Bring it on, boys! After dominating fillies, Rachel Alexandra to test the boys at Preakness

BALTIMORE — Having repeatedly bullied many of the world’s most talented fillies with embarrassing ease, Rachel Alexandra has found that competing against her own gender has become a bore.

Friesan Fire to run in Preakness after next-to-last finish in Kentucky Derby

BALTIMORE — Friesan Fire will run in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes after the colt finished next-to-last as the wagering favorite in the Kentucky Derby.

Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird heading east to Preakness

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird is on his way to Pimlico.

Path clearing for Rachel Alexandra to run in the Preakness

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Rachel Alexandra is in the Preakness. Finally. Probably.

Filly Rachel Alexandra will be morning line favorite in Preakness if she runs

BALTIMORE — A field of 13 is expected for the Preakness on May 16, but a decision on entering superstar filly Rachel Alexandra against the boys won’t be made until she works out.

Hearing on Md.’s challenge in Magna bankruptcy case postponed

WILMINGTON, Del. — A hearing on a challenge by Maryland officials to an order issued in the bankruptcy case of horse track owner Magna Entertainment Corp. has been postponed.

Challengers lining up for Preakness and a shot at Derby winner Mine That Bird

BALTIMORE — There will be no shortage of challengers when Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird tries to win the Preakness Stakes.

Long-ago bar fight brought Kentucky Derby connections together

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mine That Bird stood regally, his ears pricked, his gaze fixed on the rows of clicking cameras. Then the 50-1 upset winner of the Kentucky Derby put his head down and began munching on grass, leaving his human handlers still in shock about his stunning 6¾-length victory a day earlier.

Long shot Mine That Bird stuns field to win Kentucky Derby

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The cowboy and his horse beat them all. Four Hall of Fame trainers. The ruler of Dubai. Two very sentimental favorites. Trainer Bennie Woolley Jr. hitched Mine That Bird to the back of his pickup and drove to the Kentucky Derby from New Mexico. With an inspired ride on the rail from Calvin Borel, it all added up to one of the greatest upsets in 135 years of America’s most famous horse race.

Magna Entertainment withdraws Preakness Stakes track from proposed sale

DOVER, Del. — Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore and Magna Entertainment Corp.’s other horse racing assets in Maryland are off the auction block, at least for now.

‘If you like him, you like him. If you don’t, he doesn’t care.’

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It’s never a good thing when the man of the moment needs a publicist to tell people he isn’t talking.

Quality Road: A top Kentucky Derby contender knocked out of race with hoof injury

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The trainer in Jimmy Jerkens thought maybe, just maybe, Quality Road could compete in the Kentucky Derby even with a quarter crack injury that has slowed down his training the last two weeks.

Jerkens optimistic Quality Road will run in the Kentucky Derby despite quarter crack problems

NEW YORK — Trainer Jimmy Jerkens is optimistic Florida Derby winner Quality Road can make next Saturday’s Kentucky Derby despite a quarter crack in his right front hoof that has slowed his training in the last two weeks.

Buzz _ and worries _ descend on Churchill Downs with Kentucky Derby just around the corner

It’s been a tough, tragic couple of years for some of the horses that make racing go. It’s about to get a lot tougher for at least one.