BIG BROWN
Sunday’s assignment for the Kentucky Derby winner 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 Derby win, [...]

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.

Big Brown, who is headed for the 2008 Preakness Stakes, made Kentucky Derby history as he became the first horse since the filly Regret in 1915 to win off just 3 career starts and the second to win from post position number 20. The joyous event, however, was marred because of the tragedy which occured when runner-up Eight Belles broke down after crossing the finish line and had to be euthanized on the track.

Eight Belles jockey in the 2008 Kentucky Derby, Gabriel Saez, said Monday he was unaware that anything was wrong with Eight Belles prior to her going down in the Run for the Roses.

“I remain heartbroken over Eight Belles, and I want to let her many fans know that she never gave me the slightest indication before or during the race that there was anything bothering her,” jockey Gabriel Saez said in a statement Monday.