Horse Racing News

All eyes will be on Kentucky Derby winner Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday.

Orb's record-setting rider recognizes his role as the passenger part of the equine equation, and appreciates that a jockey's success is usually attributable to superior horseflesh.

By Mike MacAdam Gazette Reporter Mechanicville native Chad Brown decided to skip the Preakness with Kentucky Derby fourth-place finisher Normandy Invasion, but he'll still be a busy trainer at Pimlico today, with good shots to win all three of the Grade III stakes that precede the 138th Preakness.

Today, the eyes of the sports world turn to Maryland-Pimlico to be exact. The 138th Preakness Stakes highlights Preakness Saturday in Baltimore, as Orb seeks the second leg of the Triple Crown toward the end of a day featuring one of the city's biggest parties of the year: InfieldFest.

Odds-on favorite Last Gunfighter notched his sixth straight win by claiming Friday's $300,000 Pimlico Special at Pimlico Race Course.

Go down the list of Kentucky Derby-winning trainers the past three decades or so and you'll find at least one of nearly every kind: insiders, outliers, organization men and fast-buck artists, even guys in on a wing and a prayer.

Jockey Joel Rosario guides Orb to the finish line to win the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 4, 2013 in Louisville, Kentucky.

As winner of the Kentucky Derby, Orb is the only horse in 2013 with a shot to become the first Triple Crown winner in 35 years.

With three entrants in Saturday's Preakness - that's a third of the field - Lukas has been working diligently this week at Pimlico Race Course.

The TV presenter, who reported on the London Olympic and Paralympic Games last summer, choked back tears as she accepted the Special Award on Sunday evening, which recognised her "incredible dedication" to presenting both entertainment and sporting events.

Joel Rosario atop Orb on his way to winning the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 4. Orb will run from the first position in the Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown.

Of the three Triple Crown races, the Preakness Stakes has been, in recent years, the most formful, meaning favorites run well and have dominated the winner's circle.

A Hall of Fame trainer and the winning jockey in the Kentucky Derby will join forces Friday in the Black-Eyed Susan, a Grade 2 race for 3-year-old fillies at Pimlico Race Course.

So, in the name of Americana, and baseball, let's go inside of those numbers and see what we see.

While some of the world's fastest horses are racing in the 138 th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in Maryland , horses of an entirely different nature will assist those with physical, psychological and cognitive disabilities at Morven Park during Loudoun Therapeutic Riding 's Preakness Party .

After a long winter, most of us Pennsylvania and New Jersey horse people can't wait to get back in the saddle.

Each time one of Prince Edward Island's top harness racing drivers crosses the finish line first this year, a charity will benefit.

Here's what's happening around town this weekend. Remember, you can always share your events or see what's happening in your neighborhood by clicking Events at the top of the page.

Italian jockey Frankie Dettori has revealed he took cocaine before a positive dope test in France last September that brought him a six months ban.

Kentucky Derby winner Orb and Illinois Derby champion Departing played together as foals in the lush pastures of Claiborne Farm in central Kentucky.