Medina Spirit Stripped Of Kentucky Derby Victory
Medina Spirit was stripped of the victory in last year's Kentucky Derby and Mandaloun was declared the winner after a ruling by state racing stewards on Monday.
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Medina Spirit was stripped of the victory in last year's Kentucky Derby and Mandaloun was declared the winner after a ruling by state racing stewards on Monday.
Tickets for the Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of horse racing's Triple Crown, are on sale now to the general public, the Maryland Jockey Club said Tuesday.
A necropsy on 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit showed no definitive cause of death.
Two Maryland-breds, Knicks Go and Aloha West, are finalists for horse racing's Eclipse Awards, with Knicks Go a favorite to win Horse of the Year, one of the highest honors in the sport.
Life Is Good went to the lead right away and stayed there, winning the $3 million Pegasus World Cup with ease Saturday and denying Knicks Go what would have been a storybook finish to his career.
Maryland-bred Knicks Go could become the first back-to-back Pegasus winner, and a victory would make him the 10th North American thoroughbred to break the $10 million mark in career earnings.
Maryland-bred Knicks Go drew the rail in his bid to repeat as Pegasus World Cup champion.
Laurel Park will close Friday and Saturday for "track maintenance work" and reopen for live racing on Sunday, Jan. 16, the Maryland Jockey Club said.
Live racing at Laurel Park is cancelled Saturday and Sunday due to the inclement weather, the Maryland Jockey Club tweeted Friday.
Knicks Go is a racing superstar. He is on track to becoming the winningest Maryland-bred in history, all thanks to local breeder Sabrina Moore.
Medina Spirit, the highly scrutinized Kentucky Derby winner who underwent a series of drug tests to run in the Preakness Stakes, collapsed and died after a workout Monday at Santa Anita.
The announcement comes one day after Thoroughbred Daily News reported seven horses have died on the track since Nov. 6.
The biggest changes involve applying the rules uniformly across every racing state and altering the way violations are dealt with.
Maryland-bred Knicks Go earned his fourth straight victory in the Breeders' Cup Classic and in the process solidified a bid to win the Eclipse Award as Horse of the Year.
A loaded field with impressive resumes. And the Kentucky Derby winner won't even be the favorite in the Breeders' Cup Classic. That distinction goes to Maryland-bred Knicks Go.