Belmont Stakes News

Dual grade I winner and first-crop sire Pioneerof the Nile saw his first winner May 12 as juvenile filly Zarnica won her first start in a 1,000-meter race in Russia at the Rostov-On-Don Hippodrome.

California's thoroughbred owners announced Thursday that they are committed to joining eight other states in adopting a common medication program that could lead to national standards for horse doping.

The Bowie Baysox, the former team of current Orioles stars like Manny Machado and Matt Wieters, will host "A Night at the Races Saturday", May 25 at Prince George's Stadium as the Baysox "'Studs" face the Trenton Thunder at 6:35 p.m. For this blogger it will cap-off a perfect racing day that starts with an afternoon spent at Pimlico enjoying a card ... (more)

A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups.

It may have been his fifth time winning the Preakness Stakes, but Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas didn't feel any less happy than if it had been the first time.

Thursday morning marked the return to the track of Kentucky Derby winner Orb. The 3-year-old colt, fourth in the Preakness Stakes, galloped a mile at Belmont Park with exercise rider Jennifer Patterson.

In his previous start, Dark Cove added to owner Ken and Sarah Ramsey and trainer Mike Maker's record-setting Keeneland meet by cruising to a 4 1/4-length victory in the April 26 Elkhorn , which like the Louisville is contested at 1 1/2 miles on the turf.

Jockey Braulio Baeza took the rose blanket as he sat on the Kentucky Derby winner Chateaugay on May 4, 1963, as the trainer Jimmy Conway, holding the bridle at right, tried to calm the colt down.

It was Calvin Borel Day at Old Friends, the thoroughbred retirement farm near Georgetown, Kentucky.

Kentucky Derby pacesetter Palace Malice will run in the 145th Belmont Stakes on June 8 with Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith in the saddle.

These e-mail addresses will only be used to send the article on your behalf. The information will not be used for any other purpose.

The Kentucky Derby has come and gone hopefully with your winner! Now we are awaiting the Preakness Stakes.

Oxbow, ridden brilliantly by 50-year-old-returner-from-retirement jockey Gary Stevens, not only won the Preakness, but sent horse racing to the back pages of the sports section again.

Oxbow, a 15-1 longshot, went nearly wire-to-wire to win the 138th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday giving trainer D. Wayne Lukas the all-time lead in Triple Crown race victories with 14.

Never caused problems. Never raised a ruckus. Never got sick or hurt while frolicking in the fields of Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., with his pals, or when he was learning how to be a racehorse at Niall Brennan's farm in Ocala, Fla.

The following is a list of the highest paying trifectas in Belmont Stakes history.

The result: a huge upset and the end of any hopes for a Triple Crown attempt at the Belmont Stakes.

Jockey Gary Stevens, left, and trainer D.a SWayne Lukas celebrate after Oxbow's run to the Preakness Stakes title Saturday.

Oxbow put D. Wayne Lukas in the record books again with an upset of Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving the Hall of Fame trainer his 14th win in a Triple Crown race.

Preakness day is a Baltimore tradition, but it means different things to those who attend the race.