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Medina Spirit, embattled first-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago, drew post 3 in the field of 10 entered Tuesday afternoon for Saturday’s 146th running of the $1 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.

Another Kentucky Derby in the books and all eyes on the Preakness Stakes, but first another Saturday filled with top-shelf racing from coast to coast and around the world.

Normally, this would be Iroquois week but as we’ve learned in the last year plus nothing is normal. So…the steeplechase circuit does not go to Music City. But Pennsylvania’s Kennett Square, the Mushroom Capital of the World, will more than suffice with the Willowdale Steeplechase Saturday.

In 2008, Camden-based steeplechase trainer Kate Dalton answered a call from her neighbor, flat trainer Donna Freyer.

When the entries for the Queen’s Cup allowance timber were finalized Friday, April 23, trainer Ted Thompson cautioned Motivational’s owners.

The inevitable became reality late Wednesday morning with the announcement that trainer Todd Pletcher and Triple Crown winner American Pharoah were elected in their first year of eligibility into the National Museum of Racing’s 2021 Hall of Fame class.

Make a little room, Jonathan Sheppard, Mikey Smithwick, Burley Cocks, Pete Bostwick, Janet Elliot and the others, Jack Fisher needs a seat. Steeplechase trainer Jack Fisher will join the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame this summer as part of the class of 2021 along with trainer Todd Pletcher and Triple Crown winner American Pharoah.

Another Kentucky Derby Weekend in the books and certainly one to remember.

Not even Bob Baffert could believe this one.

The 2020 Triple Crown was so strange we rolled out something new, a Bankroll Challenge that we promised might be like a University of Kentucky men’s basketball freshman and one-and-done. But here we are again, our second Kentucky Derby Day Bankroll Challenge and right on the heels of a somewhat successful Kentucky Oaks Day Bankroll Challenge Friday.