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
Preakness favorite Muth has been ruled out of the second leg of the Triple Crown after spiking a fever.
Preakness days in recent years have featured water and plumbing miscues. A large section of the grandstand at Pimlico Race Course has been rendered unusable because it’s condemned, and much of the rest of the storied but decaying track is a relic to the sport of king’s heyday many yesteryears ago.
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan will continue his pursuit of the Triple Crown by competing in the Preakness Stakes, his trainer announced Saturday.
Mystik Dan worked out for the first time at Churchill Downs on Wednesday in Louisville, Ky., since winning Saturday’s Kentucky Derby there. Trainer Kenny McPeek is weighing whether to enter Mystik Dan into the Preakness Stakes on May 18. But
The 150th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday had the attention of millions of viewers, and that was even before the first three-horse photo finish since 1947 determined 18-1 long shot Mystik Dan as the upset winner. The average
The Kentucky Derby’s three-horse photo finish on Saturday undoubtedly had bettors on edge in what proved to be a record day of wagering on that race and the entire Churchill Downs card. The famed horse racing complex in Louisville, Ky.,
Mystik Dan had a perfect stalking trip at Churchill Downs Saturday evening along the rail to assume the lead at the top of the stretch and held off fast closing Sierra Leone and Forever Young to win an historic and memorable 150th renewal of the Kentucky Derby under the Twin Spirts of Churchill Downs to win the first leg of the 2024 Triple Crown.
Mystik Dan, with jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. aboard, won the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday in a three-way photo finish, edging Sierra Leone and Forever Young at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.