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Express Kid enters the Preakness off a runner-up finish in the Sunland Derby, and Bull By The Horns most recently won th...
05/07/2026

Express Kid enters the Preakness off a runner-up finish in the Sunland Derby, and Bull By The Horns most recently won the Rushaway Stakes at Turfway

Trainer John Ennis said: “He has to be feeling good to go to the Preakness, like he was all week at Churchill. He was fr...
05/07/2026

Trainer John Ennis said: “He has to be feeling good to go to the Preakness, like he was all week at Churchill. He was fresh and feeling good about himself.”

“I will be going back and forth, riding Monmouth Park on the weekends and New York during the week. But I am planning to...
05/07/2026

“I will be going back and forth, riding Monmouth Park on the weekends and New York during the week. But I am planning to be at Monmouth Park the whole summer," said Eric Cancel. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ycmx9r5e

Legislators have delayed the purchase decision for 45 days while they request more details from the Maryland Stadium Aut...
05/07/2026

Legislators have delayed the purchase decision for 45 days while they request more details from the Maryland Stadium Authority; this will not affect the 2026 Preakness Stakes.

Details at the link in the comments.

The gambling company’s leadership change occurs just six weeks after FanDuel announced it was phasing out its horse raci...
05/07/2026

The gambling company’s leadership change occurs just six weeks after FanDuel announced it was phasing out its horse racing television network.

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4c2t9kfz

Assistant trainer Enrique Miranda could not help but reflect on his life after watching Golden Tempo, a c**t he gallops ...
05/07/2026

Assistant trainer Enrique Miranda could not help but reflect on his life after watching Golden Tempo, a c**t he gallops every morning, stage a marvelous last-to-first rally to win the Kentucky Derby.

Miranda briefly thought all was lost when Golden Tempo, who is not to be rushed, settled into last in the 18-horse field. For an instant, it appeared he had far too much to do and was hopelessly behind. His exercise rider knows that feeling of hopelessness well.

Miranda, 33, lost his way in his early 20’s, dealing with substance abuse and reaching his nadir when he slept in a horse’s stall at Santa Anita for three nights.

“I had no place to go,” he said. “I’d burned a lot of bridges. I really wasn’t making good life choices. I was going nowhere fast.”

At a friend’s suggestion, he contacted the Winners Foundation, which assists members of the California racing community with various issues. They arranged for him to enter a six-month rehabilitation program in November 2018. He was skeptical for the first two months, constantly telling fellow patients he planned to leave the next day.

Like Golden Tempo, he persevered.

Keep reading at the link in the comments.

05/07/2026

The mighty Moira could be high-strung, but when she was locked in, she won races as prestigious as the Queen’s Plate atWoodbine Racetrack and the Breeders' Cup World Championships Filly & Mare Turf.

We spoke with trainer Kevin Attard about how he was able to channel the horse’s energy as part of an exclusive video Q&A on the Paulick Report Insider Patreon.

Race to the first wire: the 2026 Preakness Stakes will have a unique configuration at Laurel Park. Read more: https://ti...
05/07/2026

Race to the first wire: the 2026 Preakness Stakes will have a unique configuration at Laurel Park.

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/bdfpuvam

At midstretch in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, I thought history was going to be made as the Maxfield c**t, Danon Bourbon, ...
05/07/2026

At midstretch in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, I thought history was going to be made as the Maxfield c**t, Danon Bourbon, surged to the lead, opening up by two lengths with a furlong to run in the mile and a quarter classic. It was going to be a first – a win by a Japanese-trained runner (albeit one that was bred in Kentucky) in America’s most famous horse race.

Then Ocelli burst from the pack, overtaking Danon Bourbon at the sixteenth pole. This would be the first time a maiden won the Kentucky Derby since Brokers Tip emerged victorious by a nose over Head Play in the famous “fighting finish” of 1933. A maiden winning the Kentucky Derby? Now that’s historic.

But then, just as quickly, Mike Repole’s orange and blue colors came streaking toward the wire as Irad Ortiz Jr. had the Arkansas Derby winner, Renegade, in high gear after getting banged around early in the race. A victory by the Into Mischief c**t would have ended a 40-year win drought for Derby runners breaking from the inside post position.

That thought was short-lived, too, as Golden Tempo and Irad’s brother, Jose Ortiz, were coming fastest of all with a last-to-first move for the ages, coming from nearly 18 lengths back to win by a neck. The last horse to pass the entire field was 2009 Derby winner Mine That Bird, who came from 21 lengths back under Calvin Borel. Before that, it was Ferdinand and Bill Shoemaker rallying from last in 1986, and Gato Del Sol and Eddie Delahoussaye passed ’em all in 1982. It takes a determined horse and a brilliant ride – along with a fast pace – to pull it off.

The lasting history made under the Twin Spires was Cherie DeVaux becoming the first female trainer to win the roses. She proved what many have known for years, that women can train a racehorse just as well as a man if given the opportunity.

Keep reading publisher Ray Paulick's stretch-run musings from Kentucky Derby 152 at the link in the comments.

Does Lasix enhance performance on the racetrack? How has the ban on Lasix in 2-year-old races affected those runners? Fu...
05/07/2026

Does Lasix enhance performance on the racetrack? How has the ban on Lasix in 2-year-old races affected those runners?

Full details at the link in the comments.

Enrique Miranda, assistant trainer and exercise rider of Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo, knows all too well what it ...
05/06/2026

Enrique Miranda, assistant trainer and exercise rider of Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo, knows all too well what it feels like to be last down the backstretch.

Check it out in the comments.

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