Sunday’s assignment for the Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown was a one-mile jog with a pony over the muddy track at Churchill Downs. Regular rider Michelle Nevin was aboard the son of Boundary, who will continue his Triple Crown quest in Saturday’s $1 million Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course.

Since Big Brown’s Kentucky Derby victory, horse trainer Rick Dutrow has limited the colt’s exercise to jogging whenever the track has been wet. With only two weeks between the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, Dutrow is determined not to put any stress on the unbeaten colt.

Six days ago when Pimlico officials left Louisville it appeared the $1 million Preakness Stakes (Grade I) could have its shortest field since only seven challengers took on Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus in 2000. But when Dallas Stewart called Pimlico racing secretary Georganne Hale this morning to say Derby Trial winner Macho Again was [...]

Sixteen hours after arriving at Pimlico, Bear Stables Ltd’s Kentucky Bear was on the track with assistant trainer and exercise rider Cassie Garcia in preparation for next Saturday’s $1 million Preakness Stakes (Grade I), the middle jewel of racing’s Triple Crown. The son of Mr. Greeley jogged twice around the Pimlico oval at 8:30 a.m.
“I’m [...]

Saying “we’re there to win”, co-owner Ronnie Lamarque announced this afternoon that Recapturetheglory, who finished fifth to Big Brown in last Saturday’s Kentucky Derby is confirmed for next Saturday’s $1 million Preakness® Stakes (Grade I) at Pimlico Race Course.
“First of all we know that we belong,” said Lamarque from New Orleans. “Of the 33,000 horses [...]

With the $1 million Preakness Stakes 11 days away, the field set to test Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown continues to change as the connections of some of the top three-year-olds weigh a start in the middle jewel of racing’s Triple Crown at Pimlico Race Course on May 17.
As of Tuesday afternoon there were seven [...]

Larry Jones, the trainer for the fallen Eight Belles, on Tuesday ordered drug testing as part of a necropsy in order to prove that his horse was not on performance-enhancing drugs.
Jones left little doubt that tests would come back negative on Eight Belles, who was euthanized on the track after breaking both front ankles following [...]

Although Big Brown could become the first Kentucky Derby winner since Citation 60 years ago not to face any of the horses who ran against him in the “Run For The Roses” when he comes to Pimlico Race Course next Saturday for the $1 million Preakness Stakes, the middle jewel of racing’s Triple Crown is likely to include eight new shooters.

The only Kentucky Derby finisher that might return to challenge the winner is Recapturetheglory, who finished fifth Saturday despite trouble in the paddock. Co-owners Louie Roussel and Ronnie Lamarque told Pimlico stakes coordinator Coleman Blind that a final decision could be made tomorrow. The son of Cherokee Run will remain at Churchill Downs until the verdict.