure's victory, Bob Baffert became the winningest trainer at the Preakness, earning his eighth title and first since 2018. It's also the first Preakness win for Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez.
The horse racing world received more bad news on Saturday when a horse trained by Bob Baffert had to be euthanized after suffering an injury at a Preakness undercard race at Pimlico.
LOUISVILLE — The late, great John Asher, former vice president of communications at Churchill Downs and unofficial chief historian, was fond of saying, “Nothing is bigger than the Kentucky Derby.” Racing Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has certainly put that maxim to the test over the past eight years.
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