preakness

The Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore takes place on Saturday, May 21. Live coverage begins at 4 p.m. ET on NBC.

Jesus’ Team hadn’t won against elite competition going into the Preakness

Art Collector looks like the biggest threat to Kentucky Derby winner Authentic in the Preakness

Kentucky Derby winner Authentic is the morning line favorite for the Preakness

Eerily empty grandstands. Masked jockeys. Shuttered betting windows. For Tiz the Law trainer Barclay Tagg, no finer way to round out a career Triple Crown. “I’m not trying to be a jerk about it,” the 82-year-old said. “But I thought the quiet, to me, was very nice.” Everything was strange about this Belmont Stakes, except the winner. Heavily favored...

All three sites of the Triple Crown are among several major tracks that have agreed to phase out the use of a common anti-bleeding medication starting next year. Starting in 2020, 2-year-old horses won’t be allowed to be treated with the drug Lasix within 24 hours of racing. Lasix is a diuretic given to a majority of horses on race...

In interviews with NBC, five female jockeys described a long and persistent history of gender discrimination in the sport. Some say their careers have been deterred by sexual harassment and bullying.

Bob Baffert misses the simple pleasure of watching American Pharoah breeze.

It’s the official cocktail of the Triple Crown’s “middle jewel.”

The Kentucky Derby, also known as “the most exciting two minutes in sports,” is the first of three races in the Triple Crown and it all starts May 7, 2016.

There are signs American Pharoah’s Triple Crown win last year has been good for racing. Wagering on American races is up 3.1 percent through March, to $2.4 billion. During American Pharoah’s final race, NBC posted its highest-rated Breeders’ Cup Classic telecast in 20 years — an average of 4.6 million viewers between 5:45-6 p.m., up 53 percent from 2014. At...