Horse Racing

FILE - Fans watch as Golden Tempo (19) ridden by Jose L. Ortiz wins the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs, May 2, 2026, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Churchill Downs and New York Racing Association unveil 6-race championship series

Associated Press

Churchill Downs Incorporated and the New York Racing Association on Monday announced a six-race championship series over a span of five months that includes the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes and a $5 million prize pool, set to begin next year.

Thoroughbred colts raced in the 151st Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park, Maryland, on May 16. This year's race was moved out of Baltimore for the first time in 118 years due to renovations at Pimlico Race Course. (Sean Salai/The Washington Times)

Maryland buys Preakness Stakes to keep Triple Crown racing in the state

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Maryland has announced plans to buy the Preakness Stakes, keeping the Triple Crown race in the state and quashing concerns that a for-profit company would move it.

FILE - A broadcast shows staff painting the new colors of Paco Lopez and Napoleon Solo on the Pimlico weather vane after they won the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes horse race, May 16, 2026, at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Maryland exercises its right to match an $85 million offer to keep Preakness branding rights

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Jockey Jose Ortiz celebrates as he crosses the finish line aboard Golden Tempo (9) to win the 158th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race, Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Golden Tempo wins the 158th running of the Belmont Stakes after winning the Kentucky Derby

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Kentucky Derby winner and Belmont Stakes entrant Golden Tempo works out ahead of the 158th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race at Saratoga Race Course, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Golden Tempo set for Belmont Stakes after historic Derby win

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

Cherie DeVaux, trainer of Kentucky Derby winner and Belmont Stakes entrant Golden Tempo, rides on a horse ahead of the 158th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race at Saratoga Race Course, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

DeVaux returns to Saratoga for Belmont Stakes after her historic Kentucky Derby win

By Spencer Ripchik - Associated Press

Golden Tempo (19) ridden by Jose L. Ortiz wins the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race followed by Renegade (1) ridden by Irad Ortiz, Jr., at Churchill Downs, Saturday, May 2, 2026, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Renegade is 2-1 favorite for Belmont Stakes rematch with Derby winner Golden Tempo

Associated Press

Horses compete during the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes horse race, Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Preakness this year is the most watched since 2021, NBC Sports says

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Paco Lopez, right, atop Napoleon Solo, leads the pack to win the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes horse race, Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Napoleon Solo holds off Iron Honor by 1 1/4 lengths to win the Preakness at Laurel Park

By Noah Trister - Associated Press

Jeiron Barbosa, left, atop Wickeddivine, edges out Irad Ortiz Jr., right, atop Freeze the Fire, to win an undercard race ahead of the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes horse race, Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Kentucky Derby winner skips Preakness, leaving Triple Crown bid off the table for 2026

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

Thoroughbred colts compete in high-stakes races on Friday, March 15 during Black-Eyed Susan Day, the preliminary to Saturday's Preakness Stakes. This year's race was moved to Laurel, Maryland, due to renovations at Pimlico Race Course. (Sean Salai/The Washington Times)

Hit Zero dies after collapsing at Laurel Park on Black-Eyed Susan Day

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

Thoroughbred colts compete in high-stakes races on Friday, March 15 during Black-Eyed Susan Day, the preliminary to Saturday's Preakness Stakes. This year's race was moved to Laurel, Maryland, due to renovations at Pimlico Race Course. (Sean Salai/The Washington Times)

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Preakness racegoers bid a wistful farewell to historic Laurel Park

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

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Kentucky Derby winner and Belmont Stakes entrant Golden Tempo works out ahead of the 158th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race at Saratoga Race Course, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo faces a pace challenge in the Belmont Stakes

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

The front-running horses in the Kentucky Derby last month completed the first quarter-mile in under 23 seconds and a half-mile in under 47 seconds.

FILE - This Oct. 3, 2017, file photo shows the Mandalay Bay resort and casino, right, overlooking an outdoor festival grounds across the street, left, in Las Vegas. A veteran Las Vegas police officer who froze in the hallway of the casino-hotel as a gunman carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history has been fired from the force, police said. Officer Cordell Hendrex was fired from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on March 20, 2019, police spokesman Officer Larry Hadfield said late Tuesday, July 2. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Teenage girl arrested after competition horses were stabbed in Las Vegas

By Jessica Hill - Associated Press

A teenage girl was arrested this weekend after authorities said she injured three competition horses at a barn in Las Vegas.

In this image provided by the The Maryland Jockey Club, husband and wife, jockey Sheldon Russell and trainer Brittany Russell, pose for a photo in the winner's circle with son Rye and daughter Edy, after Point Dume won the third race, Dec. 31, 2023, at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md. (Jim McCue/The Maryland Jockey Club via AP)

Russell, with her husband riding, could make Preakness Stakes history with Taj Mahal

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Brittany Russell is the latest woman with a chance to etch her name into horse racing history.

Jockeys race horses during Laurel Park's Preakness Meet, Friday, May 8, 2026, in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Preakness in Laurel conjures memories of suburban Maryland’s equestrian past

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

The Maryland Jockey Club will host the Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park on Saturday for the first and only time, stirring long-buried memories of the urbanized area's equestrian past.

A horse works out at Laurel Park during sunrise, Friday, May 8, 2026, in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Laurel Park waited 114 years for the Preakness. It may be a farewell as much as a debut

By Joey Cappelletti - Associated Press

The crowds that once packed Laurel Park dressed in their best to watch champions like Secretariat and Seabiscuit have long since disappeared. For one final weekend, they are coming back.

Jockeys compete during the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race on May 17, 2025, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Preakness could soon move later, to three weeks after Kentucky Derby

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

A long-debated change to the Triple Crown calendar could be on the verge of happening, and it still may fall short of the desired goal.

Jockeys compete during the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race on May 17, 2025, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Iron Honor installed as slight 9-2 favorite on morning line for Preakness

By Noah Trister - Associated Press

Iron Honor is the morning line favorite at 9-2 in a wide-open Preakness this weekend that does not include Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo.

Golden Tempo (19) ridden by Jose L. Ortiz wins the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs, Saturday, May 2, 2026, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will not run in Preakness Stakes

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will not run in the Preakness Stakes next weekend, trainer Cherie DeVaux announced Wednesday.