Trainer Donnie K. Von Hemel said that he confirmed the Preakness Stakes (G1) commitment for Junior Alvarado to ride Crupper in the May 16 middle jewel of the Triple Crown being held this year at Laurel Park.
Ascot, the royal racecourse, issued the announcement that it will follow through with its threat to leave the Racecourse Association at the end of the year, raising major questions about the future of the body and the way British racing is governed.
On the May 4 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Golden Tempo's connections Cherie DeVaux, Jose Ortiz, Daisy Phipps Pulito, and Monique Delk join to discuss winning the Kentucky Derby (G1).
Two-time Eclipse Award-winning writer John Scheinman delivers an elegy and celebration of Pimlico Race Course, home to the historic Preakness Stakes (G1), in the upcoming film "Pimlico from the Heart."