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Always Dreaming arrives at Pimlico to begin preparations for 142nd Preakness

June 30, 2019 at 5:01 a.m.

An apparently carefree Always Dreaming stepped from his van at 11:08 a.m. Tuesday and made his way to Stall 40 at Pimlico Race Course, the spot traditionally reserved for the...

Derby winner Always Dreaming scheduled to arrive Tuesday for May 20 Preakness

June 28, 2019 at 9:33 p.m.

Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming will arrive at Pimlico Race Course on Tuesday morning to get an early start on preparations for the May 20 Preakness. It's a strategic move...

Jockey John Velazquez celebrates as he guides No. 5 Always Dreaming across the finish line to win the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Saturday in Louisville, Ky.

Always Dreaming roars to victory in 143rd Kentucky Derby

July 1, 2019 at 8:45 a.m.

For a brief moment, as tears filled Todd Pletcher's steel-blue eyes, the normally dispassionate trainer let the world see how it felt for him to cast aside the weight of...

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Derby notes: Classic Empire fights back to finish fourth

June 4, 2018 at 11:12 p.m.

After a wildly up-and-down prep season, morning-line favorite Classic Empire fought through early contact to finish fourth in the Derby."We got wiped out at the start," trainer Mark Casse said....

Horses cool down after crossing the finish in The 93rd Running of The Pat Day Mile prior to the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 6, 2017 in Louisville, Ky.

With Kentucky Derby hours away, track conditions upgraded … from sloppy to muddy

June 4, 2018 at 11:11 p.m.

Weather was the biggest story in the past few days before the Kentucky Derby, with regular bursts of chilly rain adding uncertainty to a race that was already difficult to...

Todd Pletcher the trainer of Always Dreaming, Patch and Tapwirit talks in the barn area during the morning training for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on April 30, 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Kentucky Derby notebook: Trainer Todd Pletcher poised for a first

June 4, 2018 at 11:06 p.m.

Is it possible that a man could win the Eclipse Award for Top Trainer seven times and still be underrated? Colleagues say that might be the case for Todd Pletcher....

After serious injury from fall, jockey Rajiv Maragh returns to Derby aboard Irish War Cry

June 30, 2019 at 4:40 a.m.

Just try not to lose consciousness. That was all Rajiv Maragh could think as he lay on the dirt at Belmont Park the afternoon of July 10, 2015. Seconds earlier,...

Trainer Todd Pletcher will tie record of most horses in Derby

June 4, 2018 at 11:23 p.m.

Is it possible that a man could win the Eclipse Award for Top Trainer seven times and still be underrated? Colleagues say that might be the case for Todd Pletcher....

Irish War Cry takes trainer Graham Motion from serenity of Fair Hill to bustle of Kentucky Derby

July 1, 2019 at 12:57 p.m.

Aside from a few birds chirping and a breeze stirring the new spring leaves, nary a sound punctured the 7 a.m. serenity on a recent Tuesday at Fair Hill Training...

Trainer Steven Asmussen, right, leads Hence, left, on the track for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 4, 2017, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Trainer Steve Asmussen says Kentucky Derby contender Hence is ‘a horse of obvious ability’

June 4, 2018 at 11:54 p.m.

If you're prospecting for a Kentucky Derby horse who isn't one of the favorites but is generating consistent buzz among the wise-guy handicappers on the backstretch, look no further than...

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