Preakness: How to watch, the favorites and what to expect in the second leg of the Triple Crown

The Preakness Stakes will have a Triple Crown possibility on the line when Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan runs in a field of eight horses on Saturday in the 149th rendition of the race. Mystik Dan is the favorite and won the Derby by a nose in the race's closest finish since 1947....

Mystik Dan looks like the horse to beat in the Preakness on what could be a muddy track

BALTIMORE (AP) — His father was a mudder. His mother was a mudder. Yes, this horse loves the slop. No, Mystik Dan doesn’t need a sloppy track — or “Seinfeld” character Cosmo Kramer’s comedic endorsement — in the Preakness on Saturday because the Kentucky Derby winner...

Preakness is up next for Brian Hernandez after winning the Derby with a perfect trip on Mystik Dan

BALTIMORE (AP) — Brian Hernandez Jr. spent the leadup to the Kentucky Derby watching replays of winning rides by fellow jockeys to see what it would take to get the job done with Mystik Dan, particularly those of Hall of Famer Calvin Borel. The 2010 Derby Borel won with Super Saver...

Catching Freedom shows why it was an 'easy decision' to enter him in the Preakness

BALTIMORE (AP) — Catching Freedom got a few days off after finishing fourth in the Kentucky Derby. When he returned to the track, he looked like a fresh horse rather than one who had just run a race against elite competition. After some consideration, trainer Brad...

'Stepchild' of the Triple Crown? Debate lingers over restoring the prestige of the Preakness

BALTIMORE (AP) — D. Wayne Lukas sat in his corner of the stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course earlier this week and pointed several stalls down. “Thank God the Derby horse came,” Lukas said, referring to Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan running in the Preakness. “It isn’t...

Robby Albarado is 'living vicariously' through Mystik Dan from the Kentucky Derby to the Preakness

BALTIMORE (AP) — Robby Albarado had never entered the Kentucky Derby winner's circle during two decades as a jockey that included more than 34,000 races and 5,000 victories. It's bad luck in that profession to go in without winning that prestigious race, though he did not mind...

Preakness favorite Muth ruled out of the 2nd leg of the Triple Crown after spiking a fever

BALTIMORE (AP) — Preakness favorite Muth has been ruled out of the race after spiking a fever, removing a horse trained by Bob Baffert and potentially giving Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan a clearer path through the second leg of the Triple Crown. The Maryland Jockey Club...

Preakness favorite Muth ruled out of the second leg of the Triple Crown after spiking a fever

Final Preakness at Pimlico before rebuilding stirs nostalgia mixed with relief for needed fixes

BALTIMORE (AP) — Preakness days in recent years have featured water and plumbing miscues. A large section of the grandstand at Pimlico Race Course has been rendered unusable because it's condemned, and much of the rest of the storied but decaying track is a relic to the sport of king's heyday...

Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan settles in at Pimlico ahead of the Preakness

BALTIMORE (AP) — Mystik Dan exerted so much energy winning the Kentucky Derby by a nose in the race's closest finish in 75 years that there was no guarantee his camp would send him to the Preakness to chase the second jewel of the Triple Crown. After a bit of rest, the decision was...