Mystik Dan won a thrilling renewal of the Kentucky Derby, but that all-out effort cast some doubt on his ability to compete on a quick turnaround in the Preakness Stakes. Robert Criscola has the ...
After stunning the field at the 2024 Kentucky Derby, horse Mystik Dan might not contend for the Triple Crown at the Preakness Stakes. Mystik Dan’s photo finish at Churchill Downs on Saturday ...
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan is every bit the horse to beat in the Preakness BALTIMORE -- His father was a mudder. His mother was a mudder. Yes, this horse loves the slop. No, Mystik Dan ...
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan will go for the second leg of the Triple Crown and run in the Preakness Stakes on May 18. Kenny McPeek, the horse’s trainer, previously said he wanted to ...
The two-week turnaround between the Kentucky Derby and Preakness is a relic of horse racing’s past, a time when Thoroughbreds were sturdier and the big money for owners was made on the racetrack ...
S tep aside, red roses, it’s time for some black-eyed Susans. Two weeks removed from the Kentucky Derby, the Triple Crown now ...
A two-time Preakness-winning jockey advised a Preakness-winning trainer that the horseman's first Kentucky Derby winner is worthy of entering the middle jewel of racing's Triple Crown. In other ...
There are many firsts in this Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, the least of which is that two different winners of the Kentucky ...
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan will run in the Preakness Stakes to continue his pursuit of the Triple Crown, his trainer announced Saturday. "All systems go," trainer Kenny McPeek said.
BALTIMORE — 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 ...
BALTIMORE — His father was a mudder. His mother was a mudder. Yes, this horse loves the slop. No, Mystik Dan doesn’t need ...
However, he rebounded to win the Pat Day Mile to earn his way into the Preakness. A sloppy track helped the frontrunner go wire-to-wire at Pimlico, winning by 2 1/4 lengths over Mystik Dan.