Health, history and horses are the three H’s carved into the welcome sign when travelers venturing into New York’s Adirondack Mountains reach Saratoga Springs.
Rain was falling at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday hours before Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan goes for back-to-back Triple Crown victories when he takes on seven other horses in the Preakness Stakes.
We reach the second leg of this year’s Triple Crown as we stay in Baltimore for the Preakness. Here at Bleacher Brothers we will educate you like only we can, and if you did not know, today’s race is a mile and 3/16 around the Pimlico main track. We had nine horses entered, but barring anything unforeseen between now and 7 pm Eastern time, eight horses will run with the scratch of Muth.
Mystik Dan doesn’t need a sloppy track — or “Seinfeld” character Cosmo Kramer’s comedic endorsement — in the Preakness on Saturday because the Kentucky Derby winner has raced and thrived in all kinds of conditions. But after initial favorite Muth was scratched mid-week and with rain in the forecast potentially mucking up the dirt
BALTIMORE — There is little doubt that Bob Baffert is one of the most accomplished horse trainers in North American history. He is only one of two trainers in the annals of the sport to have conditioned two Triple Crown
Brian Hernandez Jr. spent the leadup to the Kentucky Derby watching replays of winning rides by fellow jockeys to see what it would take to get the job done with Mystik Dan, particularly those of Hall of Famer Calvin Borel.
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan slid into the favorite slot when Muth, a winner by six lengths over third-place Mystik Dan in the Arkansas Derby, spiked a fever on his second day at Pimlico and bowed out of the second leg of the Triple Crown.
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. His path to capturing Saturday’s 149th Preakness Stakes
The field for the 149th Preakness Stakes has been set, and Muth was installed as the 8/5 morning line favorite for the middle leg of the 2024 Triple Crown. A field of nine was entered to go a mile and three-sixteenths and will go as 13th of 14 races on this monster card.